1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,100 As always is the case, I do consider it an honor to speak 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:06,200 concerning the word of God. My hope and my prayer is this, 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,900 and really, it is the Hope and prayer and intention that I have 4 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:15,500 in studying the seven, I am statements of Jesus that he gave 5 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:18,500 in The Gospel. According to John, it is my 6 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:22,000 plan, in my hope that you would have a greater appreciation for 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,700 Jesus, Christ in your life than before we started this series. 8 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:30,400 And today is no different. Jesus said those words, So long 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:35,200 ago, he said I am the Good Shepherd as an introductory 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 text, though we find ourself and John chapter 10. 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,700 We're going to begin there in verse 11. 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,100 Jesus said I am the Good Shepherd, the Good Shepherd, 13 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:49,600 gives his life for the Sheep, but a hireling who is not the 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,100 shepherd one, who does not own the Sheep. 15 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,400 He sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees and 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,800 the Wolf catches, the sheep and scatters them the highwomen. 17 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Link sleeves because he is a hireling and does not care about 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,500 the Sheep. I am the Good Shepherd and I 19 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:13,200 know my sheep and I'm known by my own as the father knows me 20 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,300 even. So I know the father and I lay 21 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:20,200 down my life for the sheep and other sheep, I have, which are 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,100 not of this fold them. Also, I must bring and they will 23 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:29,600 hear my voice and there will be one flock and one Shepherd. 24 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,500 You remember last time when we talked about when Jesus said I 25 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,100 am the door, we talked about the very special relationship that 26 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:41,100 our Shepherd had with his sheep, this special bond that the 27 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,000 shepherd had, you know, really, I actually learned some things 28 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,400 as I studied some history about Shepherds and sheep back. 29 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:53,000 Then the shepherd new the Sheep so well that he even gave each 30 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,900 one a name. That's just amazing. 31 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,700 We think about dogs coming when you called her name. 32 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:00,200 That's exactly what the shepherd would do. 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,300 He? Them so well, he would give him 34 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:05,500 a name, he would call out their name, and they would listen. 35 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,300 And they would follow the reason that they would listen is 36 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:12,800 because they were very familiar with the sound of the voice of 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,800 the shepherd. And the reason for that was the 38 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,500 shepherd, would labor among them? 39 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:21,000 He would protect them all day long and he would speak to them 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,800 constantly and they would hear his voice, and there was a great 41 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,800 bond between Shepherd and sheep. You remember that every morning 42 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,600 in one sheet fold, all the shepherd's would come. 43 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:40,400 Now picture this please every village had a Sheepfold and 44 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,400 every village had a number of Shepherds and every one of those 45 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,700 Shepherds, they all have their own sheep morning, time would 46 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:50,800 come and he would come to the entrance or the Gate of the 47 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,600 Sheepfold. That's just a fancy word for 48 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,300 saying pain. He would come to the Chorale, he 49 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:58,600 would come to the pit, there would be a gatekeeper there to 50 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,300 make sure. Or that somebody other than the 51 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:04,500 shepherd could get in nobody else could get in. 52 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,400 But the shepherd would come. The gatekeeper would let the 53 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,000 Shepherd in and one by one. He would enter the gate and he 54 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,900 would call his Sheep by name and they would follow him and they 55 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:19,300 would go out to pasture that they would eat and they could go 56 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,300 to places where they would drink. 57 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,700 And he called them by name. His job was to care for the 58 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,000 Sheep against thieves and robbers and animals. 59 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,200 But at the end of the day, his job was not done and, you know, 60 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,300 really what I think about all that the shepherd must have 61 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,700 done. You remember, I did touch on 62 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:43,900 this when we look at pastureland today, usually we look at plush 63 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:47,100 land, that's kind of flat or maybe some Rolling Hills. 64 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:49,900 We don't think of what they actually did with these sheep. 65 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:54,200 The pasture lands of Day. When the time, when Jesus were 66 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,800 speaking these words, the better the land, the better, the field 67 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,100 that was for the crops, they grew crops there. 68 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:02,900 They Farm there. So what about where could a 69 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:07,100 sheep go and Graves historians tell us that there was rough and 70 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:11,600 Rocky terrain on hillsides and they would go there and the 71 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,800 shepherd would watch his sheep. Just perhaps one of those sheep. 72 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,899 Got his foot caught between two rocks. 73 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:21,000 He'd be stuck there. He didn't have to worry though 74 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,200 because standing nearby. Herb. 75 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,400 I was the shepherd he would go and pull the leg of that sheep 76 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,700 out of the Rock and set him free. 77 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,600 It was all day long. It was as one historian called 78 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,000 it. It was arduous and that it was 79 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,700 difficult and exhausting but his day was not over. 80 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:43,700 At the end of the day, he led his sheep back to the Sheepfold. 81 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,300 He would stand there as he was the door, he would take his rod 82 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:51,700 and drop it down, so they couldn't enter on their own. 83 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,400 He would examine every one of his sheep from front to back and 84 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,200 top to bottom. Perhaps one of those sheep would 85 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,500 get a cut during the day, maybe the one that got stuck between 86 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:05,100 the two rocks. The shepherd would see that and 87 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:08,600 take oil from additional and soothing purposes and put the 88 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,100 oil on those wounds and let that one in. 89 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,100 Then, the next one, examined, that one front to back top to 90 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:18,700 bottom, and let that one in, it was an exhausting day exhausting 91 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:24,000 day for the shepherd. But that is what a good shepherd 92 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,500 did. Jesus says in verse 11, he 93 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:32,300 doesn't say, I am a good shepherd. 94 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,200 He says, I am the Good Shepherd. Now they would off they would 95 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,500 have understood what he meant about. 96 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,500 What a good shepherd does I just described that to you? 97 00:05:42,500 --> 00:05:46,100 But Jesus says, no, I am the Good Shepherd. 98 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,700 You know what that is? That's a picture of Salvation. 99 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:52,100 The reality of that comes to us back in verse 9. 100 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,300 Notice what Jesus said there in verse 9, I am the door. 101 00:05:56,300 --> 00:06:00,800 If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out 102 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,200 and find pasture. All right. 103 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,800 Specifically calls himself, the Good Shepherd. 104 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:12,100 Now in verse 19 beginning there, he says, therefore there was a 105 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:16,300 division again among the Jews because of these sayings. 106 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,700 And many of them said, he has a demon and is mad. 107 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,000 Why do you listen to him? Other said, these are not the 108 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,800 words of one who has a demon. Can a demon Open. 109 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,900 The Eyes of the blind, I needed to show you this passage because 110 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,500 of one word, there was a division in the Bible says, As 111 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:38,500 again among the Jews. All right, remember this in the 112 00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:41,900 Gospel of John, when the Bible records in the Bible, speaks of 113 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:46,000 Jews in a plural sense, he's not talking about specifically 114 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,100 Jewish people by blood, when he's referring to the Jews, he's 115 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:52,800 referring to the religious leaders that often opposed 116 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,900 Jesus. So there was a division, not 117 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:59,600 among the disciples, there was a division among the leaders of 118 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,200 Israel. Those that had rejected Jesus. 119 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,900 But what about this? Word. 120 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,500 Again, I don't have time to go into it very far, so I won't, 121 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,200 but bear with me, we got to set the tone here. 122 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,600 It's goes all the way back to chapter 9. 123 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:19,300 Very briefly, I'll narrate the story quickly Jesus with his 124 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:22,000 disciples. They Came Upon A man that was a 125 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:26,200 beggar, a beggar because he was born blind, we know the story. 126 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:30,100 The disciples asked Jesus, who sinned did this man sinned or 127 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:32,100 did his parents in? Why was he born blind? 128 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:35,100 And Jesus says, it's nobody's fault. 129 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,000 Nobody sent. It's just an unfortunate 130 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,800 circumstance and I like what Jesus says As I paraphrase, but 131 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,400 in the end it's going to magnify the glory of God. 132 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,700 You're going to see the God. You know, sometimes people ask 133 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:50,200 the question. Why I think it's the most 134 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,600 overused question. It is the hard asked question, 135 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:57,300 theological question asked today that has no answer and that's 136 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:01,400 why why did this happen to somebody that I loved? 137 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:05,800 Why did this happen to me? Why do I have to go through what 138 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,900 I'm going through? It was very common back. 139 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,800 Then people actually believed if you had an unfortunate 140 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,300 circumstance happened to you like being born blind, that you 141 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:18,900 were paying for either your sin or the sin of someone else that 142 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:23,100 is not true. And do, you know what, sometimes 143 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:26,100 bad things happen to wonderful people and that's just the way 144 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:30,100 that it is. And Jesus said it's nobody's 145 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:33,200 fault. But then Jesus spat on the 146 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,799 ground. And from that spittle, the King 147 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:38,000 James calls it, he makes clay, and he puts it to the eyes of 148 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,000 this man and he says, go down to the pool of Siloam and wash and 149 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,700 you'll be able to see and he does What about the division? 150 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,000 Here's the first division when the man comes back. 151 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,400 There's a division among those Jewish men. 152 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:56,500 And the division was, is this the guy that was born, blind? 153 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:57,900 Some would say, oh yeah, that's him. 154 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:01,200 Other said, no, it can't be him. There was a division, right? 155 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,400 Then they go to the Man's parents and they said, to the 156 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,200 parents three questions? Is this your son? 157 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:10,000 Was he born blind? And how can we can now see, you 158 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,300 remember what they said? Yes, he's our son. 159 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,900 Yes, he was born blind, but As to how come he can see ask him, 160 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:19,100 he is of age. And then it says, and this, they 161 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:23,300 said for fear of the Jews, because the Jews religious 162 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:27,100 leaders opposing Jesus had already said. 163 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:30,000 If anyone would profess that Jesus is the Christ they be 164 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,500 kicked out of the synagogue. Here's another division. 165 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:38,400 The division against among these religious leaders was this, is 166 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,400 he a sinner or is he not a sinner? 167 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,700 And some said he's a sinner because he performed this 168 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:48,900 miracle on the Sabbath day. Others said he couldn't be a 169 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:52,000 sinner and performed, the Miracles that he performed again 170 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,400 another division. So when we get to chapter 10 and 171 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:00,300 he begins down toward the latter part of 10:19, there are still 172 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,500 another division. Among them. 173 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:09,200 So, all that being said in verses 11 to 18, our Lord 174 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,400 explains how he fulfills the identity of the Good Shepherd, 175 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,900 one that God himself would send. By the way, this is the fourth 176 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,100 in succession of the I am statements of Jesus. 177 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,200 He began with. I am the bread of life, then he 178 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,000 said, I am the light of the world, then he said, I am the 179 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 door. And now today, as we study, he 180 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,900 said, I am the good. Shepherd. 181 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,200 Let's look at that passage. As we begin in verse 11. 182 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,800 He says I am the Good Shepherd then he says it immediately 183 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,300 again. He says the Good Shepherd is 184 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:43,900 going to do something and he says, the Good Shepherd gives 185 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:46,200 his life for the sheep and they understood that, they would have 186 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:50,500 known what he meant by that. What does it mean to be good? 187 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:55,800 What's it mean to be good? You know, there are two words in 188 00:10:55,808 --> 00:11:00,300 the Greek language for good. One of them is this word here 189 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,600 and I don't usually try to pronounce Greek words because 190 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,900 I'm not a Greek scholar and chances are. 191 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:09,100 I'm not going to I'm not going to, I'm not going to say it 192 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:13,600 properly, but I got to say it this word because it's a it fits 193 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,600 a word that we get from that. So I'm just going to roll up. 194 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,100 I'm just going to take a guess here. 195 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,800 I would imagine this word is pronounced agathis or Agatha, or 196 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,700 agathis. Either one, we get an English 197 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:28,000 name from that, you know what that name is? 198 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:34,200 Agatha. He was that word means it's a 199 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,600 word that is very common in the scriptures. 200 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:40,800 It's very common in the New Testament and it's a word though 201 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:44,300 that is confined to a certain kind of goodness. 202 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,900 It's a word that's confined to moral goodness and that's very 203 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:52,400 common in the New Testament. That's not this word though. 204 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,200 The word good here in this passage, is that Greek word and 205 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,800 that word means this. It means beautiful. 206 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:03,000 It means to be magnificent to Win some lovely. 207 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,300 Excellent on all levels. That is Jesus Christ. 208 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:12,800 When Jesus said I am the Good Shepherd, he saying this is me. 209 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:16,400 Now, you might be wondering, wait a minute, it says lovely. 210 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:20,100 Beautiful doesn't, the Bible say a little, something about what 211 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:23,100 the Lord was going to look like. Yeah, it does. 212 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,200 It says this. He has no form nor comeliness 213 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,200 nor beauty that we would desire him. 214 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,200 How brilliant it was of God, that the one that would come to 215 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,000 shave. Your wouldn't draw people to him 216 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,600 because he was handsome. The Bible speaks of four men 217 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,200 that were handsome and Built Well in the Old Testament, they 218 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,600 don't say that. Jesus. 219 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,900 He has no form nor comeliness nor beauty that you should 220 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,700 desire him. So what does it mean? 221 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:54,100 When we say beautiful, we're talking about what real beauty 222 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:56,700 is. We're talking about the kind of 223 00:12:56,700 --> 00:13:00,200 beauty that's on the inside and real strength that strength, 224 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:05,300 it's on the inside. And by the way, can I just make 225 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:08,700 an aside here? If we are not beautiful on the 226 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:12,200 inside it matters not what we look like on the outside, it 227 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,200 doesn't matter at all. And if we don't have any Inner 228 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,000 Strength that comes from the Lord, it doesn't matter how 229 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,800 strong we are in the weight room on the outside. 230 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,800 Doesn't matter? What matters is what we are on 231 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,600 the inside. Jesus was the Good Shepherd, 232 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,400 because he was good in every way. 233 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:34,100 Now, interestingly about this, you know, the Jewish people had 234 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:38,100 an idea of who the best Shepherd was I know you're probably 235 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:39,800 thinking about that Shepherd boy right now. 236 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,000 It's the first thing you think about, when I think about, when 237 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,900 I think about a Shepherd boy, it was David. 238 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,100 And David was a truly good shepherd. 239 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 And the thing about David is the Bible says, he was Ruddy and 240 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 fair countenanced, you know, Scholars say when he went and 241 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,000 slew the Philistine Giant Goliath, when he did that, he 242 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,400 was Ruddy and some say that it meant, he was so young, he 243 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,000 didn't even shave. Yet Fair countenance. 244 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:14,100 I don't know that to be true but I think it's very possible. 245 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,300 He was a young young man. A young boy. 246 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,500 He decides that nobody's going to defy the armies of the Living 247 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:23,500 God and he's going to rise up against that Philistine Giant 248 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:27,500 and he does, he takes five smooth stones and a sling and he 249 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,000 went before the Philistine Giant and he slung it at him and the 250 00:14:31,008 --> 00:14:34,700 force was so great embedded itself in his forehead and down 251 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:37,100 with the giant, he took a sword out. 252 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,700 And cut off his head. When I think about a Shepherd in 253 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:44,700 the Old Testament, I think about David and no doubt. 254 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:48,500 So did they You know what Jesus is saying though? 255 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,800 He's saying I'm better. He's saying I am greater than 256 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,000 even David, you know, in chapter 5 and thatís why? 257 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,900 I know that he's talking about this, this is really the 258 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,900 language here in chapter 5, Jesus claimed to be greater than 259 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:06,600 Moses in chapter 8. He claimed to be greater than 260 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,600 Abraham. You remember what Jesus said 261 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,900 before? Abraham was I am And what that 262 00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:15,900 means is it's twofold. It does include that. 263 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:18,600 He's saying I existed before Abraham existed. 264 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,700 Absolutely. But there's so much more when he 265 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:27,900 said before, Abraham was I am he's saying I'm greater than 266 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,500 Abraham. Why is that? 267 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,500 I am is a name for God. It's a name for deity. 268 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:36,500 He is saying that about himself. Therefore, I'm greater than 269 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:40,600 Abraham greater than Moses greater than Abraham and now I'm 270 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,000 even greater than the greatest chef. 271 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:46,500 Of all of old like David. Alright, so here's the question. 272 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:53,000 Why is Jesus Worthy? Of being the Good Shepherd, I'm 273 00:15:53,008 --> 00:15:55,300 going to give you the three points in advance, and this is 274 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,000 going to be is going to be our little outline, very simple. 275 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:01,800 Three reasons. Number one. 276 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,500 He dies for them. Number two, he loves them. 277 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,600 And number three. He unites them. 278 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:17,800 Jesus is the Good Shepherd for these three reasons, he dies for 279 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,800 the Sheep. He loves the sheep and he unites 280 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,600 the Sheep will get to what that means as we progress through. 281 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:26,600 Number one though has talked about dying for them and we go 282 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:31,300 back to verse 11, Jesus says, I am the Good Shepherd, the Good 283 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:33,100 Shepherd, gives his life for his sheep. 284 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:37,300 Now, if you study about sheeps, he's about sheep and Shepherds. 285 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,800 The Shepherds were absolutely responsible for the Sheep one 286 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,100 historian. I read this week said this, it 287 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:47,300 was a man's job. It was a lowly job. 288 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:50,100 It was a humble job. It was an exhausting job. 289 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:54,400 It was an unskilled job and every Shepherd ran the risk of 290 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:59,200 losing his life, everyone. The shepherd was absolutely 291 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,500 responsible for the Sheep. If anything happened to the 292 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:06,800 Sheep, he had to produce proof that it was not his fault or it 293 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,700 wasn't based on his own dereliction of Duty. 294 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,200 In fact, in Isaiah chapter 31, the protection of the sheep 295 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:18,000 notice in Isaiah 31, Isaiah speaks of the crowd of Shepherds 296 00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,599 that were called out when a lion attack they called The 297 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:26,900 Shepherd's to go fight the lion. In Exodus chapter 22 and verse 298 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:32,200 13. it says this if it is Torn to Pieces at one of those 299 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,900 things, mentioned our sheep If it's Torn to Pieces by the 300 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:39,800 Beast, then he shall bring it as evidence and he shall not make 301 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:41,800 any shall not make good on what was torn. 302 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:46,400 In other words, if a Shepherd lost his sheep, he had to give 303 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,800 an account for what was lost and why. 304 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:55,500 And if a wild animal came in and destroyed a sheep, they had to 305 00:17:55,500 --> 00:18:00,200 take the remains the torn body of that sheep and bring it back 306 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,600 to the ultimate owner of that sheep and prove this is what 307 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,900 happened or he would have been liable for that. 308 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,200 He would have to give an account of that. 309 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,800 This is what Good Shepherd Shepherds did though. 310 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,300 It was a natural thing for a Shepherd to risk his life in 311 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:19,500 protection of the sheep. He never hesitated and he did it 312 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:22,100 voluntarily. What a great picture of Jesus 313 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,800 Christ. Make no mistake about it. 314 00:18:24,808 --> 00:18:26,700 Jesus Christ was no man's victim. 315 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:30,500 He was the ultimate Victor. He laid down his life for his 316 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:31,300 sheep. We're going to get to that 317 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:34,500 passed in just a moment. Don't think for a minute that 318 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:39,400 the Lord's life was taken the Lord's life, he freely gave, he 319 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,100 did it voluntarily. Just like these good Shepherds 320 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:46,700 from a natural perspective would have given their life for the 321 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:49,200 Sheep. Voluntarily. 322 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:51,900 Jesus says, I am the Good Shepherd. 323 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:54,700 Who lays down his life? Notice Verse 18. 324 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,600 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. 325 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,200 I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it. 326 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,600 Again, this command. I have received from my father, 327 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:09,300 all right. When Jesus laid down his life, 328 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:13,400 he gave more than just his body. I was reading from some 329 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,000 commentators, it's interesting, the spin, sometimes people take 330 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,400 on stuff and we know that Jesus, always existed, he was in the 331 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,100 beginning at the creation, he was there with God. 332 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:26,900 Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, why? 333 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:29,000 Because he and the Holy Spirit were right there with God 334 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,400 Almighty, they were right there with the father and the very 335 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,300 beginning, we know all that and you think about what Jesus did 336 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:40,000 from the very beginning, he has always existed then he was given 337 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,400 a body and one commentator tried to say He was given a body and 338 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:50,800 what he gave up was the body. That's too easy, that's too 339 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,400 simple. That is oversimplifying and it 340 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:59,100 doesn't include everything that is meant by the word life. 341 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,800 It doesn't do, it doesn't bring into existence everything about 342 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,400 life. You know, the word life in the 343 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,700 Greek. There's two words, there's this 344 00:20:07,700 --> 00:20:10,800 word right here and that's where we get biological life. 345 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,800 Then there's this word here and that gets transliterated to the 346 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:18,400 word zoology which is the study of life. 347 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:25,300 Those are words that describe from a scientific scenario, it 348 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:29,800 describes life, but the word life in our passage right here 349 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,500 is not that word at all. It's this word right here. 350 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:38,400 It's a word that means Soul. It's translated, oftentimes 351 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,800 Soul. It's defined as describing what 352 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,000 speaks of the whole person. What did Jesus give for his 353 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,700 sheep? His oh person. 354 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,900 Everything. You ever stopped to consider? 355 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,900 I think this is included. I think this is what he meant by 356 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,100 the way. Do you remember when Jesus was 357 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,500 in The Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed to his father. 358 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,800 And the Bible says, when Jesus said to his disciples, my soul 359 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,500 is exceeding sorrowful even unto death. 360 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:15,400 What was exceeding sorrowful His soul, his whole person. 361 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,100 His inner being not just his body. 362 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,600 Not just the outward body, he gave so much more than that. 363 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,800 It's a word that is for is speaking of the whole person. 364 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,500 Alright? So not just the outside. 365 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:34,400 Jesus did not just feel the pain and the suffering on the 366 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,800 outside. Knowing Jesus said, father, if 367 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,800 it be possible, let this cup pass from me. 368 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,600 You've heard me say this before. the cup that we're talking 369 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,500 about, there has to it includes it, but has to be more than just 370 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:53,000 the cup of suffering has to I believe that the cup there also 371 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,200 included God's Divine wrath on Cindy, you know why, like when 372 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,700 we sung the songs this morning God took the sins of the world 373 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:03,800 and the wrath of God on those sins and put it on his lamb. 374 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Jesus Christ to die. For the sins of the world. 375 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:12,300 That was part of the cup too. And Jesus in agony, realizing he 376 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:15,600 would do that without the presence of God, that even the 377 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,500 face of God would turn. And he'd have to suffer though, 378 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:22,600 sinful consequence of all mankind by himself on that day. 379 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:24,700 No doubt. That's what he meant when he 380 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:28,500 said, my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. 381 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,800 We're not minimizing though. We're not minimizing the 382 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:36,700 physical pain that happened when somebody would be crucified. 383 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:41,100 It was awful from the crown of thorns, the nails pierced into 384 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,100 his hands and feet, and all the things that the Lord went 385 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:44,100 through. I'm not minimizing that. 386 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,800 I'm just saying it's more than that. 387 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,600 Let me give you another example. In Matthew chapter 20 and verse 388 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,100 28. It says this, just as the son of 389 00:22:53,100 --> 00:23:01,400 man, did not come to be served, but to serve notice and give his 390 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,200 life a ransom for many interesting. 391 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:09,100 It's translated in English in our translation before us as 392 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:14,600 life, but it's the same word. That means so is the same Greek 393 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,600 word that we just noticed. And why did he do it? 394 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,300 Why did he voluntarily lay down his soul? 395 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,900 He did it for the benefit of the Sheep. 396 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,900 You know, from a natural perspective. 397 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,100 From a natural perspective when a Shepherd would lose his life 398 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:41,500 and this is obvious, by the way. If a Shepherd lost his life. 399 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:44,400 Because he was defending the Sheep. 400 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:50,100 And he put on a great fight against the animal, but he lost 401 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:52,300 the battle and he died. Guess what else guess? 402 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:57,600 Who else died all the Sheep? If the shepherd lost his life, 403 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,900 guess who else is losing their life is to sheep, but not this 404 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:04,900 Shepherd. Not this Shepherd. 405 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,800 Not Jesus. Jesus, that that's not what 406 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,700 happened with him. You know, the song we used to 407 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:16,500 sing about on the third day. Jesus rose from the dead. 408 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:18,300 You remember that song up from the grave. 409 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:22,000 He arose with a mighty triumphs or his foes. 410 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:25,700 He arose a Victor from the dark domain and he lives forever 411 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,400 death. He overcame some songbook say 412 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,700 with his Saints to reign. That's what happened. 413 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:38,700 Our Shepherd died to give life and not take it away. 414 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:42,200 No doubt that's what Jesus also meant when he said. 415 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:47,500 I came to give life and that life having it more abundantly. 416 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:50,300 So, the first aspect of the relationship of the sheep to the 417 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:54,000 shepherd the first thing. And also, it's the first reason 418 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,500 why Jesus is the Good Shepherd is because he dies for them. 419 00:24:57,700 --> 00:25:03,100 He gives his life, but number two, He loves his sheep and this 420 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:05,300 really is what's behind the first one. 421 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,000 This, of course is is exactly why he did what he did and John 422 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,000 chapter 10, verses 14 and 15. I am the Good Shepherd and I 423 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:18,200 know my sheep and I am known by my own as the father knows me 424 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,100 even. So I know the father and lay 425 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:25,600 down my life for the Sheep. It explains why he lays down his 426 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,000 life voluntarily. It's because he knows them. 427 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,600 I just said he loves them, and maybe you're looking at this 428 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,200 passage saying I don't see love at all. 429 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,800 Where you getting love out of that? 430 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:42,100 notice with me, what you find is, four times this word right 431 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:47,900 here, it's the word no four times in our passage in these 432 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:53,300 couple verses here. So, with that being said, in 433 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:57,800 John chapter 10 and verse 15. Notice it says, as the father 434 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,900 knows me, even. So I know the father and I lay 435 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:03,700 down my life for the sheep in verse 17. 436 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:07,600 Notice, therefore, my father loves me because I lay down my 437 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,800 life, that I may take it again. So that's the interpretive key. 438 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,900 It's the word know, it has the idea of a loving relationship. 439 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:21,200 It's a euphemism for intimacy. An intimate relationship with 440 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,000 the lord. It's not about information. 441 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,600 It's about love and four times. The word. 442 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,600 No. Is there used implying? 443 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,300 This intimate relationship? This loving Fellowship. 444 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:39,700 In John chapter 14 and verse 21. He who has he who has my 445 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:44,300 Commandments and keeps them. It is he who loves me and he, 446 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:48,700 who loves me, Will Be Loved by my father, and I will love him 447 00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:52,700 and manifest myself to him. So, as one scholar said, the 448 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:57,600 language is love. It's not knowing in chapter 14 449 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,600 and verse 23. Another passage, Jesus answered 450 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,300 and said to him, if anyone loves me, he will keep my word. 451 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:08,100 And my father will love him and will come to him and make our 452 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:12,900 home with him. So, in summing up when the No is 453 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:16,500 used in this context. It's the idea of a loving 454 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,600 intimate relationship and fellowship. 455 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,700 He loves his sheep. He knows them more than knowing 456 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,900 their name, more than knowing who they are. 457 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,400 He has an intimate relationship with them now. 458 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,600 That's why we got a now look and a very sobering Passage. 459 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,200 Very sobering passage comes up all the time, came up the other 460 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,800 day and conversation I have with somebody. 461 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:46,300 In Matthew chapter 7, on the great Sermon on the Mount 462 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:48,300 member. When Jesus said this, he's 463 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,900 picturing the end of time, he's picturing the judgment and he 464 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:56,900 says this Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord shall enter the 465 00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:01,900 kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in 466 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:04,700 Heaven. Many will say to me in that day. 467 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:08,200 Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast 468 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,200 out demons in your name, and done, many wonders in your name 469 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:19,300 and then I will declare to them. Notice, I never knew you Depart 470 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:22,100 from me, you who practice, lawlessness folks. 471 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,100 This doesn't mean, I don't know who you are. 472 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,700 That's not what the Lord meant. He's not saying that. 473 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:30,800 On that day, I'm going to say to those that are lost. 474 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,700 I don't know who you are. What he's saying is, I did not 475 00:28:35,700 --> 00:28:38,800 have an intimate relationship with you. 476 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,700 We don't have a relationship as what he's going to say. 477 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,200 You know, why? Jesus says if you love me what, 478 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:51,300 keep my Commandments and keep my words. 479 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,700 So the Bible, the blueprint in the word of God is what we must 480 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:57,200 do to have a relationship with Jesus if I do that. 481 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,300 Guess what? Then on that last and final day 482 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:01,300 I'm going to have the Lord standing in for me going that 483 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,800 one's mine. That's great stuff. 484 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:10,300 Jesus will say, I never had a relationship with you, alright? 485 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:13,200 So, the first aspect of the shepherd's relationship to the 486 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:17,000 Sheep, as he gives life, it's based upon his love for the 487 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,500 sheep and then it brings us to our third and I think this is 488 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:23,100 wonderful. I think this is beautiful. 489 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:28,000 And that is he unites the Sheep. He unites the sheep first to 490 00:29:28,008 --> 00:29:31,700 himself and then with other people, and we got to drop down 491 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:34,900 to verse 16. In verse 16. 492 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:41,800 Jesus said this and other sheep I have which are not of this 493 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,400 fold them. Also I must bring and they will 494 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,500 hear my voice and there will be one flock, and one Shepherd. 495 00:29:48,500 --> 00:29:55,500 Now, picture this remember back in verse 1, John speaks of and 496 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,600 Records, the wording of Jesus when Jesus talks about a 497 00:29:58,608 --> 00:30:01,800 Sheepfold and verse 1. You remember last time we talked 498 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,900 about Jesus saying, I am the door, the Sheepfold and verse 1 499 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:11,700 is referring to Jewish people that are going to be saved. 500 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,600 It's referring to those Jewish people and a z. 501 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:20,000 Emser said, quite possibly in, is exclusive to the ones that 502 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,400 were baptized by the baptism of John. 503 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,900 For the kingdom or the church was established. 504 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:27,500 What is Jesus doing this? I know for sure. 505 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,000 The gospel went to the Jew first. 506 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:36,500 So those in the Sheepfold, they were the Jewish people first and 507 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:40,700 Jesus Calls the people out of Judaism, out of the law of 508 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:45,600 Moses, and brings them unto him in a relationship with him from 509 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,700 the those that were in the, Sheepfold of Israel or Judaism. 510 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,600 What else? Then in verse 16, Jesus says, I 511 00:30:54,608 --> 00:30:58,200 got off the ship to and they're not from this fold, who's that? 512 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:04,500 This is what makes us pretty happy. either that is That's 513 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:09,500 you. That's me, that's anyone other 514 00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:14,600 than a Jewish person. And notice they'll be called 515 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:23,000 together and be in one flock. and one Shepherd, Now. 516 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,200 This phrase right here, they'll be one flock and one Shepherd. 517 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,300 Remember that song we used to sing There should be one phone, 518 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:34,600 one Shepherd, one Lord, one hope, One Faith. 519 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,200 There should be one fold and one Shepherd, one plan of Saving 520 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,200 Grace in Ephesians chapter 3. We find something very 521 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,400 beautiful. There was a mystery and by the 522 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,800 way, a mystery is something that existed in the mind of God. 523 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,800 But was not yet, made evident or know, what was the mystery, 524 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,400 guess what? Both of those cheap phones. 525 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,800 Those that came from Israel. And those that came out of the 526 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,800 world, the Gentile would be together in one body one. 527 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,600 One Shepherd in one fold. And that is the church. 528 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:09,200 That's why Paul said this in Galatians 3 and 27 for as many 529 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,200 of you as were baptized into Christ. 530 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,200 Have put on Christ, there is neither Jew, nor Greek. 531 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,100 There is neither, there is neither Bond nor free slave, nor 532 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:20,100 free. There is neither male nor female 533 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,700 for you are all one in Christ. Jesus. 534 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:26,600 That's also why he said this in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 2 535 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,300 and verse 14 for he himself is our peace. 536 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:33,000 Who has made both one and has broken down the middle Wall of 537 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,000 Separation. Obviously, That's the separation 538 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,600 between Israel or Jewish people that used to be the people of 539 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:48,100 God exclusively and gentiles. Man. 540 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,700 We don't have to worry about all those aspects of the Old Law of 541 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:54,200 Moses anymore. We have to know about any of 542 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,500 that. We follow and we are a part of 543 00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:02,300 the law of Jesus Christ. We have been called from the 544 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:06,900 Sheepfold of the world. The gospel was preached. 545 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:10,200 It's supposed to go to the entire world, Make Disciples of 546 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,500 all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and the 547 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,200 Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all 548 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,500 things whatsoever. I have commanded you and lo. 549 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,100 I Am With. You Always even to the end of 550 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:21,600 the world. Wonderful. 551 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,900 The gospel is going forth to the world and guess what me and you 552 00:33:23,908 --> 00:33:27,900 were in that world. We follow the shepherd. 553 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,000 We're in one body. That one body is the church. 554 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,300 And through the church, we followed Jesus. 555 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,200 And we follow him all the way to heaven. 556 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,500 Jesus said those wonderful words. 557 00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:44,300 He says, you know, in my father's house are many 558 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:46,200 mansions. If it were not told if it were 559 00:33:46,208 --> 00:33:49,000 not. So I would have told you But I 560 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,200 go to prepare a place for you that where I am, there you may 561 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,700 be. Also, Jesus is going and went to 562 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:55,600 heaven to prepare a place for his people. 563 00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,700 Got to be a sheep following. The shepherd, follow her all the 564 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:03,600 way to heaven. In closing this morning. 565 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:09,300 In closing. Why is Jesus the Good Shepherd? 566 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,800 Because he gives his life for his sheep. 567 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,400 And why does he do that? What's the motivation? 568 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,900 Because he loves his sheep and thirdly, and finally, he brings 569 00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:28,400 them into an intimate Unity with himself and with each other. 570 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:34,100 And may, I just say this one final thing in closing, if I am 571 00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:39,500 in fellowship with Jesus, And you are in fellowship with 572 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,199 Jesus. And by the way, that means god 573 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:43,800 to you, can't be in fellowship with Jesus without being 574 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,100 fellowship with God. So, if I'm in fellowship with 575 00:34:46,100 --> 00:34:49,400 God and Jesus Christ, and you are in fellowship with God, and 576 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,699 Jesus Christ. Guess what we are automatically 577 00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:54,600 and fellowship with each other. That's wonderful. 578 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:59,200 You got to be part of this Sheepfold onefold. 579 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,100 That's the church. I'm through this morning. 580 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,900 Thank you so much for your kind listening. 581 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:07,300 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 582 00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:13,000 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 583 00:35:13,008 --> 00:35:16,300 would like any additional information or you would like to 584 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:19,300 receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 585 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,800 Please email us at info at True Church of Christ 586 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,700 Bakersfield.com. 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