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I do it willingly Would you willingly do anything to protect your children? To what length would you be willing to go? Jesus has been teaching on His willingness, His choice that opened the door for us and our choice of Jesus. Jesus choice ( Jn10:16-18 ) The Fathers love ( Jn10:17 ) The shepherds example…

Welcome- Prepare hearts and Worship 100% of the time, His little feet. I am looking for a couple of people who would want to be available at the end of service to answer questions and meet any body that has questions. If this is something you might want to participate in please let me know. Call to Worship…

Notes from the message: This the last of seven substantial dialogues in this section of John. Like bookends, the first sign preceded these dialogues and the seventh sign follows them in chapter 11. The dialogue with Nicodemus in was in a pattern of a challenge dialogue, so too this seventh dialogue is…

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: Jesus is the Christ,who is one with the Father and securely rescues his Sheep. Intro Recap: We’re well into Jesus ministry at this point in the book of John. There’s been a few trips back and forth between Jerusalem and Jesus home region of Galilee. Jesus has performed several…

Response to Jesus Intro John’s gospel is a master class in literature. Which isn’t Surprising b/c it was inspired by the Creator of the universe. And its an account about the most amazing person to ever walk the earth. But God could have chose to tell these stories in any way, and yet he does so in such…

There are many voices (even in the CHURCH ) offering us different paths to full, ABUNDANT life. There is only ONE WAY that comes from God; all others are FALSE . “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.…

John 10:22–30 (ESV) — 22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”…

Four Statements: Jesus is God! Jesus knows you! Jesus died for you! You can know God! 1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves!…

This evening’s text from Revelation is from the same vision that we visited about last week: the vision of the seven seals. As the Lamb began to open the seals, John saw many of the horrible things in store for Christ’s flock on earth. There would be false christs, war, famine, and death ( Rev. 6:1-8…

Each night when Natalie and I put our boys to bed we typically will head downstairs. We can also, with almost 100% accuracy, guess which little one is leaving their room based solely upon how they open their door. We all have that kind of familiarity with at least one thing in our lives. Maybe it’s the…

Some of you may recall the story of how Howard Carter described his first glimpse of the tomb of King Tutankhamen—King Tut—the famous boy-king of ancient Egypt. He was dumbfounded when he slipped a candle through the hole he’d made, which allowed him to peek into the tomb. When his partner, Lord Carnarvon,…

It has been an interesting week in the Couch household. Last Saturday, my wife brought our new puppy Charlie home from Florida. I was about 3 or 4 years old when the only dog our family ever had passed away, so I have no idea what to do with a dog. People said, “It’s like having a newborn baby,” and…

My Sheep are saved, safe, and secure in the hands of the Good Shepherd The Jews come asking for mental knowledge while void of Spiritual hunger. They looked for a political shepherd instead of God’s Chosen shepherd. 164 BC Judas Maccabeus defeated Antiochus Epiphanes. Judas, son of Mathathias, re-established…

Introduction So far in Deuteronomy we have studied the concept of “These are the Words that Moses Spoke” - Deuteronomy in Hebrew (The second giving of the Law - Greek). The Law was given to Moses Still is God’s law He repeated His law and commanded Moses to remind Israel of the Words He had spoken This…

Have you ever considered how many voices are speaking to you every day? Of course, we interact regularly with friends and family, classmates and coworkers, but this is barely the beginning. Every day, we are listening to the voices of television, books, podcasts, music or talk radio, movies, newspapers,…

The eye’s of a person must be given not only light, but sight in order to see. In Chapter 9 of the Gospel according to John, we read about a man who was born with physical blindness. His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” The answer was, “neither…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

Happy Hanukkah And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. Between v 21-21 two months have passed After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand. Aprox 4 months…

Clarifying our Purpose See, Experience and Become the Abundant Life Jesus came to give. 10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Most people look at this scripture and think that the devil is the thief, and even though that is true,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

This morning, we are going to jump right into the passage of the Good Shepherd…to set this up for us, we need to understand what has just happened according to John’s telling of the story. Jesus and the disciples have arrived in Jerusalem for the Festival of Lights, more commonly called Hanukkah. As…

Jesus is God, and our Good Shepherd. We can trust Him for both the things we see, and the things we do not see.

Setting: Jesus is in Jerusalem, at the Feast of Tabernacles. He has been preaching and letting the people know that He is the Light of the World. He is God come in the flesh. He is doing the works of God the Father, and is the great ‘I Am’. The Pharisees and Priests have been opposing Jesus, refusing…

“Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When…