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Continuing with answering simple questions, that even a Bible teacher of 50 years, ought to be able to answer from scripture. Since you are refusing to answer the questions, I will continue as I have, and answer the questions in your place as if I had asked myself:
Let's consider that understanding of the believing Jews, deeper ...
Which “good shepherd” gave “His life for the sheep”? To whom does the “little flock” belong then, and whose “voice” “shall” “they” “hear”? It is the very voice of Jesus, calling them, “...follow me.”
Psalms 95:6 KJB - O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before
the LORD our maker.
Psalms 95:7 KJB -
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Who saw us like “... sheep without a shepherd ...” [1 Kings 22:17; 2 Chronicles 18:16; Mark 6:34 KJB] and came to “... to seek and to save that which was lost ...” [Luke 19:10 KJB]?
Scripture hath said,
Jeremiah 31:3 KJB -
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Who is it that even had “... appeared of old ...”, and has loved us “... with an everlasting love ...”? Who is it that with “... lovingkindness ...” has “... drawn thee ...”? It is Jesus Christ:
Isaiah 45:22 KJB -
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
John 12:32 KJB - And
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Think about what is going to the “... uttermost parts of the earth ...” and “... all the ends of the earth ...” even now:
Matthew 26:31 KJB - Then saith
Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Mark 14:27 KJB - And
Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Hebrews 13:20 KJB - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
1 Peter 2:25 KJB - For
ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
1 Peter 5:4 KJB - And when
the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
John 10:15 KJB - As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and
I lay down my life for the sheep.
Who is it that is coming to gather all of His Sheep from the four corners of the earth, from the four winds of heaven and shall separate the sheep from the goats?
Matthew 24:31 KJB - And
he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:32 KJB - And before
him shall be gathered all nations: and
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew 25:33 KJB - And
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mark 13:27 KJB - And then shall
he send his angels, and shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
We are the sheep of His pasture... and we know His voice... for the Shepherd calls us. He calls those of His sheep to “... come out of her, my people ...”. Do we belong to Him or to another?
Acts 17:27 KJB - That they should
seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Compare:
Matthew 28:20 KJB - Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Isaiah 42:5 KJB - Thus saith
God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Compare:
John 20:22 KJB - And when
he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John 10:27 KJB -
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Compare:
See again Psalms 95 KJB, for whose voice to follow:
“... Follow me ...”: Matthew 9:9, 16:24, 19:21; Mark 2:14 KJB,
“... his disciples follow him ...”: Mark 6:1, 8:34, 10:21, Luke 5:27, 9:23,59, 18:22; John 1:43, 10:27, 12:26, 13:36, 21:19 KJB,
“... follow thou me ...”: John 21:22 KJB,
“... follow the Lamb ...”: Revelation 14:4 KJB
John 10:3 KJB - To him the porter openeth; and
the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John 10:4 KJB - And when
he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
Compare:
Deuteronomy 1:30 KJB -
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
Deuteronomy 1:33
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Matthew 28:7 KJB - And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold,
he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Mark 16:7 KJB - But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that
he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
John 18:37 KJB - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Jesus is no hireling, but He is the Good and Great Shepherd of the Sheep, God (Deity, as the Person/Being of the Son) manifest in the flesh:
Do we not desire to know the Truth [whom is Jesus], and to heed the voice [Psalms 95:7; Hebrews 3:7,15, 4:7, etc KJB] and call of the LORD [JEHOVAH] God? We ought to know from these texts then, that it is Jesus Christ that calleth us. Do we hear Him, do we follow Him? For He is the Way, The Truth and the Life, that Good Shepherd:
Psalms 23:1 KJB - A Psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalms 23:2 KJB -
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
John 10:3 KJB -
To him the porter openeth;
and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Jesus said, "lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20 KJB), but what does the Bible say elsewhere who that is with us?
These are all simple questions, that even a newly born Christian into the faith can answer with humble prayer and diligent searching of scripture, and so especially should a Bible teacher of 50 years ought to be able to answer these with ease.