Fez Posted June 21, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Fez ain't qualified to make a proper response to my challenge that ... 99.9% OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP! 'Cause she's from Sud Africa, for cryin' out loud! Fez, can you hear me down there? Don't know if I can hear you down here. My long blonde hair and my dangly earrings must be blocking my hearing. I must try and do something about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 21, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Don't know if I can hear you down here. My long blonde hair and my dangly earrings must be blocking my hearing. I must try and do something about that What happened? Did you stumble into your wife's closet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted June 21, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Don't know if I can hear you down here. My long blonde hair and my dangly earrings must be blocking my hearing. I must try and do something about that What happened? Did you stumble into your wife's closet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 If we don't understand the depths of the relationship between shepherds and their sheep ... we obviously don't understand the depths of what Jesus is talking about concerning this. Why? What do you not understand? The "door to the sheep" for one. Read further in that passage and it is explained. No, the passage doesn't explain how a shepherd became a door. When being given a visual representation of a spiritual truth, one needs to have the visual to begin with. That's not what you asked. The "green pastures" takes on a different understanding when realizing they are small patches amidst desert rather than lush fields. Things like that. A pasture is a place of rest and relaxation. It's not about the size of the pasture, it's what the pasture represents. Whether it's a thousand acre pasture or a half acre pasture, what it represents is still the same. A place of rest. If you are expecting thousands of acres of lush grass from God when in fact He is giving you small patches of greenery amidst the desert, you will be disappointed in God. ("You" in the general sense.) But of course, you might not be a visual thinker, so that would make sense why it doesn't matter to you what the visual analogy was to begin with. To be totally honest, I've never imagined that everyone would have their own little pasture. I always took that to be figurative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderJ Posted June 21, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 195 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 24 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1993 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Fez ain't qualified to make a proper response to my challenge that ... 99.9% OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP! 'Cause she's from Sud Africa, for cryin' out loud! Fez, can you hear me down there? I would wager that you, Sograteful, have no experience in shepherding, you probably just read a book about it. ...or am I mistaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderJ Posted June 21, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 195 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 24 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/10/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/25/1993 Share Posted June 21, 2012 ...and, for someone who claims to possess such great knowledge, you have enlightened us precious little on the topic of shepherding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bird Posted June 22, 2012 Group: Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 74 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/19/2012 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/15/1967 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Quote Rare Bird Things I know about sheep:Sheep aren't burden-bearing animalsSheep cannot be at rest/sleep unless they are laying downSheep can distinguish the voice/call of their shepherd from other shepherdsSheep like to wander offWhen held for sheering, they don't make a sound I like this! and I am going to use it unashamedly! There is a preach in those five points! Hey there is a preach in each of the points! Thanks! Preach it brother! That's why I brought 'em up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoGrateful Posted June 23, 2012 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 81 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/30/2011 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 ... you have enlightened us precious little on the topic of shepherding. Never been a shepherd. Watched a lot of 'em in Bulgaria. I only brought the verses to your attention to help you, sorry! Any other complaints, or is that it for today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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