The Good Shepherd

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Big Idea: In a world filled with competing voices, recognizing and following Jesus’ voice leads to true freedom and life. Summary: This passage presents Jesus as the Good Shepherd who intimately knows His sheep and calls them by name. He contrasts His caring leadership with that of thieves who seek to harm. The central theme is the importance of recognizing and following the voice of Jesus in a world filled with confusion and competing claims for attention and authority. Application: This sermon encourages believers to develop discernment and actively seek the voice of Christ in every area of their lives. It reassures them that they are known and valued by God, urging them to dismiss distractions and focus on the spiritual guidance found in prayer, Scripture, and community fellowship.

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The Voice of the Shepherd: Listening for Truth in a Noisy World

Bible Passage: John 10:1-22

1. Recognize the Right Voice

John 10:1 ESV

“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.

John 10:2 ESV

But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3 ESV

To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:4 ESV

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

John 10:5 ESV

A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

John 10:6 ESV

This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

2. Receive True Security

John 10:7 ESV

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 10:8 ESV

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

John 10:9 ESV

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 10:10 ESV

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

3. Realize Sacrificial Love

John 10:11 ESV

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:12 ESV

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.

John 10:13 ESV

He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

John 10:14 ESV

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

John 10:15 ESV

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 10:16 ESV

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.

John 10:17 ESV

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

John 10:18 ESV

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.”

4. Respond with Faithfulness

John 10:19 ESV

There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

John 10:20 ESV

Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?”

John 10:21 ESV

Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

John 10:22 ESV

At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

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