The Shepherd Leads and Feeds

Jesus as Shepherd

Old Testament background

What does the sheep and shepherd metaphor in refer to?

Mark 6:34 ESV

When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

Numbers 27:16–17 ESV

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.”

Nature of Christ’s leadership

The Shepherd’s Compassion

Teaching

Feeding

The Shepherd’s Disciples

Discipleship in Mark

Challenge to disciples