Who Keeps The Sheep?

Q. Last Sunday our pastor was preaching on Psalm 23 and part of his message hit me as another answer to the OSAS issue that seems to always be a source of questions to your “Ask A Bible Teacher”. He said that when the Psalm refers to the security of a sheep in the Shepherd’s care “for  His name’s sake”, it is referring to the fact that if a shepherd could not keep his sheep secure he was seen as incompetent. The sheep were by nature unable to care for themselves and by nature wandered into trouble, but it was the shepherd who would be seen as being at fault if one was lost.

A. That’s right.  It was the shepherd’s job to keep the sheep.  Some owners made the shepherd pay for any he lost.  John 6: 39 says it’s God’s will that Jesus would lose none of all He has given Him but raise them up at the last day.