The Good Shepherd

Published: June 30, 2019, 10 a.m.

Beloved: Gospel of John\nThe Good Shepherd\nJune 30, 2019 \n\nPlease turn in your Bibles to John 10:1-42 \n\n\u201cI and the Father are one.\u201d John 10:30\n\n\u201cI have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d\nJohn 10:10b\n\n\u201cVery truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. John 10:7\n\n\u201cI am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. \nThey will come in and go out, and find pasture.\u201d John 10:9\n\nApp: there are forces at work to destroy, but God has made a way to real life\n\n\u201cI am the good shepherd.\u201d John 10:11a \n\n1: Jesus is the Good Shepherd\n\n\u201cI have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d\nJohn 10:10b\n\n\u201cThere is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.\u201d \nProverbs 14:12, 16:25\n\n\u201cI have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d 11\u201cI 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. 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\u201415 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father\u2014and I lay down my life for the sheep. 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. John 10:10b-16\n\n2: Jesus is the owner \nI know my sheep and my sheep know me\u2014 John 10:14b\n\n3: Jesus lays down His life for the sheep \nThe good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. John 10:11b\n\n\u201cGreater love has no one than this: to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends.\u201d\nJohn 15:13\n\n4: Jesus has sheep of different folds\n\nI 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. John 10:16\n\n\u201c\u2026this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as \na testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.\u201d Matthew 24:14\n \nhttps://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/israel/articles/the-story-behind-jerusalems-sealed-golden-gate/\n1: You can say, \u201cI hear what you're saying, but no way; not me\n\n\u201cCome now, and let us reason together,\u201d Says the LORD, \u201cThough \nyour sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow\u2026Isaiah 1:18a \n\n2: You can say, "Of course He loves me\u201d\n\n"Of course He loves me" when compared to everyone else\n\n\u201cSince they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish \ntheir own, they did not submit to God\u2019s righteousness.\u201d Romans 10:3\n\n"Of course He loves me because I\u2019m spiritual\u201d\n\n\u201c\u2026this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true \nGod, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3\n\n3: You can say, \u201cI want to know Him and surrender my life to Him\n\nWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? \nHow must you respond?