2. John 10:1-10

3. JOHN 10:1-10
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice…

4. JOHN 10:1-10
…A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them…

5. JOHN 10:1-10
… I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly

7. Psalms
(23:1-2) – The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
(79:13) – But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever;
(100:3) – Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture

8. Ezekiel 34:23-24
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken

9. The Symbols Sheep  Israelites Sheepfold  Judaism (Israel)
Gatekeeper  God the Father (or perhaps the Holy Spirit)
Shepherd  Jesus
Robbers & Thieves The Religious Leaders

10. Jesus is…
The TRUE Shepherd

11. JOHN 10:1-3a
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens

12. Jesus is…
The TRUE Shepherd
A Shepherd Who CARES For His Sheep

13. JOHN 10:3b
The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name …

14. Matthew 7:22-23
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

15. 1 Peter 1:1-2
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you

16. JOHN 10:3b-4
The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name…and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice

17. Jesus is… The TRUE Shepherd A Shepherd Who CARES For His Sheep
A Shepherd Who CALLS His Sheep
A Shepherd Who CONDUCTS His Sheep
The ONLY LEGITIMATE Shepherd

18. JOHN 10:3b-5
…he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

19. Romans 8:28-30
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified

20. Jesus is… The TRUE Shepherd A Shepherd Who CARES For His Sheep
A Shepherd Who CALLS His Sheep
A Shepherd Who CONDUCTS His Sheep
The ONLY LEGITIMATE Shepherd

21. JOHN 10:7-10
So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.