{"id":12307,"date":"2013-05-10T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T11:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/?p=12307"},"modified":"2013-05-10T20:49:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T12:49:59","slug":"fencing-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/fencing-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Fencing the Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">10 May 2013 &nbsp;by Donna CM &#8211;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">During his visit to Kuching, Bro Frank Dewar, a preacher, leader and cattle farmer with the missionary team from Perth, Australia shared his perspective about God with the church here.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Christ came to fulfill the law,&rdquo; he said. Sometimes, we get stuck in the law of descriptions just like the Pharisees.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Caption 132\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12312\" height=\"282\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Caption-132.jpg\" style=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Caption-132.jpg 523w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Caption-132-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Caption-132-260x194.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The <\/span>law, which is the Word of God,<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">is like fences that keep the sheep in,&rdquo; he continued saying, if we don&rsquo;t feed the sheep, they die. If we don&rsquo;t feed ourselves with the <\/span><\/span>Word<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;of Christ, we die, he illustrated.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Jesus is the Good Shepherd. When you know Him, in an earshot, you can hear His voice. If the wolf comes, you die.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The <\/span>Word<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">keeps you in boundaries. But we have the freedom of Christ,&rdquo; said <\/span><\/span>B<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">ro Frank. We have pastors leading the flock. But, some pastors, by methodology, tell you to do this and that.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">As parents, we are careful to lead our children. &ldquo;If we stray too far from the <\/span>God<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">, we get eaten by wolves,&rdquo; he said. We have to hear the voice of the shepherd.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We are in a very tough world,&rdquo; he added. Technology, it doesn&rsquo;t bring <\/span>wholesome<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">communication. Texts, doesn&rsquo;t mean anything without hearing each other, he related when communicating with his children.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We need to stay close to the Shepherd. Listen to your heavenly Father,&rdquo; said <\/span><\/span>B<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">ro Frank. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bro Frank Dewar was in Kuching with his team of seven, along with Ps Peter Hack from Cornerstone Church, Perth for a short visit before heading to West Kalimantan, Indonesia.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Dear Viewers in Christ, if you find this article edifying to you, please share with your friends or loved ones by using the social media plugs (Share, Email to this article). The Lord will surely bless you as you bless others. May the Lord&rsquo;s peace and love be with you.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>10 May 2013 &nbsp;by Donna CM &#8211; &nbsp; During his visit to Kuching, Bro Frank Dewar, a preacher, leader and cattle farmer with the missionary team from Perth, Australia shared his perspective about God with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/fencing-sheep\/\" title=\"Fencing the Sheep\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2216,634,293,1010,923,912,204,538,297,111,1178,1485,2213,2214,2217,77,891,290,2219,2215,2218,485,292,645],"class_list":{"0":"post-12307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-inspirational","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-changing-the-world-family-by-family","10":"tag-christian","11":"tag-christian-fellowship","12":"tag-christian-in-malaysia","13":"tag-christian-post","14":"tag-christianity","15":"tag-christianity-malaysia","16":"tag-christians","17":"tag-church","18":"tag-church-in-malaysia","19":"tag-donna-uning","20":"tag-fencing-the-sheep","21":"tag-frank-dewar","22":"tag-fulfill-the-law","23":"tag-jesus","24":"tag-jesus-in-malaysia","25":"tag-kuching","26":"tag-law","27":"tag-missionary","28":"tag-peter-hack","29":"tag-pharisee","30":"tag-sarawak","31":"tag-word"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}