This message is Part 9 of the message series “I AM” by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, “I AM The Good Shepherd”, Pastor Chuck talks about how Jesus is our good shepherd, our great friend and our loving Father. He also explains what it means to be a Christian and how everyone can come to know the Lord personally. This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, April 9, 2017.

3. life

7. I AM
THE good
shepherd

8. When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them
because they were hurting and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd.
(Matthew 9:36 – New Living Translation)

9. FIVE CHALLENGES
OF BEING A SHEEP

10. SHEEP OFTEN GET LOST
VERY QUICKLY AND EASILY

11. SHEEP HAVE NO BUILT-IN
DEFENSE
SYSTEM TO WARD OFF
PREDATORS

12. SHEEP ARE VERY
STUPID & STUBBORN

13. SHEEP CAN GET WEIGHED DOWN
BY THEIR OWN FILTH

14. SHEEP FALL AND CANNOT GET
BACK UP ON THEIR OWN

15. Know that the LORD is God. He made us, and we belong to
him. We are his people; the sheep he takes care of.
(Psalm 100:3 – English Standard Version)

16. Just like sheep desperately need a shepherd,
each of us desperately needs Jesus!

17. I am your
good shepherd

18. The robber comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy.
I came so they might have life, a great full life.
“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd
gives His life for the sheep. One who is hired
to watch the sheep is not the shepherd.

19. He does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming
and leaves the sheep. He runs away while the wolf gets
the sheep and makes them run everywhere.
The hired man runs away because he is hired.
He does not care about the sheep.

20. I am the Good Shepherd.
I know My sheep and My sheep know Me . . .
I give My life for the sheep.”
(John 10:10-14 – New Life Version)

21. Level one motivation:
FINACIAL

22. I am your
great friend

23. No one can have greater love than to give his life for his
friends. You are My friends if you do what I tell you.
I do not call you servants that I own anymore.
A servant does not know what his owner is doing.

24. I call you friends, because I have told you everything
I have heard from My Father.
You have not chosen Me, I have chosen you.
(John 15:13-16 – New Life Version)

25. Level two motivation:
emotional

26. I am your
loving father

27. See what great love the Father has for us that
He would call us His children. And that is what we are.
We know what love is because Christ gave His life for us.
(1 John 3:1, 16 – New Life Version)

28. Level three motivation:
relational

29. Our problem &
god’s solution

30. We are sinful
& separated from god

31. Your persistent wrongdoing has come between you
and your God; since you constantly reject and push
God away, He had to turn aside and ignore your cries.
(Isaiah 59:2 – Voice)

32. We are guilty &
Deserve punishment

33. He was hurt for our wrong-doing. He was crushed for our
sins. He was punished so we would have peace. He was
beaten so we would be healed. All of us like sheep have
gone the wrong way. Each of us has turned to his own way.

34. And the Lord has put on Him the sin of us all . . .
He was hurt because of the sin of the people
who should have been punished . . . But it was the will of
the Lord to crush Him, causing Him to suffer.

35. Because He gives His life as a gift on the altar for sin . . .
My Servant, will carry the punishment
of many and He will carry their sins.
(Isaiah 53:5-6, 8, 10-11 – New Life Version)

36. but

37. God loves us and sent
jesus to die for us

38. We have a good shepherd,
A great friend and a loving
Father

39. Jesus has always been as God is.
But He did not hold to His rights as God. He put aside
everything that belonged to Him and made Himself the
same as a servant who is owned by someone.

40. He became human by being born as a man.
After He became a man, He gave up His important place
and obeyed by dying on a cross.
(Philippians 2:6-8 – New Life Version)

41. Christ suffered for our sins once for all time.
He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring
you safely home to God. He suffered physical death,
but he was raised to life in the Spirit.
(1 Peter 3:18 – New Life Version)

42. Salvation is a gift
that each of us must receive

43. God saved you through faith as an act of kindness.
You had nothing to do with it.
Being saved is a gift from God.
(Ephesians 2:8 – God’s Word Translation)

44. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(Romans 6:23 – Living Bible)

45. But to all who have received him —
those who believe in his name —
he has given the right to become God’s children.
(John 10:12 – NET Bible)

46. BELIEVE + RECEIVE =
BECOME

47. Let’s pray