"HE Loved Me, And Gave HIMSELF For Me!"

Does GOD know me?

(J.R. Miller, "The Shining Light" 1911)

"I AM the Good Shepherd; I know 
MY sheep and MY sheep know ME. 
I lay down MY life for the sheep." 
John 10:14-15

Does GOD know me 

among the millions of HIS angels?

Does HE ever fix HIS thought 

on me as an individual?

Does HE have a distinct and 

personal affection for me, like 

that of a mother for her child?

Does CHRIST, the Good Shepherd, 

give care and thought to each 

particular sheep, so that HE knows 

each one's present condition and 

circumstances? Does HE know when 

one of HIS people is in trouble, 

is sick or suffering, when one 

has been hurt in some way, 

or when one is in danger? 

Does HE know when one strays 

from the safe enclosure of the fold 

and wanders off into peril?

The answer to all these questions is 

the same. Every redeemed one has his 

own special place in the heart of CHRIST! 

Paul put this truth most strikingly 

in a sentence when he said of CHRIST: 

"HE loved me, and gave HIMSELF for me!" 
Galatians 2:20

"MY sheep hear MY voice, I know them, 
and they follow ME. I give them eternal life, 
and they will never perish--ever! 
No one will snatch them out of MY hand!" 
John 10:27-28 

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