I AM the Good Shepherd
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Psalm 84:1–2 “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.”
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 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. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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I AM the bread of life
I AM the light of the world
Blind man
excomunicated
John 9:39 “Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.””
I AM the Good Shepherd
I AM the Good Shepherd
This allegory is from the Old Testament
Psalms regularly referred to God as the Good Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:15 “I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.”
Isaiah 53:6 “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
warnings also of evil shepherds
Jeremiah 23:1 ““Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.”
warnings to religious leaders
Zechariah 11:17 ““Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! Let his arm be wholly withered, his right eye utterly blinded!””
The Messiah
Ezekiel 34:23 “And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.”
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Shepherd & The door of the fold - Jesus - they hear his voice and follow him
Flock - those who are saved
Thief & Robber, Stranger, Hirling - Pharasees
“does not enter by the door”
the shepherd enters by the door
To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
The gatekeep opens to the shepherd
The sheep hear his voice
The shepherd calls how own sheep by name
The shepherd leads them out
Gatekeeper Fold - Jewish Nation
When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
The shepherd brings out all his own
He goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice
They trust him and obey him
A stranger they will not follow but will flee from him
strange philosophy
strane theology
strange ethics
the true believer shuns all others, and run away from them in horror
This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
They did not understand
The most likely understood the imagery from scripture
They did not understand how Jesus’ was using the allegory
Old testament was clear about the “remnanant”
Jesus’ use of the allegory shows him leading out his people (“the remnant”) from the Jewish Nation
So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Jesus begins to explain
Jesus - “I AM the door of the sheep”
John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
but here Jesus affirms he is the only way to be amongst the flock (“remnant”)
to receive the blessings of salvation
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
The pharasees used every method to have the people follow them
even intimidation
If threats were insufficient, the would use violence
They were thieves and robbers
Like the blind man, true believers will not heed them and will instead follow Jesus
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
If anyone enters by me, he will be saved
and will go in and out and find pasture
freedom
assurance
safety
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Jesus dies for those who have been given to him by the Father - for true believers
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
The hired hand sees a wolf and leaves
The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them
All because the hired hand does not care for the sheep
The pharasees had shown no real concern for the
woman caught in adultery
the man born blind
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
I know my own and my own know me
Jesus acknowledges his own as they acknowledge him
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father
just as, the Father acknowledges the son, and the son acknowledges the Father
I lay down my life for the sheep.
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.
The flock will no longer be confined to those from amongst the Jews
Jesus sheds light on what was stated in the old testament but had been a mystery to the Jews
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
For this reason the Father loves me
because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.
Unlike the shepherd fighting the wolf trying to hold onto his own life - taken from him
Jesus will willingly lay down his life - given
I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.
Authority to give up his own life
Authority to raise himself
This charge I have received from my Father.
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.
Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”
Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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