I AM – The Good Shepherd – Week 5

I AM
The Good Shepherd
March 30, 2025

John 10:11-15
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. “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. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. ¹³ The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.

What Makes This Shepherd So “Good”?
agathos – morally good, upright
*kalos – beautiful, excellent, noble (intrinsic)

Jesus did not come to save you from God, Jesus came to reveal God as Savior.

He Cares Deeply for His Sheep

John 10:14-15
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— ¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—

Ezekiel 34:2
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?

He Lays Down His Life

Psalm 23 – “The Lord is my shepherd…”

Shift “what I lack” to “what I have in Christ.”

Here’s my question for you…
How many of those moments of regret in your life are because you were listening to the wrong voice?

He becomes what we are so that we could become what He is.
John 1:29 – “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”