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Parable of the good shepherd....

I want to give you a parable, and you should learn from this how I want My Word to be understood: My earthly children are like a flock of scattered sheep which an enemy's ill will had chased from the shepherd's view into all directions. And the shepherd, who loves his sheep, goes in search for them. He looks for them in the most hidden places, he scales mountains and clambers down gorges, he calls and cajoles and does not rest until his flock is rounded up again. He helps the lambs that lost their way and cannot return by themselves, he follows the long tracks where they already went too far, he takes the tired lambs and carries them back on his shoulders, he leaves none to their fate, to his enemy, who might rob him of it and add it to his own flock. Because he knows his sheep, and his sheep know him and follow his voice.... And the good shepherd's heart rejoices when he has found all his sheep again, when his full flock is in his stable, when every lost lamb has found its way home....

You all are My sheep, you belong to My flock, which nevertheless has free run and therefore can also go astray if it strives for another goal but Me. The hostile shepherd is My adversary who tries to turn you away from Me. And he will often succeed.... My sheep stray from the path I take with My flock, they seek to scale the heights.... You humans seek honour and riches and for their sake leave the path. You fall into ravines and pits, vices and lusts capture you, step by step you descend into the abyss and can be grateful if you get caught by hedges and undergrowth .... if second thoughts arise in you which you don't ignore and are thus spared the deepest fall until your Saviour arrives.

Still others graze in strange pastures; they go astray and don't find their way back to their stable.... These are the people who thoughtlessly wander through earthly life, who are beneficiaries of actions which do not correspond to My will but give them great earthly advantage. They do not deem themselves bad, they are half-hearted, neither for nor against Me, they wander through the earthly valley oblivious of their earthly task, they have to be startled and chased back, so that they take refuge in My arms again Who, as a good shepherd, is ready to receive them at anytime.

I have to search for My lost lambs everywhere.... My call has to be heard everywhere and thus My voice has to sound time and again.... time and again I have to approach people in My Word and call them back into the Father's house. My Word is the call of the good shepherd, My Word is conveyed to human beings with love, My Word penetrates into all corners, wherever it finds entry into people's hearts. And anyone who does not follow My call will stray ever more or descend ever deeper.... And yet, the arm of the good shepherd will reach him one day, even if it takes ages.... Even the person who has resisted Me for a long time will return to Me one day.... one day he will tire of his wrong path and allow Me to lift him onto My shoulders, one day he, too, will willingly follow the good shepherd, the sound of His voice will entice him.... He will recognise it as the Father's voice and follow Me, and I will guide him into the Father's house and prepare a feast for joy for him of finding again what had been lost....

Amen

POREDBA O DOBROM PASTIRU....

(Ivan 10:1-16)

Ja vam želim dati poredbu, i trebali bi naučiti iz ovog kako želim da se Moja Riječ razumije: Moja zemaljska djeca su poput stada rastjeranih ovaca koje je zlonamjernost neprijatelja otjerala od pogleda pastira u svim smjerovima. I pastir, koji ljubi njegove ovce, ide u potragu za njima. On ih traži na najskrovitijim mjestima, on se penje na gore i spušta u jaruge, on poziva i mami i ne počiva dok njegovo stado nije iznova okupljeno. On pomaže jaganjcima koji su izgubili njihov put i ne mogu se vratiti sami od sebe, on slijedi duge tragove gdje su oni već predaleko odmakli, on uzima umorne jaganjce i nosi ih nazad na njegovim ramenima, ne ostavlja ni jednog njegovoj sudbini, njegovu neprijatelju, koji bi ga mogao okrasti za njega i pripojiti ga njegovu vlastitom stadu. Budući on poznaje njegove ovce, i njegove ovce poznaju njega i slijede njegov glas.... I srce dobrog pastira se raduje kada je iznova pronašao sve njegove ovce, kada je njegovo cijelo stado u njegovoj staji, kada je svaki izgubljeni jaganjac pronašao njegov put do kuće....

Vi svi ste Moje ovce, vi pripadate Mojem stadu, koje unatoč tome ima slobodu kretanja i može prema tome zalutati ako stremi za drugim ciljem osim Mene. Neprijateljski pastir je Moj protivnik koji vas pokušava odvratiti od Mene. I on će često uspjeti.... Moje ovce skreću sa staze kojom se zapućujem sa Mojim stadom, one se hoće uspeti u visine.... Vi ljudi tražite čast i bogatstvo i poradi njih napuštate stazu. Padate u klance i jame, poroci i požude vas zarobljavaju, korak po korak vi se spuštate u bezdan i možete biti zahvalni ako se zapletete u žive ograde i grmlje.... ako se druge misli pojave u vama koje ne zanemarujete i time ste pošteđeni najdubljeg pada dok vaš Spasitelj ne pristigne.

Druge pak pasu na tuđim pašnjacima; one odlutaju i ne nalaze njihova puta nazad do njihove štale.... Ovi su ljudi koji nepromišljeno lutaju kroz zemaljski život, koji su uživatelji koristi od akcija koje se ne podudaraju sa Mojom voljom ali im daju veliki zemaljski probitak. Oni sebe ne smatraju lošima, oni su malodušni, niti za niti protiv Mene, oni tumaraju kroz zemaljsku dolinu zaboravni o njihovom zemaljskom zadatku, oni trebaju biti zaplašeni (prenuti) i otjerani nazad, tako da će iznova naći utočište u Mojim rukama Koji Sam, kao dobar pastir, spreman primiti ih u bilo koje doba.

Ja moram svugdje tražiti Moje izgubljene jaganjce.... Moj se poziv mora čuti svugdje i stoga Moj glas treba opet i iznova odjeknuti.... opet i iznova moram pristupiti ljudima u Mojoj Riječi i pozvati ih nazad u Očevu kuću. Moja Riječ je poziv dobrog pastira, Moja Riječ je prenešena ljudskim bićima sa Ljubavlju, Moja Riječ prodire u sve uglove, gdjegod ona nađe ulaz u ljudska srca. I svatko tko ne slijedi Moj poziv će zalutati sve više ili propasti sve dublje.... A ipak, ruka dobrog pastira će ga dohvatiti jednog dana, čak ako to uzme vjekove.... Čak i osoba koja Mi se odupirala jako dugo vremena će Mi se povratiti jednog dana.... jednog dana će njemu dodijati njegova pogrešna staza i dozvolit će Mi da ga podignem na Moja ramena, jednog dana će on, također, dragovoljno slijediti dobrog pastira, zvuk Njegovog glasa će ga primamiti.... On će ga prepoznati kao Očev glas i slijediti Me, i Ja ću ga voditi u Očevu kuću i pripremiti za njega gozbu.... od radosti što je iznova bilo pronađeno ono što je bilo izgubljeno.

AMEN