John 10:1-6

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Prophecies of Shepherds

Jeremiah 23:1–4 NIV84
“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord. “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:
Jeremiah 25:32–38 NIV84
This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” At that time those slain by the Lord will be everywhere—from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground. Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape. Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture. The peaceful meadows will be laid waste because of the fierce anger of the Lord. Like a lion he will leave his lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of the oppressor and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.
Jeremiah 25:32
Ezekiel 34 NIV84
The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them. “ ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. “ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. “ ‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet? “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another. I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken. “ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
Zechariah 11 NIV84
Open your doors, O Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars! Wail, O pine tree, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down! Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined! This is what the Lord my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter. Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them. For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will hand everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will oppress the land, and I will not rescue them from their hands.” So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock. In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.” Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord. I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter. Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hoofs. “Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!”
John 10:1 NIV84
“I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 1-
It is understood that in this time period, most Jewish families had sheep. They were raised for their wool. The sheep were kept in some type of enclosure at night time, often multiple herds were kept together. An underling often stood watch at the gate.
Coming off the discussion with the false teachers in chapter 9, which were prophecies of the Old Testament, Jesus contrasts Himself with them.
The person that tries to get to the sheep other that through the gate has ulterior motives. Jesus borrowed from the custom of that country to make a point.
John
John 10:2 NIV84
The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep.
The evidence of the thief and the robber is they don’t come in lawfully, they come in the with the idea of doing damage. Their character distinguishes them from the rightful owner. The rightful owner comes and goes as one with authority. The rightful owner comes to do good while the thief comes to do harm. The rightful owner comes in to bind up, to strengthen and to feed.
Sheep need its owner’s care and in turn the sheep provide care for the owner through the profits of the wool. This concept was mentioned in
1 Corinthians 9:7 NIV84
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?
1 Corinthians
John 10:3 NIV84
The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Who was the watchman for Jesus?
John the Baptist
Every God-sent minister since then
Sheep know His voice. The world is full of many voices. How do we discern the voice of our True Shepherd?
Those really chosen by God will hear the voice of God. He calls them by name. If someone knows your name, what does that mean?
Psalm 139:3 NIV84
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Our shepherd is PERSONAL.
He is familiar with who we are.
The shepherd calls them by name and leads them out.
What other famous passage of scripture does this remind you of?
Psalm 23 NIV84
A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
John 10:4 NIV84
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
Our shepherd PROTECTS.
Notice our shepherd leads; He does not drive.
The shepherd has called all of His sheep by name, and proceeds to lead them.
This is reminiscent of .
Numbers 27:16–17 NIV84
“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all mankind, appoint a man over this community to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
John 10:5 NIV84
But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
I understand sheep are traumatized when they are sold and brought into a new flock. It takes them several days to make the adjustment.
In this passage, the stranger is the thief of a robber. We need only to follow the MASTER’S voice, the Shepherd’s voice.
This is a stern warning about following voices other than that of Jesus.
People come to God because He calls them:
John 10:16 NIV84
I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:27 NIV84
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
John 8:
Romans 8:28 NIV84
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:30 NIV84
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
The proper response to the call is FOLLOW HIM.
John 1:
John 1:43 NIV84
The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
John 8:12 NIV84
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 12:26 NIV84
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
John 21:19 NIV84
Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
John 21:22 NIV84
Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”
We must see the Lord as our shepherd!
John 10:6 NIV84
Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
The people did not understand the Lord was not their shepherd.
They did not
John 16:25 NIV84
“Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
Mark9
Mark 9:32 NIV84
But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
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