Jesus is the Good Shepherd John 10:121

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Jesus is the Good ShepherdJohn 101-21
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• Big Idea
• Jesus is the GOOD SHEPHERD who calls, provides
  for and protects His Own sheep.

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• Context
• Gospel of John- authored by the beloved
  disciple
• Key Word Believe occurs 98 times
• these have been written so that you may
  believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God
  and that believing you may have life in His
  name. (John 2030-31)
• John 9 Seeing eyes lead to worshipful hearts

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• Shepherding 101
• What are sheep like?

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• Shepherding 101
• What are sheep like?
• All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of
  us has turned to his own way but the Lord has
  caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.
  (Isaiah 536)
• Sheep need a shepherd!

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• Old Testament Sheep Shepherd References
• The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Psalm
  231
• So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture
  will give thanks to You forever to all
  generations we will tell of Your praise. Psalm
  7913
• For He is our God, and we are the people of His
  pasture and the sheep of His hand. (Psalm 957)
• "I will feed My flock and I will lead them to
  rest," declares the Lord God. (Ezekiel 3415)

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• Shepherding 101
• Who is our Shepherd?
• Jesus is the Good Shepherd (John 1011,14)
• Jesus is the Great Shepherd (Heb. 1320)
• Jesus is the Chief Shepherd (1 Peter 54)

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• Beware of the Evil Shepherds
• "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and
  scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the
  Lord. (Jeremiah 231)
• Thus says the Lord God, "Woe, shepherds of
  Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should
  not the shepherds feed the flock? (Ezekiel
  341-2)

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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• He calls His own sheep by name (101-6)

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• Jesus is calling
• Pharisees to repent and follow Messiah
• His sheep to follow the Good Shepherd

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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• He calls His own sheep by name (101-6)
• He provides life abundantly (107-10)
• I am the door
• To eternal life (Jn. 146)
• To sustenance pasture (Ps. 23)
• To abundant life (Jn. 1010)

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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• He calls His own sheep by name (101-6)
• He provides life abundantly (107-10)
• He protects His own flock (11-21)

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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• We are to allow the good Shepherd to live His
  life through us
• Elders- Shepherd the flock of God
• Pastors- shepherding image
• Leaders- care for, nurture, admonish, feed
• Parents- shepherd our children

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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• He calls His own sheep by name (101-6)
• He provides life abundantly (107-10)
• He protects His own flock (11-21)
• He is good
• He is THE Good Shepherd
• He sacrifices His own life

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Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of
the world! (John 129)
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• Jesus is the Good Shepherd
• He calls His own sheep by name (101-6)
• He provides life abundantly (107-10)
• He protects His own flock (11-21)
• He is good
• He is THE Good Shepherd
• He sacrifices His own life
• His sheep are eternally secure

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• And the testimony is this, that God has given us
  eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who
  has the Son has the life he who does not have
  the Son of God does not have the life. These
  things I have written to you who believe in the
  name of the Son of God, so that you may know that
  you have eternal life. (1 John 511-13)

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• Big Idea
• Jesus is the GOOD SHEPHERD who calls, provides
  for and protects His Own sheep.