Who is Jesus? - I Am the Good Shepherd
John 10:11a (NIV)
I am the good shepherd.
John 10:11a (NIV)
I am the good shepherd.
1. The Good Shepherd GIVES His Life for the Sheep.
John 10:11b (NIV)
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:12-13(NIV)
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. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
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. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
Jesus went beyond RISK; He willingly GAVE His life for us.
John 10:17-18 (NIV)
The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
Isaiah 53:6 (NIV)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John 10:17-18 (NIV)
The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
Isaiah 53:6 (NIV)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
2. The Good Shepherd KNOWS His Sheep.
John 10:14-15a (NIV)
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.
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.
Isaiah 43:1 (NIV)
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
Jesus KNOWS you the BEST and LOVES you the MOST.
Psalm 139:1-3 (NIV)
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
Jesus KNOWS you the BEST and LOVES you the MOST.
Psalm 139:1-3 (NIV)
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
John 10:27 (NIV)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
3. The Good Shepherd PROVIDES for and PROTECTS His Sheep.
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
3. The Good Shepherd PROVIDES for and PROTECTS His Sheep.
Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV)
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.
John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
4. The Good Shepherd GATHERS His Sheep.
John 10:16 (NIV)
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.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.
John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
4. The Good Shepherd GATHERS His Sheep.
John 10:16 (NIV)
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.
Jesus is forming one FLOCK under one SHEPHERD and a united CHURCH.
Revelation 7:9 (NIV)
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.