The Good Shepherd

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Call to Worship

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Psalm 145:1–2 CSB

1 I exalt you, my God the King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 I will bless you every day; I will praise your name forever and ever.

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Passage:

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John 10:1–21 CSB

1 “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. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them. 7 Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.” 19 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

Opening Illustration:

Concordia - fell out - 2012

 Oceanos - 1991 - they crew left with motorized boats - leaving a magician to control the radio

We can feel like life is out of control - like the captain left us

kids, marriage, career, life in general- sometimes it feels like the captain has abandoned the ship

[We feel fear because we are SHEEP, we have security because we have a SHEPHERD]

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Getting into the Sermon

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John 1-5

John 6-8

John 9

John 10:1–6 CSB

1 “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. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

Explain shepherding: name, voice

The gatekeeper here is the Father, and the jewish leaders were going around God.

[The sheep know the voice of the SHEPHERD]

Jesus contrasts that be describing himself as the rightful shepherd. Who cares about us enough to give us a name. To call us. And we his spirit works in us so that we can hear his voice and follow him.

John 10:7–10 CSB

7 Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

We can sometimes feel like life is out of control, that the captain has abandoned the ship and that we are left on our own to find the pastures.

We are all sheep looking for an abundant life. That’s what we want. We want someone to lead us.

The pharisees were the thieves who didn’t care about the blind man

Our culture - influencers parents

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Here’s the problem that we have, we often don’t train ourselves to listen to his voice.

The trick of the devil is that we spend so much time online that we then say “we have no time for the Bible. That’s how we train ourselves to hear God’s voice. We get layers of wisdom from God and are able to discern what he says.

[We learn God’s VOICE by reading the Bible]

Then as we follow him, he gives us the true hope and joy that we need.

Abundant life - he doesn’t want you to feel the captain the ship, to know the voice of the shepherd so you can find the pastures

Whatd does that mean - it gives us greater [Jesus give us greater SATISFACTION in life]

THE CONSTANT EUPHORIA OF JOY

[Jesus gives us MEANING and PURPOSE in life]

We get greater scope, purpose

If you aren’t dead you aren’t done

you are on a mission, you have story

[Jesus gives us a COMMUNITY]

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WE are sheep made for a flock who needs a shepherd

We see the contrast of the thieves who want to promote themselves - they want an abundent life for themsevles. and the shepherd, Jesus, who wants you to learn his voice so that you can have an abundant life.

Why does God have the rules - he wants you to have an abundant life.

John 10:11–13 CSB

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.

Nicaragua cat/dog

Others run, he doesn’t run. The captain has not abandoned the sheep!

This is the hope that we have in life! Legion of angels abandoned ship

Sin and death

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Gospel

Do I deserve God, can he really love me. you look at your life and you see your sin and your shortcomings and you think, Why would the god of the universe want me?

That’s a very good question,

It’s because his love is greater than your sin.

Jesus loves a sinner like me and you because his love is greater than our sin

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{ABC’s of Repentance}

That’s the entrance to the abudnant is that we aren’t defined by our sin - we are defined by God’s grace.

John 10:14–18 CSB

14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”

Other sheep - I want you to say “Other Sheep”

The hope we have as a church is that Christ loves the people on our prayer list more than we do.

The hope that we have a christians to live with purpose and meaning is that Jesus lives, still, with a purpose and meaning.

The hope we have for prayer and evangelism and all of that is that [Jesus has an UNSTOPPABLE desire to see all his sheep saved.]

And we get invited into that. just like he loved you he loves others - he has amazing grace.

John 10:19–21 CSB

19 Again the Jews were divided because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

Where do you stand?

Life is not out of control - the captain hasn’t abandoned the ship - even if the waves are rolling, even if the your life seems like it’s on the rocks- you have a shepherd who loves you so much that he gave his life for you and he is with you still.

So let’s live in that joy, hope and security together.

Lord’s Supper:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy

Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontus Pilate, was

crucified dead and buried;

He descended into hell. The third day He rose

again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right

hand of God the Father Almighty.

From there He will come to judge the

living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic

(universal) church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 

Benediction:

The LORD bless you and keep you;

the LORD makes his face shine upon you and be gracious to you:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.