![]() ![]() He tarried here, seeking the lost sheep till he found it: he never gave over till his work was done. The Lord Jesus did not come down to earth to make an attempt to find men, but he came to do it, and he did it. That is our first head- “Until he find it.” It is a long reach “Until he find it.” Christ, the Good Shepherd, first seeks the lost sheep UNTIL HE FIND IT. In my text there are three periods to which I call your attention. May we see the love of Jesus, as Bernard saw it, and we shall have had sermon enough. It is a choice crime that men should even grow lax about their lower business for a while, that they may devote their chief energy to the saving of the lost sheep. Bernard, in which Martha has to complain of Mary- where gracious pursuits put other work in the background. Oh, to have in our hearts such love of souls that it engrosses us so that we forget earthly needs, and only remember this yet higher necessity! It is a good house, said St. ButĪnd long before they have a thought of coming home, let us be on their track, eager to grasp them, if by any means we may save some. Let us not wait until we see some goodness in them- until they seek after instruction. Let us not talk about our friends, and say we love them but let us show it by earnest, personal, speedy endeavours to do them good. Let us learn the love of Christ, that we may be wise in shepherdry. However little the flock may be, even if it be restricted to our own family, or to the little class that gathers about us on the Sabbath, yet we are all our brother’s keeper in some measure. O sweet love of Christ, so practical, so pre-eminent, so prevenient! Let us ask for grace that we may imitate it, especially those of us who are called to be shepherds of men.Īmong God’s people most of the saints have a charge to watch over. He leaves the ninety-and-nine in their pasturage and for a while forgets them, that all his heart, his eye, his strength may be given to the one that has gone astray. ![]() The love of Jesus to the lost sheep is pre-eminent. He does not wait until the sheep is willing to return, or until it makes some attempt to come back but no sooner is its lost estate known to the Shepherd than he starts off, that he may find that which was lost. The love of Jesus Christ is love not in word only, but in deed and in truth. There is a sheep lost, and the Lord regrets it but his love does not spend itself in regrets he arises, and goes forth to seek and to save that which was lost. THE love of Jesus, the Great Shepherd, is very practical and active. ![]()
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