Jesus the True Shepherd
“Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the
door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the
doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own
sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his
voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from
him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this
illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to
them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
Then Jesus
said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the
sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the
sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will
be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not
come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they
may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
“I am
the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a
hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep,
sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf
catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a
hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd;
and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me,
even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And
other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring,
and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one
shepherd.
“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My
life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it
down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. This command I have received from My Father.”
Therefore
there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. And
many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to
Him?”
Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep
Now
it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. And
Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. Then the Jews
surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If
You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them, “I
told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s
name, they bear witness of Me. But you do not believe, because you are
not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know
them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My
Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is
able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
Then
the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many
good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do
you stone Me?”
The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work
we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man,
make Yourself God.”
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in
your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’? If He called them gods, to whom
the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), do you say
of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are
blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not do the
works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not
believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the
Father is in Me, and I in Him.” Therefore they sought again to seize
Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
The Believers Beyond Jordan
And
He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was
baptizing at first, and there He stayed. Then many came to Him and
said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about
this Man were true.” And many believed in Him there."
1. Who is the true Shepherd?
2. What does a shepherd do?
3. Will the sheep follow a stranger and why?
4. Jesus is the .................. of the sheep.
5. Jesus said, "If anyone enters through Me, he will be .....................
6. The thief (the devil) comes to ..................................................
7. Jesus has come .........................................................................
8. The good shepherd gives his .......................................................
9. What does the wolf do?
10. Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd; and I know ......................
11. Jesus said, "As the Father knows .................................................
12. Jesus lay down His ................................................................
13. What did Jesus say about the other sheep which are not of this fold?
14. Jesus said, "Therefore My Father loves .......................
15. Because ................................................................................
16. Jesus said, "I have power to .......................................................
17. Jesus received this command from .........................................
18. Jesus said, "My sheep hear My ...................................... and I .............................................. and they ...........................................
19. Jesus gave us ................................................
20. We will never ................................................ and .........................
21. Jesus said His Father is .............................................................
22. And no one will .....................................................................
23. Jesus said, "I and the Father are ............................
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