[image][img align=left]https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/images/platform.gif[/img] Text/Audio: Numbers 4 / Psalms 38 / Song of Songs 2 / Hebrews 2----------------------------------------"The true shepherd gives his life for the sheep. Jacob was a good shepherd to Laban. You remember his care of the sheep; he says, 'That which was tom of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night ...' (Genesis 31:39, 40). But he did not give his life for the sheep. David was a good shepherd. You remember when a lion and a bear came and took away the sheep, that he went after it and rescued it, and slew both the lion and the bear (I Samuel 17:35). Yet David did not give his life for the sheep. But Christ gave his life. The sentence was written against the sheep: 'Thou shalt die'; Christ came between and died for them. Observe, brethren, that it was not merely temporal death that he died; but it was equal to eternal death. It was death under iniquity: 'He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities' (Isaiah 53:5). It was a death under sin: 'The wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23). And observe, it was freely done; he did it out of free love; therefore it is always said, 'He gave himself for us.' Love one another, even as Christ loved the church, 'and gave him self for it' (Ephesians 5:25). There is one Mediator 'who gave himself a ransom for all' (I Timothy 2:5, 6). Brethren, observe that Christ so loved the sheep that he gave his life. 'What are these wounds in thy hands? ... These are the wounds I have received in the house of my friends' (Zechariah 13:6). Brethren, if ever you and I get to heaven, this is what we will see, 'A Lamb as it had been slain' (Revelation 5:6). Are you attracted by the sight? What are you made of, that you do not see this love? 0 brethren, to whom will you go if not to him? Observe what he offers — himself. 'I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep', that is, I am willing to give myself to you." -Robert Murray McCheyne-----------------------------------------"Daily Bread" - The Advantages & Directions-"Daily Bread" - (Yearly) Bible Reading Guide-Who is using the M'chyne Bible Reading guide
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