Nov. 12, 2025
Shepherd's Voice In A Noisy World
Send us a text The loudest voice isn’t always the truest. We dive into what it really means to know the shepherd’s voice in a world saturated with takes, trends, and almost-right messages that trade conviction for comfort. Drawing from John 10 and the imagery of the sheepfold, we unpack how recognition flows from relationship: time in Scripture, prayer that lingers until peace returns, and obedience that turns hearing into following. We trace how deception works—not by wearing horns, but by ...
The loudest voice isn’t always the truest. We dive into what it really means to know the shepherd’s voice in a world saturated with takes, trends, and almost-right messages that trade conviction for comfort. Drawing from John 10 and the imagery of the sheepfold, we unpack how recognition flows from relationship: time in Scripture, prayer that lingers until peace returns, and obedience that turns hearing into following.
We trace how deception works—not by wearing horns, but by sounding easy. From Eden’s “Did God really say?” to modern pulpits that sell blessing without surrender, counterfeits twist truth just enough to dull our guard. We get practical about testing voices: Does it align with Scripture? Does it produce conviction instead of flattery? Does it pull me toward humility, repentance, and holiness? We talk about the danger of distraction, the mercy of shaking that reveals what stands, and why comfort is not the same as peace. Through stories of sheep that know their shepherd, churches finding courage through repentance, and believers rediscovering God’s tone, we map a path back to clarity.
The heart of our message is simple and urgent: nearness over noise. Study the authentic until falsehood feels foreign. Shut the gates propped open by convenience. Return to the last command you ignored and obey it. The shepherd’s voice hasn’t changed—firm yet gentle, never contradicting Scripture, always leading toward light. If you’re tired of confusion and hungry for steady ground, this conversation will help you tune your ear, test what you hear, and walk with confidence even as the world shakes.
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Rick
Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!
Chapters
01:35 - The Voice that Leads
06:19 - The Imitator's Whisper
12:17 - The Sheepfold in Chaos
18:26 - The Test of Recognition
25:06 - Closing Reflection
Transcript
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The world is overflowing with voices.
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Everyone has a platform, a channel, a message.
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And in all that noise, truth and deception have started to sound dangerously similar.
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We scroll past prophecy and parody, sermons, and self-promotion, worship and witchcraft, all in the same feed.
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Yet in the middle of all that chaos, there's still one voice that cuts through every frequency.
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The voice of the shepherd.
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Jesus said, My sheep listen to my voice.
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That means not everyone will.
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Not everyone can.
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Recognition requires relationship.
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And the more time you spend with the shepherd, the more clearly you'll know when he speaks, when he speaks, and when he doesn't.
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In the end times, that difference may decide whether you stand or fall, because deception in this hour isn't always ugly.
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It's convincing, it's attractive, and it's almost right.
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But almost right is still wrong.
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And in these last days, almost can lead straight to darkness.
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So today, we're going to talk about hearing God in a world full of noise.
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We'll expose the imitation voices that lead astray, we'll learn how to test what we hear, and we'll rediscover the peace that only comes from walking close enough to recognize his call.
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Let's go, boys.
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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets.
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I'm Rick, and I'm so glad you're here.
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When Jesus described himself as the shepherd, he wasn't given a metaphor for comfort.
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He was declaring ownership and authority.
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A shepherd doesn't just feed his sheep.
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He directs them, he protects them, and he corrects them when they wander.
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There's a story I think about a lot.
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A traveler once visited a Middle Eastern village where two shepherds brought their flocks to the same watering hole.
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The sheep all mixed together until you couldn't tell which belonged to whom.
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Then one shepherd simply turned.
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He gave a short call, started walking, and instantly his own sheep separated from the rest and followed him.
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The others stayed.
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The traveler was stunned.
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The shepherd smiled and said, They know my voice.
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That's what Jesus was describing in John 10.
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True believers are not confused when he speaks.
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They may struggle, they may question, but deep in their spirit there's a resonance that says, That's my shepherd.
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The enemy can shout, the culture can entice, but the sheep know the sound of truth.
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How do you know that voice?
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Through intimacy, not religion, not ritual, but relationship.
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You spend time in the word until his tone becomes familiar.
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You pray until his peace feels recognizable.
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You obey until his correction feels like love instead of punishment.
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Every genuine encounter with God shapes your ear to hear him more clearly.
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When you obey the small nudges, the conviction to apologize, the prompting to pray for someone, the warning not to go there, you train your heart to discern his whispers.
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Psalm 32.8, it says, The Lord says, I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
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I will advise you and watch over you.
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That's the shepherd's promise.
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He doesn't scream directions from a distance.
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He walks ahead of you, speaking guidance as you go.
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But let's be honest, many believers have lost the art of listening.
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We pray, but we don't pause.
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We study, but we don't stay long enough for revelation.
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We fill our schedules and silence our souls, and then we wonder why we can't hear him.
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The shepherd's voice can be drowned out by busyness just as easily by sin.
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Sometimes the greatest tactic of the enemy isn't to tempt you with evil, it's just to keep you too distracted to hear.
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Think about Elijah in 1 Kings 19.
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He fled to a cave after Jezebel threatened his life.
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There was a wind, an earthquake, a fire, but God wasn't in any of them.
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Then came a gentle whisper.
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That's where Elijah heard him.
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In this loud generation, God is still whispering.
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Not because he's weak, but because he wants intimacy.
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You have to draw close to hear a whisper.
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So if you find yourself unsure of what God's saying, get closer.
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Shut off the noise.
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Step away from the opinions, the endless feeds, the fear-filled headlines.
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Open your Bible.
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Pray peace until peace returns.
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Because the shepherd never stopped speaking.
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His sheep simply stopped listening.
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Let me tell you something personal.
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Years ago, I faced one of the hardest seasons of my life.
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I begged God for an answer.
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And for weeks, nothing.
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Silence.
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Until one morning, while I was reading John 10, my eyes landed on a verse.
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And I'd read it a thousand times before.
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It said he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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It was like electricity in my chest.
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God wasn't being silent.
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He was waiting until I got quiet enough to realize that he'd been calling me by name all along.
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If you want to know his voice, you got to make room for it.
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That's where we start.
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Because before you can discern the counterfeit, you must know the genuine.
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Now Satan rarely shows up wearing horns.
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He comes dressed in influence, charisma, convenience.
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His voice doesn't sound evil, it sounds easy.
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He whispers, God wants you to be happy.
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While Jesus says, Be holy, for I am holy.
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Satan says, follow your heart.
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While scripture warns us the heart is deceitful above all things.
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He offers shortcuts where God offers sanctification.
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That's why the devil is called the deceiver, not the destroyer.
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He doesn't need to destroy you if he can convince you to follow a voice that sounds almost right.
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Think about the Garden of Eden.
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The serpent didn't hand Eve a weapon, he handed her a conversation.
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His question really wasn't even fully wrong.
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Did God really say?
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He used God's own words, slightly twisted, slightly softened, until doubt entered the heart.
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Now that's still his method today.
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The deceiver takes God's truth, removes the cost, and sells it as freedom.
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He says grace covers everything, but he never mentions repentance.
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He says God loves you just as you are, but he never adds, and he loves you too much to leave you that way.
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This is the whisper that's reshaping the modern church.
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The imitation of the shepherd's tone, smooth speech with no authority, emotion with no conviction, worship with no surrender.
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I once knew a young man who told me he'd stopped attending church because he found an online pastor who told him everything was fine, that sin was outdated, that the Bible was cultural, not eternal.
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He said it made him feel free.
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I asked him later if he felt peace.
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He said no, but he felt comfortable.
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Comfort is not the same as peace.
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Peace comes when you're right with God.
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Comfort comes when you stop caring whether you are.
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The gospel divides truth from error.
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It separates light from darkness.
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In the end times, in the times we're living in, the imitator's voice is going to grow louder through every system.
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Through media, politics, religion, technology.
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Revelation 13 tells us that the beast will one day speak great blasphemies and deceive many through signs and wonders.
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But before that day comes, the groundwork is being laid, one small compromise at a time.
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A generation that no longer reads Scripture is a generation easily deceived by Scripture when it's taken out of context.
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We're watching the rise of false shepherds.
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Voices that say, God told me to tell you to give, but never God told me to repent.
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They promise prosperity, but never purity.
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They prophesy blessings, but they ignore obedience.
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That's not the shepherd's voice.
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In Acts chapter 20, verses 29 and 30, Paul warned the church, I know that false teachers like vicious wolves will come in after you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
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He didn't say if, he said will.
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Wolves will always come for the flock, and they always use familiar language.
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In this digital age, the wolves have microphones.
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They have followers, they have brand deals.
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They speak smooth words about destiny and purpose, but never mention crucifying the flesh.
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And yet, here's the truth.
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The closer we get to the end, the more obvious the imitation will become to those who truly know his voice.
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A counterfeit can only fool you if you stopped handling the real thing.
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When federal agents train to spot fake currency, they don't study the counterfeits.
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They study the authentic bills until they know every detail by heart.
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Then any fake that they see feels and looks wrong immediately.
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That's how we need to treat the word of God.
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We need to study it until falsehood feels foreign.
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We need to pray until compromise sounds off key.
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Worship until the world's songs lose their appeal.
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You can't recognize the imitator unless you're walking with the originator.
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And make no mistake, the imitator's whisper is growing louder because the shepherd's return is drawing near.
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Revelation 12, 12 says the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.
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He's running out of time.
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And when you're out of time, you shout.
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That's why the noise of this generation feels unbearable.
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Everybody's shouting, nobody's listening.
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But the true sheep are learning to lower the volume of the world so they can hear the still small voice of the king.
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You can't stop the imitator from speaking, but you can stop listening.
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And when you stop listening, you starve deception of its power.
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John 10 gives us one of the most comforting images in all of Scripture.
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The shepherd standing at the entrance of the sheepfold.
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The sheepfold was a simple walled enclosure where the flock rested safely at night.
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There was only one way in and one way out.
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The shepherd himself would lay across that opening as the door, meaning nothing entered the fold unless it passed through him.
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Jesus said, I am the door.
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Those who come in through me will be saved.
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That's not poetry, that's protection.
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But now look around.
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The modern sheepfold, the church is surrounded by noise and distraction and infiltration.
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The walls are still standing, but many of the gates have been left open.
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Voices are climbing over, slipping through live streams, podcasts, pulpits, screens.
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The enemy no longer needs to drag people out of the fold.
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He just needs to get their attention while they're still sitting inside it.
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I once visited a ranch in Texas where the shepherd had installed an automatic gate to save time.
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It was efficient.
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But one morning, coyotes slipped in through the gate after the system malfunctioned.
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Now the shepherd told me something I'll never forget.
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He said technology made the gate smarter, but the sheep weaker.
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That is a word for this generation.
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We have become so connected that we're disconnected from discernment.
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We've traded vigilance for convenience.
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We listen to a thousand sermons, but we rarely sit with the shepherd himself.
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The sheepfold is supposed to be a place of peace, not performance.
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But a lot of churches have turned the pasture into a stage.
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Lights, music, influence, applause, but little conviction, little repentance.
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The sheep are entertained, but they're not equipped.
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And when chaos comes, the sheep scatter because they were never anchored to the voice.
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They were anchored to the vibe.
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Jesus warned in Matthew 24 that in the last days many will turn away from me and betray each other and hate each other.
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Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
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Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
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We're living in that prophecy right now.
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Churches are splitting.
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Believers are fighting over politics.
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And many are more loyal to a movement than to a Messiah.
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But in that same passage, Jesus gave hope.
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Endurance comes from staying close to the shepherd, not from staying popular with the crowd.
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Let me tell you another story.
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Years ago, a family in the Middle East lost their flock during a night raid.
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The thieves mixed their stolen sheep with another herd miles and miles away.
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And when the shepherd finally tracked them down, the soldiers guarding the pen laughed and said, You won't ever know which ones were yours.
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The shepherd stepped forward and he called softly.
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And within seconds, his sheep lifted their heads and ran to him.
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That is what the shepherd is doing right now.
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He's calling in the middle of global confusion in political division and spiritual deception.
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The true sheep are starting to lift their heads again.
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They're remembering the tone of his voice.
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They're leaving the false folds of celebrity faith and entertainment Christianity and cultural compromise.
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They're running back to the narrow gate.
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The chaos in the sheepfold isn't proof that God has lost control.
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It's proof that he's separating what's true from what's not.
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Hebrews 12 27 says this means that all of creation will be shaken and removed so that only unshakable things will remain.
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The shaking is mercy.
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It reveals which voices were built on sand and which were built on the rock.
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If your faith depends on everything going right, you're going to crumble when everything goes wrong.
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But if your faith depends on knowing the shepherd's voice, you'll stand when the world trembles.
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The sheepfold is being purified.
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The pretenders are leaving.
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The faithful are learning to worship without music, to pray without prompting, to listen without the noise.
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And while the world mocks the church for its weakness, the shepherd is walking the perimeter.
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It's restoring order.
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It's gathering his remnant.
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Because soon the door will close, not out of cruelty, but out of completion.
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When the last sheep is entered, when the last soul has responded, the shepherd will rise and judgment will begin.
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Until that day, we need to stay near the gate.
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Don't wander into the fields of compromise.
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Don't follow voices that promise greener pastures outside his walls.
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The wolves always make the grass look lush right before they attack.
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Jesus said in John 10 9, those who come in through me will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
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The good pasture isn't out there.
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It's right where the shepherd is.
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The sheepfold may look small.
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It may look unpopular, but it's safe.
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And in these last days, safety isn't found in numbers.
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It's found in nearness.
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Now there's a simple but sobering test that separates those who merely hear the voice from those who truly know.
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Jesus said, My sheep listen to my voice.
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I know them, and they follow me.
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That last phrase, and they follow me, that's the test.
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Hearing means nothing if it doesn't lead to obedience.
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You can recognize the shepherd's tone all day long, but until you walk where he leads, you're just another spectator in the fold.
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Obedience is it's the proof of recognition.
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I once heard about a ministry in a war-torn country who worked secretly with underground believers.
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Now they would meet in barns, sometimes under the threat of death.
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And each time the leader would send a single phrase over a crackling radio signal.
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It wasn't the same phrase twice, but everyone who belonged knew the rhythm of the words.
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And they would whisper back, We hear you and we're coming.
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That's the relationship that God wants.
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