I AM the Good Shepherd

John 10:11-30

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:11)

The Good Shepherd …

• Dies for the Sheep (v. 11)
  • He “gives His life for the sheep.”
    • Four times speaks to laying down His life for His sheep (v. 11, 15, 17, 18)
  • He “gives His life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
• Saves the Sheep (v. 12-13)
  • The hireling.
  • The priests who abdicated their responsibility.
    • Ezekiel 22:27
•  Knows the Sheep (v. 14-15)
  • He knows His own. (2 Timothy 2:19)
  • His own know Him. (2 Timothy 1:12)
• Calls the Sheep (v. 16)
  • “other sheep … not of this fold.”
    • Acts 11:18
  • “there will be one flock and one shepherd.”
    • Ephesians 4:4-6
•  Heard by the sheep (v. 25-27)
  • “you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep” (v. 26)
  • “My sheep hear my voice … and they follow me.” (v. 27)
• Keeps the Sheep for Eternity (v. 28-29)
  • “I give them eternal life”
    • 1 John 2:25
  • “No one will snatch them out of my hand.”
    • John 6:39
  • “I and the Father are one.”
    • John 14:10