{"id":1730,"date":"2024-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2024-04-07T19:42:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:42:55","slug":"the-good-shepherd-part-5-april-19-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/the-good-shepherd-part-5-april-19-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Shepherd &#8212; Part 5:  April 19, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recordings\/2024\/Trinity_20240419.mp3\">Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                      The Good Shepherd - Part 5\n                             Ezekiel 34:16\n                              04\/19\/2024\n\n\n        16   ``I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the\n             strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I\n             will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the\n             strong I will destroy. I will feed them in\n             justice.''  (ESV)\n\n        God, speaking through Ezekiel, promises to seek and save the\n   lost.  He also promises to judge the wicked, those sheep who\n   bully and harm the others in the flock.\n        ``I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the\n        strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will\n        strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will\n        destroy. I will feed them in justice.''\n\n\n        Jesus was once asked, ``What is the greatest commandment?''\n   He answered, ``You shall love the Lord your God with all your\n   heart... and your neighbor as yourself.''&#91;1] The lost sheep,\n   rescued by the Good Shepherd, were incapable of joining the\n   flock.  They were lost, injured, weak, and helpless.  As sheep of\n   God's pasture, we were called from the darkness of sin to the\n   glory of His presence, not by our works, but because we heard of\n   His love, were joined to Him through baptism, and enjoy the\n   blessings of being in His presence.\n\n        As members of the flock of God, we are privileged to reflect\n   His love by serving one another, by seeking the good of our\n   neighbor.  Our good works flow from the grace of our Good\n   Shepherd.\n\n        A portion of God's beloved flock gathers at Trinity Lutheran\n   Church on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.  There we are fed by God's Word,\n   blessed with the forgiveness of our sins, and comforted by the\n   good news of Jesus Christ.  The Good Shepherd invites you to join\n   Him for your eternal blessing.  Amen.\n\n   ____________________\n\n   1. Drawn from Matthew 22:37-40<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1731,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}