Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Good Shepherd - Part 2\n John 10:12-13\n 05\/06\/2025\n\n\n 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who\n does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and\n leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches\n them and scatters them.\n 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares\n nothing for the sheep. (ESV)\n\n If Jesus is the Good Shepherd, what are the other shepherds\n like? Jesus tells us:\n He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not\n own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the\n sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and\n scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and\n cares nothing for the sheep.\n\n\n The false shepherds, the hirelings, give the sheep a false\n sense of security, a false message of hope. The devil, the\n world, and our own sinful flesh hold the glitz and glamour of\n created things before our eyes. They claim if we work hard\n enough and sacrifice enough, we might obtain power or wealth or\n some future life of leisure.\n\n False shepherds demand that we be strong, that we be perfect\n in every way. There is no room for weakness, there can be no\n letting up. Failure is not an option. Those who do not measure\n up are cast by the wayside, abandoned, and left alone.\n\n Our selfish ambition cares nothing for others, reflects no\n love, and uses people even as we are used by others. The wolf,\n be it natural disaster or health issues or some other danger out\n of our control, finds us defenseless.\n\n The Good Shepherd, however, protects His sheep. He gives\n His life for the sheep, covering their sins with His\n righteousness, strengthening them in weakness, and binding their\n wounds. He is not a hireling.\n\n May our Lord give us faith to know and trust in the Good\n Shepherd for our eternal blessing. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 6, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278","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=3278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions\/3279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}