but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.

People

To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.

"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.

For you were straying like lost sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your souls.

To day

For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,

He again definitely mentions a certain day, "To-day," saying long afterwards, by David's lips, in the words already quoted, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."

If ye

"Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."

I am now standing at the door and am knocking. If any one listens to My voice and opens the door, I will go in to be with him and will feast with him, and he shall feast with Me.