Sermon Tone Analysis

The Voice Of The Shepherd

/Text: John 10:1-18/

 

Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church)

Date Preached - (11~/8~/98)

 

 

Introduction:    The Power of a Voice */good or bad/* (Patrick Henry~/Hitler)

 

 The Diversity of Voices (languages)

 

One Voice stands out for the believer (The Voice of the Shepherd)

The same in every language.

!!! Contrast of a shepherd and a stranger vs.1-5

There are other (false) shepherds.

There are other voices

 

!!! Jesus is the Door of the sheep

 

!!! Jesus is the Good Shepherd vs.11-14

 

How can He be both the shepherd and the door?

/He is also……./

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The One Shepherd

 

John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and /one shepherd/.

Psalm 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd.

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The Great Shepherd

 

Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

 

 

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The Chief Shepherd

 

I Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

The Voice of the Shepherd is emphasized in this passage.

Read verses  *3,4,16,27*

 

!!!! Characteristics of His voice…

 

*Hebrews 1:1-2* God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

 

Holy Spirit Speaks to us through written Word of God.

May use experience, emotions, circumstance & wise counsel, but never in contradiction to God’s Word.

The Word of God reveals that His voice is …..

 

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A Terror to Sin

 

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

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A Mighty Voice

 

Psalm 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

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A Still Small Voice

 

I Kings 19:11-12 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.

And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

12  And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

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The Voice of Many Waters

 

Rev 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

·         /There is a 3-fold response of the sheep to the Shepherds voice:/

 

! I.

The Sheep Hear His Voice vs.3

John 10:16, 10:27;

 

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?

Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.

To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.

*/Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice./*

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock*/: if any man hear my voice,/* and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

!!!! To hear with understanding

 

!! A. If you will “hear” you must be listening

 

Illus: Children listen, but do not always hear

 

!! B. Calleth His sheep by name

 

Each has a unique name given them by the shepherd

 

The sheep may all look the same to the untrained eye, but not to the Shepherd.

Psalm 103:13-14 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

14  For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Stress importance of the individual

 

!! C.

They are “His own” sheep

 

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

 

 

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II.

The Sheep Know His Voice vs.4

 

/To know from observation.

/(Not mere intellectual knowledge)

 

That observation based on a relationship with Christ.

!! A. They recognize His voice quickly.

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!! B. They distinguish His voice from the voice of strangers

 

To fail here leads to destruction and devastation.

Vs.12-13

!! C. Get to know His voice first, then you will recognize and avoid other voices

 

Phil 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

 

! III.

The Sheep Obey His Voice vs 4

John 10:27

 

They follow Him

 

!! A. Christ does not ask us to go anywhere on our own.

“He goeth before them”

 

Matt 28:19-20~/ Hebrews 13:5~/ Prov 18:24

 

!! B. Experience and faith strengthen our obedience.

!! C.

There are benefits in Obedience

 

1.

Provision vs. 9-10

 

2.

Protection vs.11-13

 

Conclusion:    

Illus: A lost sheep

 

Hear, Know, and Obey His voice now in the good times.

One day your spiritual life may depend upon it.