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That does not ensure that they [His sheep] will follow.

His rod and His staff, they comfort me.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. - Hebrews 12:6

We are merely stewards, not owners - even of our own souls, minds and bodies.

The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. – Psalms 24:1

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? - Matthew 20:15

Like Satan, man can rebel and suffer the consequences - but no one can thwart the will of God.

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. - Matthew 3:9

Remember the former things of old: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: - Isaiah 46:9-10

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. - Revelation 4:11

And we are truly sheep. He owns us, He paid for us with His own blood.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? - I Corinthians 6:19

So if a sheep wanders away, he's liable to be hurt whether by His rod/staff or by being carried back kicking and screaming or perhaps by wolf bite.

But no man can pluck us away from Him:

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand. - John 10:26-28

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

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That does not ensure that they [His sheep] will follow.

None of the verses that you posted say any different. There aren't any in the entire Bible, regardless of anyone's rose coloured glasses.