11 November 17, 2013, John 10;1-42, Jesus The True Shepherd
1. JESUS THE TRUE SHEPHERD
JOHN 10
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
USA
2. November Bible Memory Verse:
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about
anything, but in every situation,
by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your
requests to God.
3. 7
And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
4. JESUS THE TRUE SHEPHERD
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5. J. Vernon McGee's
Thru The Bible
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20. 1 John 5:11-13 NKJV
11 And
this is the
testimony: that God has
given us eternal life, and
this life is in His Son.
21. 12 He
who has the Son has
life; he who does not have
the Son of God does not
have life.
22. 13 These
things I have
written to you who
believe in the name of the
Son of God, that you may
know (not maybe, not
hope so) that you have
eternal life, and that you
23. may continue to believe in
the name of the Son of
God.
1 John 5:11-13 NKJV
24. In John 9, Jesus heals the
man that was born blind
and tells the Pharisees
that they were spiritually
blind.
25. True Vision and True
Blindness
John 9:35-41 NKJV
35 Jesus
heard that they
had cast him out; and
when He had found him,
26. He said to him, “Do you
believe in the Son of
God?”
36 He
answered and said,
“Who is He, Lord, that I
may believe in Him?”
27. 37 And
Jesus said to
him, “You have both seen
Him and it is He who is
talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I
believe!” And he
worshiped Him.
28. 39 And
Jesus said, “For
judgment I have come
into this world, that those
who do not see may see,
and that those who see
may be made blind.”
29. 40 Then
some of the
Pharisees who were with
Him heard these words,
and said to Him, “Are we
blind also?”
30. 41 Jesus
said to them, “If
you were blind, you
would have no sin; but
now you say, ‘We see.’
Therefore your sin
remains.
John 9:35-41 NKJV
32. John 10:1-6 NKJV
1 “Most assuredly, I say to
you, he who does not
enter the sheepfold by the
door, but climbs up some
other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
33. 2 But
he who enters by the
door is the shepherd of
the sheep.
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34. 3 To
him the doorkeeper
opens, and the sheep hear
his voice; and he calls his
own sheep by name and
leads them out.
35. 4 And
when he brings out
his own sheep, he goes
before them; and the
sheep follow him, for they
know his voice.
36. 5 Yet
they will by no
means follow a stranger,
but will flee from him, for
they do not know the
voice of strangers.”
38. The Bible refers to Jesus
Christ by many titles.
He is called the Alpha and
the Omega (Rev 22:13),
Immanuel (Isa 7:14),
King of kings and Lord of
lords (1 Tim 6:15), etc.
43. Micah 5:4-5 NKJV
4 And
He shall stand and
feed His flock
In the strength of
the LORD,
In the majesty of the name
44. of the LORD His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He shall be great
To the ends of the earth;
5 And this One shall be
peace.
Micah 5:4-5 NKJV
45. The New Testament also
depicts
Christ as
Shepherd.
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46. The apostle Peter
described Jesus as the
Shepherd of believers'
souls (1 Peter 2:25), and
later as the Chief
Shepherd of the church
(5:4).
47. The writer of Hebrews
closed his epistle with the
benediction in chapter 13,
20 “Now may the God of
peace Who brought up
our Lord Jesus from the
dead, that great Shepherd
48. of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting
covenant”
Hebrews 13:20 NKJV
58. Being a shepherd was
good training for leading
people.
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59. In fact, the patriarchs
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
had been shepherds as
were Israel's greatest
leaders: Moses and David.
60. Ezekiel 34:23 NKJV
23 I will establish one
shepherd over them, and
he shall feed them—My
servant David. He shall
feed them and be their
shepherd.
62. It is not surprising, then,
that the Old Testament
writers frequently used
shepherding imagery,
depicting Israel as God's
flock and her leaders as
God's undershepherds.
63. The New Testament
writers also used that
same familiar
terminology to describe
the church (Acts 20:28-29;
1 Peter 5:2-3).
64. Acts 20:28-29 NKJV
28 Therefore
take heed to
yourselves and to all the
flock, among which the
Holy Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the
65. church of God which He
purchased with His own
29 For I know this,
blood.
that after my departure
savage wolves will come
in among you, not sparing
the flock.
Acts 20:28-29
66. 1 Peter 5:2-4 NKJV
2 Shepherd
the flock of
God which is among you,
serving as overseers, not
by compulsion but
willingly, not for
68. 4 and
when the Chief
Shepherd appears, you
will receive the crown of
glory that does not fade
away.
1 Peter 5:2-4 NKJV
69. While the metaphor of a
shepherd suggests tender
care, it can also depict
harsh, abusive, autocratic
rule (from false
shepherds).
70. The Bible refers to false
spiritual leaders, as well
as true ones, as shepherds.
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72. In verses 1-10 Jesus
contrasted Himself with
Israel's false shepherds by
using two images: He is
the true Shepherd of the
sheep, and He is the only
door to the sheepfold.
74. John 10:1 NKJV
1 “Most assuredly, I say to
you, he who does not
enter the sheepfold by the
door, but climbs up some
other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
75. The phrase most
assuredly (amen, amen or
truly, truly) introduces a
statement of notable
importance.
76. The Middle Eastern
sheepfold was very
simple: a stone wall,
perhaps ten feet high,
surrounded it, and an
opening served as the
door.
77. Each village had a fold
where sheep were kept at
night.
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78. The shepherds would
graze their flocks in the
surrounding countryside
during the day, and then
lead them back to the
communal sheepfold in
the evening.
79. There the shepherds
would stop each sheep at
the entrance with their
rods and carefully inspect
it before allowing it to
enter the fold
(Ezekiel 20:37-38).
80. Ezekiel 20:37-38 NKJV
37 “I
will make you pass
under the rod, and I will
bring you into the bond of
the covenant;
81. 38 I
will purge the rebels
from among you, and
those who transgress
against Me; I will bring
them out of the country
where they dwell, but
they shall not enter the
82. land of Israel. Then you
will know that
I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:37-38 NKJV
86. In the morning each
shepherd would call his
own sheep, which would
recognize their shepherd's
voice and come out of the
fold.
87. Christ points out that the
true shepherd comes
through the door (v. 1),
calls his sheep by name,
which recognize him (v.
3), and (vv. 4-5).
88. False shepherds and
strangers, who are thieves
and robbers, try to get
into the fold some subtle
way, but the sheep will
not recognize or follow
them.
90. Jesus began this discourse
by identifying Himself as
the true Shepherd, in
sharp contrast to all false
shepherds.
91. Once in the fold, the
sheep were in the care of
the doorkeeper who
would keep watch over
them during the night.
92. He would give only the
shepherds access to the
sheepfold; therefore
anyone who could not
enter by the door into the
fold of the sheep, but
climbed up some other
93. way (sometimes over a
wall that was ten feet
high), was a thief and a
robber.
*Only the one who
entered by the door was a
shepherd of the sheep.
94. John 10:2-3 NKJV
2 But
he who enters by the
door is the shepherd of
the sheep.
95. 3 To
him the doorkeeper
(porter) opens, and the
sheep hear his voice; and
he calls his own sheep by
name and leads them out.
John 10:2-3 NKJV
104. Simon heard His call, and
Jesus changed his name to
Peter, which means a
stone.
He called James and John,
Nathanael and Philip.
105. He stopped under a tree
in Jericho and called
Zacchaeus.
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106. When the Lord Jesus calls
His own out of the world
at the time of the Rapture,
His call will have every
believer's name in it.
107. *I'll hear Him say
personally, “Bill Boteler."
*That will be wonderful!
*He knows my name and
He'll call it at that time.
*He'll also call you if you
are one of His sheep.
108. You will hear your name
in His shout!
He leads His sheep out of
the sheepfold, out of
Judaism.
109. The religious rulers had
excommunicated the man
whose sight Jesus had
restored.
Jesus is going to lead this
sheep out of Judaism.
110. John 10:4 NKJV
4 And
when he brings out
his own sheep, he goes
before them; and the
sheep follow him, for they
know his voice.
112. *The shepherd spends the
night in his own bed.
*When he comes to the
sheepfold in the morning,
his sheep are all mixed up
with somebody else's
sheep -- there is no brand
113. or marking on the sheep.
*How does he get the
sheep that are his?
*He calls them by name.
*The sheep don't have to
be identified; they know
their shepherd's voice.
114. When he starts out over
the hill, his own sheep
come out of the fold and
follow him.
They know him.
115. Our Lord says, "The sheep
will follow Him because
they know His voice."
116. It is the most wonderful
thing in the world to
know that, when we give
out the Word of God,
Jesus is calling His sheep.
117. The Spirit of God is the
Doorkeeper (Porter) Who
does the opening, and the
sheep will hear.
118. Our Lord will lead His
sheep out of a legal
system, perhaps even out
of a church where they're
not being fed.
They will follow Him.
119. You cannot permanently
fool God's sheep.
It is true that the sheep
may get into a cult or an
"ism" for a while, but the
sheep will recognize the
voice of the Shepherd.
120. Unfortunately, many
preachers are afraid to
stand up for the truth;
however, when a man
preaches the Word of
God, the sheep will hear
it.
121. We can depend on that
because our Lord said,
"My sheep hear my voice"
(v. 27).
Don’t be guilty of
sheepbite.
122. John 10:5 NKJV
5 Yet
they will by no
means follow a stranger,
but will flee from him, for
they do not know the
voice of strangers.”
123. You can fool some of
God's people some of the
time, but you can’t fool
all of God's people all the
time.
124. For a time, God's sheep
may think they hear Him
but eventually discover
that it is not His voice.
125. Then they will turn to the
teaching of the Word of
God because they know
their Shepherd.
126. John 10:6 NKJV
6 Jesus
used this
illustration, but they did
not understand the things
which He spoke to them.
127. The word parable in some
translations is really not
an accurate translation.
128. The Greek word for
parable is parabole and
the word in this verse is
paroimia, which really
means "an allegory."
129. The Gospel of John does
not record any of the
parables of our Lord.
130. It records the metaphors
and allegories such as "I
am the light of the world"
(John 8:12) and "I am the
bread of life" (John 6:35).
133. *These are not parables
but are figures of speech
to let us know something
about God.
*They are intended to give
us light on the subject so
that we can see.
134. So it should actually read,
"This allegory spoke Jesus
unto them."
*They didn't understand
what He was saying
because, as He had said,
they were blind.
135. Our Lord also said, "Who
hath ears to hear, let him
hear" (Matt. 13:9).
It is possible to have ears
and yet not hear.
136. They hear it all right, but
they don't hear it as the
Word of God.
That is the important
thing.
How do you hear it?
137. It is this important
difference in hearing to
which our Lord referred
when He quoted Isaiah,
"...By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye
141. John 10:7-10 NKJV
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 Then Jesus said to them
again, “Most assuredly, I
say to you, I am the door
of the sheep.
142. 8 All
who ever came before
Me are thieves and
robbers, but the sheep did
not hear them.
143. 9I
am the door. If anyone
enters by Me, he will be
saved, and will go in and
out and find pasture.
144. 10 The
thief does not come
except to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy. I have
come that they may have
life, and that they may
have it more abundantly.
John 10:7-10 NKJV
153. The door (vv. 7-10).
Jesus Christ is the door,
and as such He leads the
sheep "in and out."
154. The blind man in chapter
9 was "cast out"
(excommunicated) by the
false shepherds because
he trusted Jesus, but he
was taken into the new
fold by Christ.
155. Theologian Arthur Pink
points out that there are
really three doors spoken
of in this chapter, and we
must distinguish them if
we are to get the full
meaning of this passage.
156. 1) "The door into the
sheepfold" (v. 1).
The sheepfold here is not
heaven but the nation of
Israel (see Ps 100).
157. Christ came to Israel
through the way
appointed in Scripture;
the porter (John the
Baptist) opened the door
for Him.
158. 2) "The door of the sheep"
(v. 7).
This is the door that leads
people out of their present
fold; in this case, Judaism.
159. Christ opened the way for
multitudes to leave the
old religious system and
find new life.
160. 3) The door of salvation
(v. 9).
The sheep using this door
go in and out, which
speaks of liberty; they
have eternal life;
161. they enjoy the pastures of
God's Word.
Satan, through his false
teachers (thieves and
robbers), wants to steal,
kill, and destroy the
166. 12 But
a hireling, he who is not
the shepherd, one who does
not own the sheep, sees the
wolf coming and leaves the
sheep and flees; and the wolf
catches the sheep and
scatters them.
167. and scatters them.
13 The
hireling flees
because he is a hireling
and does not care about
the sheep.
168. 14 I
am the good shepherd;
and I know My sheep, and
am known by My own.
15 As the Father knows
Me, even so I know the
Father; and I lay down
My life for the sheep.
171. 16 And
other sheep I have
which are not of this fold;
them also I must bring,
and they will hear My
voice; and there will be
one flock and one
shepherd. John 10:11-16
172. The Shepherd Knows
His Sheep
John 10:22-30 NKJV
22 Now
it was the Feast of
Dedication in Jerusalem,
and it was winter.
190. The events in the first half of
John, chapter 10 (vv. 1-21)
took place right after the
casting out of the man born
blind in 9:34, while teachings
in the last half (vv. 22-42)
took place two or three
months later.
191. The entire chapter, John
10, is tied together by the
symbolism of the
shepherd and his sheep.
196. John 10:16-21 NKJV
16 And
other sheep I have
which are not of this fold;
them also I must bring,
and they will hear My
voice; and there will be
197. one flock and one
shepherd.
17 “Therefore
My Father
loves Me, because I lay
down My life that I may
take it again.
198. 18 No
one takes it from
Me, but I lay it down of
Myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have
power to take it again.
This command I have
received from My Father.”
200. 20 And
many of them said,
“He has a demon and is
mad. Why do you listen to
Him?”
201. 21 Others
said, “These are
not the words of one who
has a demon. Can a
demon open the eyes of
the blind?”
John 10:16-21 NKJV
202. Zechariah 13:7 NKJV
7 “Awake,
O sword,
against My Shepherd,
Against the Man Who is
My Companion,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
203. “Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be
scattered;
Then I will turn My hand
against the little ones.
Zechariah 13:7 NKJV
204. This discourse in which Jesus
presents Himself as the Good
Shepherd flows directly from
the events of the preceding
chapter; there is no time gap
or break in thought between
chapters 9 and 10.
205. The Lord continued to
speak to the same
people—His disciples, the
formerly blind beggar, the
hostile Pharisees, and the
others in the crowd.
206. This opening section of
chapter 10 presents four
distinctives of the Good
Shepherd's pastoral work.
207. It is a shepherding ministry
marked by contrast to false
shepherds, by concern for
the flock, by compliance to
the Father, and by
controversy in a fallen world.
208. These first six verses are a
picture of the relationship
between the shepherd and
his sheep.
209. Christ is reminding the
people of what shepherds
and sheep act like.
Later in the chapter He
makes a more direct
application.
210. A sheepfold is an
enclosure where
shepherds put their sheep
for the night.
The porter has charge of
it.