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John 17: 22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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John 15: 6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

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John 14: 15If ye love me, keep my commandments.

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2 Timothy 3: 13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 16: 17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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Jude 1: 3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

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2 Corinthians 11: 3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
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13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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When we find (by searching The Scriptures and testing the Spirits by The Scriptures) that someone is teaching Contrary. to the Faith (Doctrine) given us by Jesus and His Apostles then we Must Separate from them – Division.

O.K. That's my .o2

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Psalm 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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I believe you to be in error BA.

A sling-shot is a weapon and would break bones on the sheep, just as it slew Goliath. A shepherd would Not use a weapon on the sheep. Why would one knowingly do physical harm to their livelyhood?

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I did not say that the shepherd used his slingshot to shoot a large riverworn smooth stone at a sheep.

These shepherds have become very accurate with the slingshots over the years, and either hit the sheep with a small stone on the **** or more probably caused a small stone to hit the ground near the sheep to skit the sheep back into the right direction.

But, in truth I'm not sure what they did, so if someone knows I'd like to hear about it? When I was in Afghanistan, I climbed a high central mountain in Kabul and woke up in the morning to see a shepherd FOLLOW his flock just below the ancient fortress where I had spent the night.

God bless, BORN AGAIN

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Well we are supposed to lead by serving, so I will serve you up some more

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I was surprised to read the other day in the Bible that the shepherd did not lead the flock, as I had always "imagined", but instead the shepherd "follows" the flock, so that He can see it and throw stones at it with his slingshot:

Psalm 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwells between the cherubims, shine forth.

Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

But how He led was apparently by following the flock:

Amos 7:15
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

And they "searched for the flock":

Ezekiel 34:8
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became meat to every animal of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed My flock;

Anyway, all that to say that the Shepherd Yahshua-Jesus is apparently "following us" instead of "preceding us", and by "following us", He can see what we are all "up to" and then He slings stones our way to bring us back within the flock.

Some sheep that "consistently" insisted on going far out of the way could be killed, lest that sheep teach her bad lessons to other sheep, according to the author of "A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23".

God bless, lead by following?

BORN AGAIN

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I really think there is something cool to see here...

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Until it fizzled out without an explanation.

And you will say, "Be not faithless, but believing".

God bless us all on this CBBS, BORN AGAIN

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