SMILEY'S & WOOLY'S JOURNEY HOME

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Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." Jn 10:27-29
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I could never have imagined the falling away taking place right now as many are being enticed by the mixed wine of the "New Age" and "New Tolerance" philosophies. These spirits, although subtle, are very strong. I truly believe a surrendered life unto Jesus is one's only safeguard.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Pro 23:31,32


I pray the glorious power and enduring peace of His keeping love shines forth into and from your life during this dark and confused day. Our Shepherd has others of His fold that are still lost and they are looking for such as you to point them in the right direction, which be Jesus.

Jack



This below is an excerpt taken from a parable. The characters of "Smiley" and "Wooley" are two sheep on a journey of return, to the "Great Shepherd's fold. The "Jacob" mentioned is an old ram knowing and known of God. The "huckster"...... well seems he is every where today.


"The huckster started passing out sugar-coated pills to the assembled crowd. The labels on them said, " LOVE" and it was the cure-all for every ill of humanity. It didn’t matter if it was human love, from self, or if it came from the Shepherd. It was all classed as the same thing: love, unconditional love.

Once again, the salesman’s voice cried aloud: "I have spoken to people who didn’t know anything about Christ and have sensed the compassion, the love of God within them. They have just never been brought into an understanding of God as I have known Him, but there is only one God. Folks, if someone is manifesting love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, meekness and temperance that’s the fruit of the spirit. Have some more pills, folks. They’ll fix you up in no time!"

Smiley answered, "I think he should say that no one can manifest the fruits of the spirit unless he is a sheep and has been born from above through the agency of the Shepherd of the sheep. It is true that some can show forth some goodness from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Even our own goodness is unacceptable to God. Isaiah told us that, "All our own righteousnesses are as filthy rags."

Smiley and Woolly agreed with a smile. ‘Yes! And there were two things that could not ever be offered upon the altar to our Great Shepherd. They were: leaven and honey. Neither our sin nor our sweetness, or goodness was acceptable to Him. He is looking for "a new creature." Those who are ignorant of God’s righteousness go about to establish their own righteousness, even though they have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (Rom. 10:3)

"I believe holy Jacob would agree that the power of the soul can also reproduce the ‘goodness’ of God. It is only a soulish power of love. Religion for thousands of years has reproduced the ‘fruit of the spirit.’ Man is ever trying to be good. That is the main focus of the teaching that some of the hirelings call "New Age." Actually, it sounds like the same lie that the serpent fed to Adam and Eve. They say, ‘You are light, life and love. You are God.’ If a person is not born from above and is not a sheep all their goodness is as " filthy rags" in our Shepherd’s sight. The true fruit of the spirit comes only from His nature. It can only come forth from the Tree of Life, from a crucified life in the Lamb."

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"SCATTERED SHEEP"
A Parable by
Elaine Cooke

the complete parable can be found at this site:

http://www.kingdomgospel.net/publications/scattered_sheep.html

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