In His Name #6
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In His Name #6
In His Name #6
Jesus is The Good Shepherd
Jesus is The Good Shepherd
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack for anything.
If there is a good shepherd there most be a bad one!
1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?
3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!
4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.
6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
The Good Shepherd knows
The Good Shepherd knows
1 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up at some other place—that one is a thief and a robber.
2 But the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 For this one the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
He knows you by name. V3 --- He is interested in you.
Pr. Michel the singer in the market knew the name of everyone… He was treated differently
The Good Shepherd Leads
The Good Shepherd Leads
4 Whenever he sends out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 And they will never follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
V4 “he goes before them.. meaning leadership,
“Follow me” He would say
Application :
we need to be leaders, in the community
We need to
10 The thief comes only so that he can steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
The Good Shepherd Gives
The Good Shepherd Gives
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take possession of it again. This commandment I received from my Father.”
John: An Introduction and Commentary ii. Jesus, the Good Shepherd (10:7–21)
The primary motivation of the hired hand is depicted as self-preservation. He flees in the face of danger and deserts his duty to the sheep, with dire results: Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The sheep are left defenceless before the attack and are scattered. Jesus saw the common people of his day as ‘sheep without a shepherd’ (Matt. 9:36/Mark 6:34).
If the Lord is my shepherd i will Lack nothing
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
Application
Do know the name of people around you?
Are you being the voice to the people around you?
Are you willing to give with no garanties of pay back?