Jesus, The Good Shepherd

JESUS ‘THE GOOD SHEPHERD’
John 10:1-18
“Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who
does not enter the sheep pen by the gate,
but climbs in by some other way, is a thief
and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the
gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The
gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the
sheep listen to his voice…

John 10:1-18
… He calls his own sheep by name and leads
them out.4 When he has brought out all his
own, he goes on ahead of them, and his
sheep follow him because they know his
voice.5 But they will never follow a stranger;
in fact, they will run away from him because
they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” …

John 10:1-18
… 6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the
Pharisees did not understand what he was
telling them. 7 Therefore Jesus said again,
“Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the
sheep. 8 All who have come before me are
thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not
listened to them…

John 10:1-18
…9 I am the gate; whoever enters through
me will be saved. They will come in and go
out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes
only to steal and kill and destroy; I have
come that they may have life, and have it to
the full…

John 10:1-18
… 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and
does not own the sheep. So when he sees
the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep
and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the
flock and scatters it…

John 10:1-18
…13 The man runs away because he is a
hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my
sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as
the Father knows me and I know the
Father—and I lay down my life for the
sheep…

John 10:1-18
…16 I have other sheep that are not of this
sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too
will listen to my voice, and there shall be
one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason
my Father loves me is that I lay down my
life—only to take it up again…

John 10:1-18
… 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it
down of my own accord. I have authority to
lay it down and authority to take it up
again. This command I received from my
Father.”

Romans 1:16
‘I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it
is the power of God for the salvation of
everyone who believes.’

2 Peter 3:18
‘But grow in the grace and knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.’

John 10:11
"I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:1
"I tell you the truth, the man who does not
enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs
in by some other way, is a thief and a
robber.”

John 10:10
‘I have come that they may have life,
and have it to the full.’

CHARACTERISTICS OF SHEEP
1. Sheep wander.
Isaiah 53:6
‘We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us
has turned to his own way.’

1. Sheep wander.
1 Timothy 6:10
‘For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, have wandered
from the faith and pierced themselves with many
griefs.’

1. Sheep wander.
1 Timothy 2:17-18
‘Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered
away from the truth.’

1. Sheep wander.
1 Timothy 4:1
‘The Spirit clearly says that in later times some
will abandon the faith and follow deceiving
spirits and things taught by demons.’

1. Sheep wander.
2 Peter 2:15
‘They have left the straightway and wandered off
to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who
loved the wages of wickedness.’

1. Sheep wander.
Proverbs 16:25
‘There is a way that seems right to a man, but in
the end it leads to death.’

1 Kings 11:1-6
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign
women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians
and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about
which the LORD had told the Israelites, …

1 Kings 11:1-6
… “You must not intermarry with them,
because they will surely turn your hearts
after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon
held fast to them in love.3 He had seven
hundred wives of royal birth and three
hundred concubines, and his wives led him
astray…

1 Kings 11:1-6
…4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned
his heart after other gods, and his heart was
not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the
heart of David his father had been. 5 He
followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the
Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of
the Ammonites…

1 Kings 11:1-6
…6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the
LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely,
as David his father had done.

1. Sheep wander.
John 10:3
‘The watchman opens the gate for him, and the
sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep
by name and leads them out.’

1. Sheep wander.
Psalm 32:8
‘I will instruct you and teach you in the way you
should go: I will guide you with mine eye.’

1. Sheep wander.
Psalm 25:4-5
‘Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your
paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for
you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all
day long.’

2. Sheep are defenceless.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12
‘Two are better than one, because they have a
good return for their work: If one falls down, his
friend can help him up...

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, 12
... But pity the man who falls and has no one to
help him up! Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves. A cord of three
strands is not quickly broken.’

Matthew 18:19-20
"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth
agree about anything you ask for, it will be done
for you by my Father in heaven…

Matthew 18:19-20
…For where two or three come together in my
name, there am I with them."

3. Sheep are stubborn.
Leviticus 26:19
‘I will break down your stubborn pride and make
the sky above you like iron and the ground
beneath you like bronze.’

Psalm 81:12
‘So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to
follow their own devices.’

Jeremiah 5:23-24
‘But these people have stubborn and rebellious
hearts; they have turned aside and gone away…

Jeremiah 5:23-24
…But they did not listen or pay attention; instead,
they followed the stubborn inclinations of their
evil hearts. They went backward and not
forward.’

Hosea 4:16
‘The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn
heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like
lambs in a meadow?’

Romans 2:5
‘But because of your stubbornness and your
unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath
against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when
his righteous judgment will be revealed.’

Ephesians 4:18
‘They are darkened in their understanding and
separated from the life of God because of the
ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of
their hearts.’

James 4:10
‘Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will
lift you up.’

Job 5:17-18
"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do
not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he
wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his
hands also heal.’

Hebrews 12:11
‘No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but
painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest
of righteousness and peace for those who have
been trained by it.’

Matthew 5:3
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.’

Jeremiah 18:2-6
"Go down to the potter's house, and there I
will give you my message. So I went down
to the potter's house, and I saw him
working at the wheel. But the pot he was
shaping from the clay was marred in his
hands; so the potter formed it into another
pot, shaping it as seemed best to him…

Jeremiah 18:2-6
… Then the word of the LORD came to me:
"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as
this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Like
clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in
my hand, O house of Israel.’

4. Sheep are dirty.
Romans 3:23
‘For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God.’

4. Sheep are dirty.
Psalm 51:2, 7
‘Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from
my sin…Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be
clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.’

4. Sheep are dirty.
Hebrews 10:22
‘Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in
full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience
and having our bodies washed with pure water.’

4. Sheep are dirty.
Isaiah 1:18
‘Come now, let us reason together," says the
LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though they are red as
crimson, they shall be like wool.’

4. Sheep are dirty.
John 10:11
‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays
down his life for the sheep.’

Who is this Jesus?
He is the Good Shepherd:
- That guides and leads us when our hearts
wander.
- That protects us when we are defenceless.

Who is this Jesus?
He is the Good Shepherd:
- That teaches us when we are teachable and
not stubborn.
- That saves us because we are dirty.

Jesus, The Good Shepherd

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