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Terry:
I know i've read this here before but can't find it now thanks for any help on where it is in Isaiah.

Terry

Isaiah tells us that it is the "shepherds" that have LEAD GOD'S SHEEP ASTRAY. They will bear the greater accountability for their sins.

Let me know if you still have questions. God be with you always.

Sincerely,

Ray

mharrell08:

--- Quote from: Terry on December 18, 2010, 06:21:00 AM ---I know i've read this here before but can't find it now thanks for any help on where it is in Isaiah.

Terry
--- End quote ---


Isa 56:10-11  His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.


And also, Jeremiah has even more to say regarding the shepherds who lead people astray (Jer 10:21, 23:1, 50:6, etc.)

grapehound:
Thank you Marques, that's a 'peach' of a scripture.

Every blessing

Grape

mharrell08:
One more additional, this excerpt from Ray's latest paper (http://bible-truths.com/23-minutes-in-hell.html):

SHEPHERDS OF ISRAEL
"My people hath been lost sheep: their SHEPHERDS have caused them to go astray, they have turned them" (Jer. 50:6)

"Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says the LORD" (Jer. 23:1-2)

Are the prophet's words of condemnation, ancient history only? The Shepherds of God's Church (the ministers & pastors) have always lead the flock astray.

"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them... Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?" (Ezek. 34:2)

"As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for my flock, but the SHEPHERDS fed themselves, and fed not my flock; Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require My flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them" (Ezek. 34:8-10)

This is not just ancient history of Israel, but this is also prophecy for us today and the future. There is only one major difference between the shepherds of the past and the shepherds over the Church today, that is, it has gotten worse.

"Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter" (Isaiah 56:11)

That sounds like the ministers and clerics of the "Prosperity Gospel" in today's mega churches, doesn't it?

"Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes ye principal [Heb: 'illustrious leaders'] of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal [illustrious leaders] of the flock to escape" (Jer. 25:34-35).

Can one even imagine what it would be like to be a spiritual Shepherd over one of God's congregations, and have Him speak like this to YOU!? Of course, most of the modern "Shepherds" of God's sheep don't even know that these Scriptures are condemning them. Modern ministers of the Church think that all these Scriptures are nothing but ancient history and do not apply to them at all.



Marques

grapehound:
Thanks Marques

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