Pentecost

The LORD God declares He Himself will shepherd His sheep. He will seek them out. He will rescue them. He will save. He will gather them in. In other words, the Good Shepherd will take care of His own sheep.

The heart of your sermon is the promise that God, in Jesus, has sought and found each of us. He receives us sinners and invites us to eat with Him at His table.

Love bids us to choose life, always life, because the love of Jesus has already set us free for a life beyond our wildest imagination.

These words direct the people of God how to live in their identity as God’s children. We would say, this is the reality of our baptismal identity!