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Thy rod and thy staff....

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Thy rod and ...

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and thy staff....

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Rod and Staff....

Comfort me

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Equipments of a shepherd Rod and staff- most essential Equipments

Now a days they may carry a gun

Olden days they carried a sling- eg.David

Some times a small knapsack in which

packed his lunch

Bottle of water

Small first aid box - contains oil and wine

shepherd's bag and a wallet 1sam17:40

For entertainment some musical

instrument like Harp, flute etc eg. David

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SHEPHERD'S KNAPSACK

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Shepherd's Rod To be a shepherd one should know how to

use the rod

Rod is the symbol of authority, anextension of owner's right hand

A weapon of power and defense eg. Rod of

Moses

Fear to the enemies and comfort to His

sheep

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Word of God-

The rod of comfort Following are the comforting aspect of

God's word

1. Rod speaks of authority- God's word it's

authority comforts us

" Thus saith the Lord" no confusion and

chaos

Jesus spoke with authority not like scribes

Mat.7:29 ' astonished' and 'wondered' at

His word. Mat. 7:28; Luke 4:22 - gracious

words, comforting words.

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Rod used to warn the

sheep 2.Rod is used to warn the wandering sheep

Keeps them away from poisonous weeds

It brings back the 'wayward' sheep to the

fold

Word of God keeps us away from sin and

restores backsliders

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Rod is used to count

the sheep 3.Process of counting the sheep is called

'passing under the rod' Ezek.20:37

Rod helps to understand the lost sheep Lk

15:4

It helps to examine the skin condition.

Heb.4:12. Cleanliness of the fleece we can

understand.Ps.139:23-24

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Rod protects shepherd and the

sheep

4.Shepherd uses the rod to smash the head of

wild beasts

David killed lion and bear 1sam.17:34-37

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Staff speaks of the ministry of

Holy Spirit Staff a symbol of concern and compassion

Staff or crook comforts the sheep in the following

manner

1.Staff speaks of long suffering and kindness.

It draws the sheep together into intimaterelationship.Ps.133

Ewe and the separated lamb brought together by

staff

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a raws esheep close to the

shepherd Holy Spirit always draws us close to the

Christ Jn.16:14-15

Holy spirit lifts Him up,thereby we are drawn

towards Him

If I will be lifted up I will draw all men untomyself. Jn.12:32

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Staff is used to guide

the sheep Shepherd uses staff to 'touch' the sheep.It

is like 'walking hand in hand'.Jn.14:18;16:13

Holy Spirit even today guides us in a

mysteries way eg.Ruth's steps weredirected by God

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Staff helps to bring back the

sheep..... Sheep may slip into water or thorny

bushes

With the help of staff shepherd lifts it up

and bring back to the fold

Holy Spirit convicts the sin and brings

back a back slider

A sheep that is 'hooked in their wool' orcaught up in the thicket by horns will be

restored Gen.22:13

Staff is used to bring back 'way ward'

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Staff is used to feed the

sheep Sheep won't be able to reach to the plants

in an higher level

With the help of staff shepherd makes it

available to the sheep

Holy spirit helps us to understand 'higher'truths of the scriptures. Jn.16:13;2

Pet.1:19-21

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Two mother sheep At the time of delivery mother sheep died

leaving the lamb alone.but the other sheep

she lost the lamb. Shepherd got an idea to

feed the lamb with the help of the mother

sheep who is alive when she smelled thelamb refused to feed her finally shepherd

took the skin of the dead lamb and covered

the live lamb with it when mother sheep

could smell her own lamb's smell sheallowed the little lamb to feed story narrated

by Ravi Zachariah on Christmas message

on 25th 2012.