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Funeral Homily: The Fun Has Just Begun
Marion Clark
John 10:1-18
There are two likely reasons why T attended our church-the music and the preaching. It is fitting to have the Chamber Orchestra play, for that is the music offered in our Sunday worship. I am a preacher, and so in tribute to T, I will present a brief form of the type of preaching he would have heard each Sunday in the pew. It is called expository preaching, which simply means the preacher lets the Scripture set the agenda.
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''Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.''
Jesus presents himself as shepherd and his people as sheep. The primary idea that he puts forth is knowing. The gatekeeper knows him as the true shepherd and so opens the door for him to call out his sheep. Unlike Western practices where the shepherd is behind the sheep driving them forth, the Eastern shepherd develops such an intimate relationship with his sheep that he calls them forth like the owner of a dog may call to his pet. He knows his sheep by name and they know him. They recognize the sound of his voice.
6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7So Jesus again said to them, ''Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy ...
Marion Clark
John 10:1-18
There are two likely reasons why T attended our church-the music and the preaching. It is fitting to have the Chamber Orchestra play, for that is the music offered in our Sunday worship. I am a preacher, and so in tribute to T, I will present a brief form of the type of preaching he would have heard each Sunday in the pew. It is called expository preaching, which simply means the preacher lets the Scripture set the agenda.
Text
''Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.''
Jesus presents himself as shepherd and his people as sheep. The primary idea that he puts forth is knowing. The gatekeeper knows him as the true shepherd and so opens the door for him to call out his sheep. Unlike Western practices where the shepherd is behind the sheep driving them forth, the Eastern shepherd develops such an intimate relationship with his sheep that he calls them forth like the owner of a dog may call to his pet. He knows his sheep by name and they know him. They recognize the sound of his voice.
6This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7So Jesus again said to them, ''Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy ...
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