9TH JULY, 2024
PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON
SHEEP NOT OF THIS FOLD
John 10:16 KJV
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.Ezekiel 34:31 KJV
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
There are many men who are not yet in the Christian fold: not yet born-again, but are God’s sheep: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists etc. (Jn. 10:16). He is still working on them and they will ultimately get born-again, and there will be one fold and one Shepherd (Eze. 34:31).
God does not look at a man’s outward religious label: He looks at their hearts and how they are responding to God’s law written in the conscience of all men (Rom. 2:14-15).
For example, men like Abimelech (Gen. 20:1-8); Naaman (2Kgs. 5:1-19) and Cornelius (Act. 10:1-48) were all sheep not yet of the Jewish or Christian fold initially!
The Lord tells us not to judge or condemn those who do not at first believe His Word (Jn. 12:47-48).
Rather we should treat all men with mercy, love and patience. Pray for them, show them acts of kindness and love, so that some of them may be saved before the last day (1Tim. 2:1-4).
1Peter 2:17 AMP
Show respect for all men [treat them honorably]. Love the brotherhood (the Christian fraternity of which Christ is the Head). Reverence God. Honor the emperor.
In fact, God is going to raise up a great army of Christians from sheep not of this fold: people who are presently spiritually dead in a ‘valley of dry bones’ (Eze. 37:9-11). This army will make whole or complete, the Church of God before the Lord Jesus returns for us at the rapture (Gal. 3:27-29).
The prophetic Word and the power of the Holy Spirit released by the Church that is manifesting the power of the Spirit without measure, will remove the veil that is presently blinding these sheep in all nations from seeing the truth of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 25:6-9 KJV
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over ALL people, and the vail that is spread over ALL nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
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