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Why a shepherd and his sheep? Why not a herdsman and his goats? Why are the waters still and the pastures green? What do the sheep lie down to do? (Hint, it is not to rest). Is there a valley called the shadow of death? Where is it? What is a prepared table? The answers to these questions may not be what you think.

Taken from Psalm 23, My Shepherd explains the life of a shepherd and his relationship to his sheep. The instruments a shepherd uses and their purpose are explained in detail. It also discusses the life of the sheep and their dependence and dedication to their shepherd.

This interesting book will help you understand the shepherd (our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ) the sheep (every Christian) and if you follow the shepherd He will lead you to find green pastures which is abundant life!

A LITTLE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

C.F. “Frankie” Lee, the author is a native of Arkansas. He is a graduate of Luther Rice Seminary and has a TH.D. from Liberty Bible College. He is retired after 52 years in the Transportation industry. His writing is from a layman’s perspective.

EXCERPT PREVIEW

This is not a study that takes liberty with God’s Word in the King James Bible. I am not an apologist for God’s Word. His Word speaks for itself. My purpose is not to discuss the doctrines of the church or any particular belief system. Rather, this is a treatise on the relationship between the Shepherd and His sheep.

I keep these words from C. H. Spurgeon in the front of my Bible:

“Either this book is true from cover to cover, or it is not worth one solitary penny to me. It may be to a man who is so wise to distinguish between a truth or an error but I am such a fool I cannot do that. “

Instead of expounding on what God’s Word is trying to tell or what it says or means I have let it speak for itself. I have used over three hundred direct quotations from the King James Version of the Bible, from over forty-five of the sixty-six books. This was Jesus’ method during his earthly ministry. He quoted from the Scripture available to Him, “It is written”. Since the psalmist, David, writing the twenty-third Psalm wrote “The Lord is”, I have in my writing included only a portion of an unexplainable Lord’s attributes. The Scripture uses a form of the term “The Lord is” to identify Him and His attributes over fifty-three times in some fashion. I’m listing them here without specific scripture reference, but you will recognize most of them.

The Lord is righteous, my strength, a man of war, with us, long suffering, God, your way, a God of knowledge, witness, my rock, able, king, my shepherd, my light, good, our defense, The Lord; my refuge, upright, clothed with strength, great, merciful and gracious, on my side, my keeper, nigh, far from the wicked, the maker, the Lord Jehovah, everlasting, a God of judgment, exalted, our judge, our lawgiver, our king, the Lord the redeemer, the Lord thy redeemer, risen, the true God, there, the Lord, the God of hosts, slow to anger, a consuming fire, Jesus Christ, at hand, the avenger, fateful, my helper, very pitiful, gracious, not slack, my salvation, and He is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings. This book has its origin in extemporaneous lectures of Dr. Avery Rogers given in 1974, which I recorded. To these I have added notes from studies and lectures from many sources I have compiled over thirty-five years. Most notable are from writings of C. H. Spurgeon called “explanatory notes and quaint sayings” of writers of his day and before that, which are found at the end of each Psalm in his writings.

The knowledge of sheep and the shepherd’s life that I have was increased greatly by those descriptions of pastoral life in Palestine. I have endeavored to put this knowledge in a simple form that anyone with an inquisitive mind can understand, mostly in conversational language. I trust that the reader will have a more in-depth understanding of the twenty-third Psalm after reading this study. If it helps but one soul, my goal has been accomplished. The first thing to die in Scripture was a lamb. The first man to die was a shepherd. The first to be told of the Savior’s birth in Scripture were shepherds. The first man to die without sin was the Lamb of God, Jesus. It was only fitting that the first to rise from the dead would be the Lamb of God, Jesus, the Good Shepherd, my Shepherd.

May God bless all who read this work.