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The Good Shepherd.
Recap last week: the picture Christ paints.
We discussed the spiritual realities that this physical story presents.
Jesus is the door: he is the only way of salvation.
The sheep hear his voice: Because the shepherd calls them.
He has called them out.
In this passage, Jesus identifies himself here as the shepherd.
Jesus is the door: he is the only way of salvation.
The sheep hear his voice: Because the shepherd calls them.
He has called them out.
In this passage, Jesus identifies himself here as the shepherd.
Not just a shepherd, but the good shepherd.
What makes the shepherd good?
He lays down his life for the sheep.
The goodness of the shepherd is determined by the length at which he will go to bring good to the sheep.
When we think of the good shepherd, we have a tendency to think of the shepherd who is petting the sheep smiling at them from time to time.
However, the role of the shepherd was no soft and cuddly job.
It was a job looking after these rascals.
They aren’t the smartest animals.
They are nosey, and quick to get themselves into trouble.
As a result, the shepherd’s job often had to step in between the sheep and danger.
and in that danger, The most the shepherd can give is his own life to protect the sheep.
Let’s take a minute to appreciate the fact that sheep aren’t that great.
They are not the most majestic animals.
They aren’t dogs, or lions, or horses.
They are a common animal.
An animal, that for the most part are used by humans for clothing.
But the good shepherd will lay his life down for the sheep.
But why?
Why would anyone lay their life down for sheep?
Let’s ask the hireling.
Why would anyone lay their life down for sheep?
Let’s ask the hireling.
Imagine this scenario:
The hireling is not a true shepherd, not the owner of the sheep, he is out there watching the flock.
He sees a wolf, lion, bear, you name it and he knows that there is danger.
He has nothing invested in the sheep?
He’s been hired for the day.
He gone.
He ain’t losing his life for something he has no investment in.
He gone.
There’s no reason for him to lose his life for sheep.
So he leaves.
The wolf comes and snatches away the sheep, and the hireling outruns Forrest Gump to the house.
He is not concerned about the sheep.
jesus has had a poiunt about all of these picture.
Pharisees, are all about money.
They have no desires.
Those looking out not for the interest of the sheep, but they are only concerned with money.
A Hired hand, or anyone that is only interested in Money will not be one who looks after the best interest of the sheep.
A true pastor is sacrificial shepherd because he follows the example of the sacrificial Good Shepherd.
He has no interest.
Now, Lets ask the shepherd.
Why would anyone lay their life down for sheep?
I am the good shepherd.
He knows his own.
and They know him.
To the hired hand, they are a job (nameless sheep)
To the shepherd they are his own possession.
He knows them by name.
They know Him, intimately.
He knows them, intimately.
The word know.
This isn’t just factual knowledge.
This isn’t familiarity.
This is intimacy.
It is knowledge that extends beyond any knowledge of any person you think you may know in this world.
(Your husband, Your wife, your children, yourself) Keep in mind, the one who desires to know us intimately, already knows all things
However, though he knows all people and all things, this knowledge that he is speaking of in verse 14 is a different type of knowledge for a specific group of sheep.
The shepherd has bought his sheep.
They are his own possession.
Lets take a moment to appreciate the fact that our all knowing shepherd desires to know us like that.
knowing all about us.
Do we desire to know him?
If we are His sheep, we will.
But how deep does this intimacy go?
Jesus’s relationship with the Father informs us of how our relationship with him is.
This word know also means more than just a basic knowledge.
This is a “know"that is associated with intimacy.
The knowledge and intimate love that Christ has for His Father is the same type of knowledge and intimate love that Christ has for the sheep.
And this is the goal of Jesus calling us to himself.
Oftentimes, the Gospel is preached as an escape from hell and it is, but that understanding is simplistic.
The goal of our salvation is knowing Christ like Christ knows the Father.
The end goal is not streets of gold but a knowledge of the one who paved those streets.
Oftentimes, we elevate heaven to the ultimate goal, but it is the Creator of heaven that we are after.
Jesus himself says this. that eternal life isn't just well i don’t have to go to hell I can go to heaven now.
THIS is eternal life: knowledge of God.
So, we ask again: Why would anyone die for sheep?
So that we may know him as he knows us and as we know the Father.
This is why he dies.
This is what he wanted from the beginning
That’s why he says at the end of verse 15 again, and “I lay my life down for the sheep.”
In verse 16, He switches gears a little and talks about his sheep from other folds.
The context of the text is entirely Jewish.
Jesus is a Jewish man speaking to Jewish people, but Jesus shepherding is not only for the Jewish sheep.
His laying down of his life, will not be, as all the other sacrifices have been.
All the other sacrifices that occurred in the OT were for the people within the covenant of Israel, mainly jews.
But listen to what Jesus says:
The original fold he is speaking to is Israel.
In fact, he comes to his own first.
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