Three Types of Leaders

John 10:1-6 The set-up: Continuation from John 9.

John 10:7-10 - The Door

The Good Shepherd Stays in Position between the sheep and the danger

Thieves & Robbers

anyone who doesn’t come through Christ

all who came before Christ

sheep don’t listen to them

they force the sheep

sheep run away from strangers

John 10:11-13 The Good Shepherd Stands His ground doesn’t run away

not the hired hand

Wolf: snatches and scatters the sheep

Hired Hand:

leaves the sheep

saves himself

cares nothing for the sheep

just there for a meal

John 10:14-16 The Good Shepherd Sacrifices His life.

He doesn’t run away, but runs toward the danger.

1 Samuel 17:34–36 ESV

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

2 Samuel 5:2 ESV

2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’ ”

Numbers 27:16–17 ESV

16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation 17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.”

We see here there are 3 types of leaders:

Thieves and Robbers: Intent to Cause Harm

Hired Hands: Content to serve self

Good Shepherd: Attentive to the sheep

The wolf is a given

The enemy

The sheep are a given! - Followership is Biblical

but Who am I following?

Who am I running from?

If I have trouble hearing His voice it’s time to spend time following, and obeying!

Sheep have it made when they stay with the Shepherd!

John 10:16 ESV

16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Unity of the flock is found with the shepherd!