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The Good Shepherd
There was a great insight I learned last week about the Lord in but ran out of time to share, so I thought I would use it to begin today’s sermon because it is essentially a continuation of last week.
IN you will find a representation of every OT name of God in that one Psalm.
Jehovah-Shalom - Lord is Peace
Jehovah-Jireh - The Lord Sees/Provides
Jehovah-Rapha - The Lord Heals
Jehovah-Shamma - The Lord is there
Jehovah-Nissi - The Lord is my banner over my enemies
The text of Scripture I want to read today comes from the chapter in John’s gospel where Jesus gives the analogy of a True shepherd and His true sheep.
Turn with me or type in your Bible app and find ----- LET’S STAND AND HONOR GOD AS WE READ HIS WORD
The 1st century listeners of this teaching and others who later read it would have or at least should have been certain and conscious to link what He was saying to and other OT reference to God as Shepherd.
Jesus was making a declaration of Deity - claiming to be God.
When Jesus told the Pharisees and other unbelieving Jews that they were not True sheep of God, it didn’t sit too well because they believed that just being born a descendant of Abraham made them sheep in God’s sheepfold.
It was a common theme and well understood symbolization of God as Shepherd giving provision and protection to the sheep, his people of Israel.
Here Jesus uses the shepherd and sheep imagery to identify Himself as the Messiah and Shepherd, God promised through the prophet Ezekiel:
Ezekiel 34:23
When Jesus told the Pharisees and other unbelieving Jews that they were not sheep, it didn’t sit too well because they believed that just being born a descendant of Abraham made them sheep in God’s sheepfold.
When Jesus told the Pharisees and other unbelieving Jews that they were not sheep, it didn’t sit too well because they believed that just being born a descendant of Abraham made them sheep in God’s sheepfold.
In v.7 - Jesus proclaims himself as the door by which the
Illustration: I watched this movie when I was a teenager, called “White Men Can’t Jump.”
Anyone familiar with it?
Jesus says even though he had already revealed who he was through this analogy and other means, they had chosen not to believe.
They did not believe He was the True shepherd because they were not His sheep.
When Jesus told the Pharisees and other unbelieving Jews that they were not sheep, it didn’t sit too well because they believed that just being born a descendant of Abraham made them sheep in God’s sheepfold.
But says that only those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.
Illustration: I watched this movie when I was a teenager, called “White Men Can’t Jump.”
Anyone familiar with it?
We see in the beginning of the chapter that after the saying of the first 6 verses, Jesus had to go a little more into detail about what he meant.
They still didn’t get it, so a little time later at the festival of the Temple dedication, what we call Hanukkah, they ask him just to admit yes or no, are you the Messiah
One of the funny quotes comes from Wesley Snipes character as he is trying to convince Woody Harrelson’s character that he ain’t a basketball player just because he bounces a ball around the court.
He says to him, “Yeah you can stick a cat in the oven but that don’t make it a biscuit.”
He repeats in, v.27, the main distinguishing feature of these True sheep belonging to Him the Good Shepherd- they listen and come when He calls, He knows them personally, and they follow Him wherever He leads.
But says that only those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.
He repeats in, v.27, the main distinguishing feature of these True sheep belonging to Him the Good Shepherd- they listen and come when He calls, He knows them personally, and the follow Him wherever He leads.
He repeats in, v.27, the main distinguishing feature of these True sheep belonging to Him the Good Shepherd- they listen and come when He calls, He knows them personally, and the follow Him wherever He leads.
He repeats in, v.27, the main distinguishing feature of these True sheep belonging to Him the Good Shepherd- they listen and come when He calls, He knows them personally, and the follow Him wherever He leads.
Transitional Sentence/Keyword: John, in writing down this teaching and declarations of Jesus to be the Good Shepherd, reveals to us some other distinguishing facts about sheep who follow Him.
Following Jesus Means You have Listened, Believed and You are Going where He Goes.
They were not Abraham’s Spiritual sons.
They were not a part of the True Nation of Israel, the Nation of Faith because they did not believe Jesus was their Messiah.
says that only those who have faith are Abraham’s sons.
Jesus says even though he had already revealed who he was through this analogy and other means, they had chosen not to believe.
They were not His sheep.
They were not a part of the True Nation of Israel, the Nation of Faith because they did not believe Jesus was their Messiah.
Romans repeats what Genesis says about Abraham - He had faith and it was credited unto him for righteousness - the reason we will see Him in heaven.
Romans repeats what Genesis says about Abraham - He had faith and it was credited unto him for righteousness - the reason we will see Him in heaven.
Romans 4:
Galatians 3:
v.22-30 - The first trait of True sheep is they believe the Shepherd because they know His voice.
It is what separates the sheep from the goats.
Separates the wolves in sheep’s clothing from true sheep.
The first trait of True sheep is they believe the Shepherd because they know His voice.
It is what separates the sheep from the goats.
Separates the wolves in sheep’s clothing from true sheep.
I became a True Sheep of the True Shepherd only by believing and placing my faith in Jesus Christ for my salvation, some of you did they same for your salvation.
v.3 - The doorkeeper was John the Baptist preparing the way in the wilderness.
The calling of the sheep began after Jesus Baptism when Jesus preached “repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.”
Some of you need believe Jesus to for your salvation through your repentance.
Once the Holy Spirit transforms us, changing us from the inside, we respond to the Good Shepherd to go where He leads, and live how He tells us in His Word to Live.
Sheep follow the shepherd because that is how God made them to do.
True Sheep listen and follow.
False sheep ignore the Good Shepherd.
Once the Holy Spirit transforms us, changing us from the inside, we respond to the Good Shepherd to go where He leads, and live how He tells us in His Word to Live.
Sheep follow the shepherd because that is how God made them to do.
True Sheep listen and follow.
False sheep ignore the Good Shepherd.
The proof of faith is obedience - Follow Me
To Follow Jesus Means You Become Satisfied in Him Alone.
v.9-10 - gives the image of security by way of proximity/closeness and nourishment, which is our spiritual food coming from His Word
How to we get to know Jesus - it begins with reading His Word and continues with spending time talking to him
v.9-10 - gives the image of security by way of proximity/closeness and nourishment, which is our spiritual food coming from His Word
v.10 - What Jesus means by Abundant life is “life to the full” which suggests fat, contented and flourishing sheep.
Contentment in Christ means: trusting Him for No fear.
No Friction.
No Flies.
and plenty of Food (Spiritual).
True disciples, true sheep live and enjoy life long before it is eternal.
This verse alludes to life at its best lived in and for Jesus not for self.
It is hard for some Christians to let faith instead of fear be their guide but becoming Satisfied in Jesus is the key
v.14 - Salvation is expressed by the image of “knowing” Jesus through a living experience and relationship with Him.
How to we get to know Jesus and become satisfied in Him? - it begins with reading His Word and continues with spending time talking to him
Illustration: Sheep can withstand dry seasons for several months without water as long as it eats the grass early in the morning while still wet with dew.
Rise early and eat from God’s Word and you will survive your dry season.
Sheep do actually have some worthwhile and useful qualities, as long as they remain with the flock.
Illustration:
Following Jesus Includes Your Connecting Fellowship with the Flock for the Good of the Flock and You
The other sheep were Gentiles.
You and me if you are not Jewish.
The One flock is a reference to the One Church - the unification of all races, people groups, the two genders and all socio-classes of people - what John shows coming together in revelation.
Illustration: Sheep are remarkable for their mutual affection.
The sudden start of showing love and affection by a single member of a flock affects the whole, as if they were connected by nerves of mutual affection.
Illustration: Sheep are remarkable for their mutual affection.
The sudden start of showing love and affection by a single member of a flock affects the whole, as if they were connected by nerves of mutual affection.
The sheep-fold, the church is a place of comforting and caring.
Affection and Affirmation.
Be kind to someone in the church, and see if you do not start a chain reaction that builds the unity of the one flock
Illustration: Their affection for their young, also, is stronger than their love for one another.
Adults, we have some younger sheep that need your attention and direction.
Illustration: Sheep have an amazing tolerance for pain.
They do not show pain, because if they do, they will be more vulnerable to predators who look for those who are weak or injured.
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