THE SHEPHERD HIS FLOCK Outline The Shepherd 1

THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

Outline The Shepherd 1) Knows His Sheep 2) Lays Down His Life for His Sheep 3) Gives Us What We Need THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

1 The Shepherd Knows His Sheep THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep • John 10: 14 -15 NIV I know My sheep and My sheep know Me — just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father • Jesus is saying ‘you are spiritually helpless, utterly un-selfsufficient, completely dependent’ THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

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The Shepherd Knows His Sheep • we cannot bless ourselves; we are dependent on outside forces for healthy identity formation • we are psychologically and spiritually impotent without outside intervention: we are sheep needing a Shepherd THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

2 The Shepherd Lays Down His Life for His Sheep THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

… Lays Down His Life for His Sheep • John 10: 11 -13 I am the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand cares nothing for the THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK sheep.

… Lays Down His Life for His Sheep • the word ‘for’ means ‘in the place of’ • Jesus says, ‘I am the Shepherd Who becomes the Sacrificial Lamb’ THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

… Lays Down His Life for His Sheep • Isaiah 53: 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. • Psalm 22: 13 -14 Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against Me. I am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK wax; it has melted within Me.

… Lays Down His Life for His Sheep • Isaiah 43: 3 -4 MSG … I am God, your personal God, The Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I paid a huge price for you … ! That’s how much you mean to Me! That’s how much I love you! I’d sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you. THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

3 The Shepherd Gives Us What We Need THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

… Gives Us What We Need The Shepherd Leads Us Out • Romans 8: 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. • He didn’t give us a map: He gave us Himself THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

… Gives Us What We Need The Shepherd Calls Us By Name • in Biblical times, a name was more than just a label or marker • status, significance, mission • God will reveal our name to us as we journey closely with Him and listen to His voice THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

Conclusion THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

Conclusion • follow the Great Shepherd o comprehensively o unconditionally o personally • become shepherds yourselves THE SHEPHERD & HIS FLOCK

I am the Good Shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me — just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father — and I lay down My life for the sheep. Jesus