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8/24/19
- The Good Shepherd is Down to Earth
ME:
GOD AS SHEPHERD IN OT
Thankful for Ken Wilcox
The picture of a shepherd caring for his sheep is the image used in the Bible to communicate the way God cares for His people
, Jacob says in his blessing to Joseph that God has been his shepherd all his life
pleads with God to shepherd His people and carry them forever.
, , , refers to God’s people as the sheep of His pasture
and 78:52, God led His people like a flock
the Psalmist in 119:176 confesses that he has gone astray like a lost sheep and asks God to seek him out
(ESV) — 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
Psalm 80:1
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Isaiah 40:11
11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Similarly in , God will gather Israel as a shepherd keeps his flock.
(ESV) — 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
and , Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance.
Perhaps the most commonly associated passage in regard to the shepherd, ;
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.
(2016).
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Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
There are also many prophecies about the shepherd Messiah
In God condemns the religious leaders of Israel for their mistreatment of His sheep, and in vs. 11-12 the Lord says;
“Behold, I, I Myself will search for My sheep and will seek them out.
As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is mong his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.”
Then we get to verse 23 which reads;
(ESV) — 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.
Now David had long been dead at this point.
So David actually serves as an archetype for the Messiah that would come from his line here
We see David referenced in the same way later in Ezekiel;
(ESV) — 24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd.
They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.
Even in the NT we see a prophecy.
(ESV) — 6 “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’
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Later in Matthew, Jesus quotes the prophet Zechariah;
(ESV) — 31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night.
For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Understanding this sets the stage for our discussion in this morning
Two weeks ago we went through where Jesus healed a man born blind.
This blind man went through three rounds of interrogations by the Pharisees.
He refused to denounce Jesus and the result that he was cast out.
Then in the closing verses we saw Jesus seek him out as a shepherd seeks out his flock
Fulfilling the prophecy from
God has not forgotten about His flock, the Good Shepherd came down to earth to rescue and care for His sheep
As we get ready to explore this in , let’s pray together.
In the opening verses of , we see Jesus our Good Shepherd gather us because we are His sheep
And guard us because He cares for us
Follow along with me in vs. 1-10.
WE:
JESUS GATHERS & GUARDS ()
Jesus is teaching through His conversation with the Pharisees.
The Good Shepherd is a title for Jesus Christ indicating believers’ dependence on him as he protects, tends and guides those whom he knows intimately.
HE GATHERS BECAUSE WE ARE HIS SHEEP (vs.
1-6)
Jesus seeks out His lost sheep
(ESV) — 12 What do you think?
If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
(ESV) — 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
He knows His sheep
And what are His sheep to do?
Sheep follow Him.
(vs.
4)
Why do Jesus’s sheep follow Him?
How is He the gate?
Not only does Jesus gather us because we are His sheep,
But He also guards us because He cares for us
Look again at ;
“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.”
HE GUARDS BECAUSE HE CARES FOR US (vs.
7-10)
He has compassion for His sheep
(ESV) — 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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