John 10:11-18, I AM: the Good Shepherd

## I AM: the 
# Good Shepherd
## John 10:11-18
[Moel Famau, UK. Rick Barrett](https://unsplash.com/photos/x5hFSPUT8uU "caption")

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## Jesus is the I AM

+ **Bread** of Life [(Jn6)](# "ref")
+ **Light** of the World [(Jn8)](# "ref")
+ **Door** for the Sheep [(Jn10)](# "ref")
+ Good **Shepherd** [(Jn10)](# "ref")
+ Resurrection and the **Life** [(Jn11)](# "ref")
+ **Way**, the Truth, and the Life [(Jn14)](# "ref")
+ True **Vine** [(Jn15)](# "ref")

[pxhere](https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1094065 "caption")

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+ ch10a: **invitation**:
  + discern false teachers
  + enter through door
+ ch10b: **promise**:
  + who Shepherd is
  + what He does for sheep

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## Good Shepherd [(Jn10:11-18)](# "ref")
1. Cares for the Sheep [(v11-13)](# "ref")
1. Knows and Is Known [(v14-15)](# "ref")
1. Unites the Flock [(v16)](# "ref")
1. Lays Down His Life [(v17-18)](# "ref")

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+ contrast w/**wage** worker
+ **rl** + ID

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I am the **good shepherd**.

The good shepherd 
**lays down** his life for the sheep.

[John 10:11 (ESV)](# "ref")
[pxhere](https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1094065 "caption")

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+ ch9: **Phar** who thought **seeing**
  + insight, exp, vision, guidance
+ but goal only **lord** over others
+ Jesus: did not **claim** throne
  + humbled self even to **death**

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He who is a **hired hand** and not a shepherd, 
who does not **own** the sheep,

sees the **wolf** coming and 
leaves the sheep and **flees**, and 
the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

He flees because he is a hired hand 
and **cares nothing** for the sheep.

[John 10:12-13 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Nathan Anderson, Silverthorne, Colorado](https://unsplash.com/photos/mKA3VavSuaI "caption")

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+ "hired": **wages**: just a job
+ **threats** to flock:
  + prioritise **own** safety
+ "care": concern, occupy mind
+ "quiet quitting": do bare **min**
  + **healthcare** workers can't do less
+ **pastor** search: shepherd
  + only Chr is **perfect** shepherd

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# What do I **expect** of a **pastor**?

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+ will **I** do the same 
  + for those in my care?

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## Good Shepherd [(Jn10:11-18)](# "ref")
1. Cares for the Sheep [(v11-13)](# "ref")
1. **Knows and Is Known** [(v14-15)](# "ref")
1. Unites the Flock [(v16)](# "ref")
1. Lays Down His Life [(v17-18)](# "ref")

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+ does not **run away** 
  + from threats to flock
+ **rl** w/sheep
  + 2nd rep "good shepherd":

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I am the **good shepherd**.

I **know** my own and my own know me, 
just as the **Father** knows me 
and I know the Father;

and I **lay down** my life for the sheep.

[John 10:14-15 (ESV)](# "ref")

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I will also have **compassion** 
on her who had **not** obtained compassion,

And I will say to those who were **not My people**, 
‘You are **My people**!’

And they will say, ‘You are **my God**!’

[Hosea 2:23 (NASB)](# "ref")
[Los Angeles. Edwin Andrade](https://unsplash.com/photos/6liebVeAfrY "caption")

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+ Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi

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Behold, the **dwelling place** of God 
is with man.

He will dwell with them, 
and they will be **his people**, 
and God himself will be with them as **their God**.

[Revelation 21:3 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Ju On](https://unsplash.com/photos/e6XsI7qqvAA "caption")

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# What lets me **know** and **be known** by the Shepherd?

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## Good Shepherd [(Jn10:11-18)](# "ref")
1. Cares for the Sheep [(v11-13)](# "ref")
1. Knows and Is Known [(v14-15)](# "ref")
1. **Unites the Flock** [(v16)](# "ref")
1. Lays Down His Life [(v17-18)](# "ref")

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And I have **other** sheep 
that are not of this **fold**.

I must bring them also, 
and they will **listen** to my voice.

So there will be one **flock**, one **shepherd**.

[John 10:16 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Highclere Castle, UK](https://unsplash.com/photos/c8ET5XvBwnU "caption")

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# What other **sheepfolds** is Jesus bringing together?

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## Good Shepherd [(Jn10:11-18)](# "ref")
1. Cares for the Sheep [(v11-13)](# "ref")
1. Knows and Is Known [(v14-15)](# "ref")
1. Unites the Flock [(v16)](# "ref")
1. **Lays Down His Life** [(v17-18)](# "ref")

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For this reason the Father **loves** me, 
because I **lay down** my life 
that I may **take it up** again.

[John 10:18 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Plattenkogel, Austria. Lukas Budimaier](https://unsplash.com/photos/6cY-FvMlmkQ "caption")

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+ love: **obey**

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No one takes it from me, 
but I lay it down of my **own** accord.

I have **authority** to lay it down, 
and I have authority to take it up again. 
This charge I have received from my **Father**.

[John 10:18 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Yosemite Valley.  John Towner](https://unsplash.com/photos/89PFnHKg8HE "caption")

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+ not bc **weakness**
+ but **obedience** to Father's plan
  + **love** for us His sheep

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looking to **Jesus**, 
the **founder** and **perfecter** of our faith,

who for the **joy** that was set before him 
endured the **cross**, despising the **shame**,

and is seated at the right hand 
of the **throne** of God.

[Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Aaron Burden](https://unsplash.com/photos/09AhDCedXF8 "caption")

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+ saw **through** suffering to joy
+ despise the shame: look down on
  + consider as nothing
+ received glory from Father
+ joy not in own glory
  + but in seeing God's redemption

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# What **separates** Jesus from other shepherds?

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