The Good Shepherd

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Hired hands may abandon the flock when danger comes, but the Good Shepherd defends His sheep to the death. Today, R.C. Sproul looks to Jesus as the One who laid down His life for His flock, the church.

Get R.C. Sproul’s book Who Is Jesus?, his teaching series Knowing Christ on DVD, and lifetime digital access to the messages and study guide for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3709/knowing-christ

Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Transcript

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0:00.0	We need to remember that God never promises his people that they don't have to go into the valley of the shadow of death.
0:06.6	We all will enter into that veil at some point.
0:11.0	But the absolute promise that God gives to his people is that he will never send us there alone.
0:23.1	I find one of the most beautiful and comforting metaphors used to describe God to his people
0:29.0	is the image that he is our shepherd.
0:32.1	And the wonderful truth that Jesus declared that he is the good shepherd.
0:36.7	As R.C. Sproge just said, that wherever we go,
0:39.7	whatever trial we're called to walk through,
0:42.1	God will never send us there alone.
0:44.9	You're listening to the Saturday edition of renewing your mind
0:47.9	as we spend several weeks considering some of what are called
0:51.4	the I Am sayings of Jesus, recorded for us in the Gospel of John.
0:56.8	By Dr. Sproles' count, there are eight such sayings, and he considers all eight of them in his series, Knowing Christ.
1:04.4	And we'll send you this series on DVD, along with digital access to the messages and study guide,
1:10.0	when you give a year-end donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:15.2	In addition, to further thank you for your generosity,
1:18.1	we'll also send you his title, Who is Jesus?
1:21.4	Respond today as this offer ends at midnight.
1:25.3	Here's Dr. Sproul on Jesus' declaration that he is the good shepherd.
1:32.6	Once again, we're going to continue with our series on the I-Ms of Jesus. And before we now look
1:40.5	at the I am the good shepherd, let me just make one last comment about his statement,
1:47.2	I am the door, because we saw that at the end of that phase of his discussion, he said
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