1. They have a habit of wandering off from the flock. Sometimes that tendency causes them to wander off a cliff and land on another one below. While there, they are incapable of getting back up by themselves, and therefore need some help.
The Shepherd, upon finding this out, cannot do anything at first. If they go down to try and help the Sheep, while it is perfectly healthy, it will jump off and end up killing itself.
The shepherd must wait for the sheep to be malnutritioned enough so that it is too weak and tired to run away, and only then will he be able to go down and get the sheep, and carry it to safety.
2. Sheep walk in a line. Sometimes, a sheep will be walking along, and using it’s imagination, jump over an invisible object or fence.
The other sheep, walking in line behind it, will follow suit, for no apparent reason, except the simple fact that the first one did it.
3. Sheep will sometimes fall over…just lose balance and fall. They cannot help themselves up, and need help to get up.
If you help a sheep up, depending on how long it laid there, it will probably fall over again. The wool, and blood, has all settled to the side that the sheep was laying on, and therefore all the weight is on that side.
If the sheep does manage to walk, it will still take a while for the blood to circulate again and for the wool to balance itself out. Therefore, it will end up walking in circles, before finally getting anywhere.
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Now, realize this.
God, as per the bible itself, describes us [humans] as sheep.
Think about it.
Thank you Pastor Steve of Wave Church, you actually taught me something.
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