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Jan 4, 2022 · In proclaiming that He is the Good Shepherd, Jesus speaks of “laying down” His life for His sheep (John 10:15, 17–18). Jesus’ death was divinely appointed. It is only through Him that we receive salvation. “I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own” (John 10:14).
John 10:11-18. New International Version. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 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.
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Without Jesus, we are “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36). Without God’s initiation, we are lost, dead in sin, and alienated from Him completely. Isaiah 53:6 says, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way.” But there is hope in the same verse: “and the Lord has laid on him the ini...
Jesus isn’t just calling Himself a shepherd, but a good shepherd. This is extremely important. By calling Himself good, Jesus was claiming to be the promised Messiah. He says that “there is only One who is good” and that is God (Matthew 19:17; Luke 18:19). Also, in Ezekiel 34 there is a prophecy pointing toward a greater shepherd who will rescue Hi...
What does this mean for us as sheep who follow Jesus, the Good Shepherd? What does it look like in our daily lives to follow the Good Shepherd in a world of wolves that attack our faith? What about some church leaders who oversee God’s people, yet are more like hired hands, not leading and protecting the flock? It means that we as God’s sheep spend...
Dec 22, 2020 · Updated Dec 22, 2020. Jesus was called the Good Shepherd because he called himself the good shepherd in the Gospel of John. His claim to this title is not casual by any means. In fact, Jesus’ claim to be the Good Shepherd has a meaning that is both deep and wide.
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- Christ has received you as a gift from the Father. “My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”
- Christ knows you completely. “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father…” (10:14-15)
- Christ gave himself for you. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.… I lay down my life for the sheep.” (John 10:11, 15)
- Christ called you and brought you to himself. “And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice.”
Jul 27, 2021 · Updated Jul 27, 2021. "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." - John 10:11. The term “Good Shepherd” is greatly highlighted in the passage of John 10. We...
Jul 14, 2020 · Deity of Christ. July 14, 2020. 4 min read. I am the Good Shepherd. ‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep’ (John 10:11). The Lord Jesus used this title to help people appreciate that He is the loving, caring, Saviour of the world. Sheep and shepherd were everyday terms the audience would understand. The Sheep.
