FOCUS ON CHRIST Three voices The uniqueness of

FOCUS ON CHRIST Three voices… 'The uniqueness of Christianity is in Jesus Christ' The difference I have found is Jesus Christ…’ ‘Jesus Christ is the sum and substance of theology’

FOCUS ON CHRIST • Jesus the Good Shepherd (John 10) • Jesus the Resurrection and the Life (John 11) • Jesus the Coming King (John 12) • Jesus the Crucified God (Good Friday) • Jesus the Risen Lord (John 20) (Easter Sunday)

PSALM 23; JOHN 10 JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO IS JESUS? LORD AND GOD Psalm 23. The Lord is my shepherd. This is a title which is given to God. John 10. 11 and 14. Jesus says I am the good shepherd

John 10. 11 and 14. Jesus says I am the good shepherd Exodus 3. 13 -14 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you, ’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name? ’ Then what shall I tell them? ” God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you. ’ Explicit in 10. 30 ‘I and the Father are one’

Mad, bad or God… Lord, liar or lunatic… Jesus is Lord and God

WHY DID HE COME? HE CAME TO DIE. . . FOR US John 10. v 11, v 15, v 17, v 18 The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 10. 17 -18 A purposeful death.

3. WHAT DOES HE DO NOW? HE LEADS US FORWARD Psalm 23; John 10. 9 Pasture…

He leads us… Green pastures and quiet waters (v 2) Paths of righteousness (v 3) Through the darkest valley (v 4) Into a sure and certain future (vv 5 -6)