MY SHEEP
" My sheep hear My voice; I know them, and they follow Me." — John 10:27 [KJV] All our mercies in time and eternity flow from Jesus' knowing us as His sheep. To all such salvation is certain; both as to present grace and future glory. As a shepherd knoweth every sheep committed to his care; so doth our Good Shepherd. All His sheep were everlastingly beloved of the Father, "chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world," and given to Jesus in the eternal counsel. He became surety for them, He redeemed them to God by His own blood. Hence He calls them " MY SHEEP ,"—Mine by gift—Mine by redemption. Thus He hath a distinct knowledge of them, and special property in them. For "died Jesus as a fool dieth?" spilt He His precious blood at uncertainty? paid He the dreadful debt of law and justice at a peradventure, whether any soul would receive the eternal benefit or not? Surely no: for His undertaking was in infinite wisdom and