WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.120 And Chris is going to read for us this morning. 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:15.240 Thanks, Rich. 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:28.839 Our reading is from John chapter 10, beginning at verse 1 and going to verse 18. 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:33.820 And that's on page 1076 of the Red Bible. 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.480 So it's John chapter 10, beginning at verse 1. 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:48.140 Very truly, I tell you, Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, 00:00:48.519 --> 00:00:52.480 but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:57.039 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:02.460 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:07.200 He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:13.120 When he is brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, 00:01:13.340 --> 00:01:15.900 and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 00:01:15.900 --> 00:01:18.780 But they will never follow a stranger. 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:23.920 In fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice. 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:31.060 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them. 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.180 Therefore, Jesus said again, 00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:38.120 Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:44.320 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:46.420 I am the gate. 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.260 Whoever enters through me will be saved. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.740 They will come in and go out and find pasture. 00:01:52.739 --> 00:01:57.899 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:03.039 I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. 00:02:04.259 --> 00:02:05.619 I am the good shepherd. 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.079 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:13.539 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:18.739 So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:21.859 Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:27.139 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:30.039 I am the good shepherd. 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.759 I know my sheep and my sheep know me, 00:02:33.359 --> 00:02:36.459 just as the father knows me and I know the father. 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.899 And I lay down my life for the sheep. 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:44.740 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:46.819 I must bring them also. 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:52.159 They too will listen to my voice and there should be one flock and one shepherd. 00:02:53.099 --> 00:02:59.300 The reason my father loves me is that I lay down my life only to take it up again. 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:04.659 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:09.819 I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:13.900 This command I received from my father. 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:33.599 Thanks very much, Chris, for reading and thanks, Sam, for leading. 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.080 And thank you too to the musicians. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:41.300 I'm always amazed and wonder and say thank you, God, for musicians, 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:43.500 because I'm not a musician. 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.360 So it's great to have people play. 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:47.560 So thank you for that today. 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:51.960 Let's keep our Bibles open in John chapter 10 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:59.420 as we look at the subject of the one true shepherd. 00:03:59.860 --> 00:04:00.620 Let's pray. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:00.640 Let's pray. 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:00.700 Let's pray. 00:04:00.700 --> 00:04:00.720 Let's pray. 00:04:00.720 --> 00:04:00.740 Let's pray. 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:32.580 Father, our prayer is that we would hear your voice to us today through your word. 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:38.279 And that as we hear, we would follow you. 00:04:39.359 --> 00:04:40.859 That we would trust you. 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:44.259 Help us now, we ask. 00:04:45.219 --> 00:04:46.899 And it's in his name we pray. 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:48.339 Amen. 00:04:51.799 --> 00:04:53.360 Look at verse 11. 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:58.920 Jesus says, I am the good shepherd. 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:09.319 And in case we miss it, again in verse 14, I am the good shepherd. 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:13.740 Why not, I am the good baker? 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.100 Or I am the good carpenter. 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:20.300 After all, that's what Jesus did. 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:21.300 He was a carpenter. 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:31.560 Well, throughout the story of the Bible, God is portrayed as a shepherd and his people as sheep. 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:37.319 Look how the prophet Isaiah speaks of God's care for his people. 00:05:38.180 --> 00:05:39.800 You can see it there on screen. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:44.900 He that is God tends his flock like a shepherd. 00:05:44.899 --> 00:05:52.019 He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. 00:05:52.979 --> 00:05:56.879 He gently leads those that have young. 00:05:57.819 --> 00:06:00.159 What a beautiful picture. 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:10.560 If you are part of God's flock today, how reassuring it is that he tenderly holds you and leads you. 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.899 The shepherd loves you. 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:21.319 In fact, God had called the leaders of his people to be shepherds. 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:27.860 Essentially, God was saying to them, shepherd the people just like I do. 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:35.639 But the problem was, instead of caring for the flock, they abandoned the flock. 00:06:36.580 --> 00:06:41.620 Go with me, please, to Ezekiel chapter 34. 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:45.340 Ezekiel chapter 34. 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:50.400 First there, if you could give me the page number, I forgot to check it there. 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:52.000 Ezekiel 34. 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:55.859 8-6-5. 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:02.299 8-6-5. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:03.419 Ezekiel 34. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:09.779 And in this chapter, through the prophet Ezekiel, God gives us a picture. 00:07:09.939 --> 00:07:17.179 He shows us bad shepherds and promises a good shepherd. 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:23.759 Shows us bad shepherds and promises us a good shepherd. 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:26.819 First, look at the bad shepherds. 00:07:26.900 --> 00:07:28.639 We'll pick it up in the middle of verse 2. 00:07:29.540 --> 00:07:31.579 This is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:07:32.579 --> 00:07:39.360 Woe to you, shepherds of Israel, the leaders, who only take care of yourselves. 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:43.740 Should not the shepherds take care of the flock? 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:51.280 You eat the curds, the food, you clothe yourselves with wool, and you slaughter the choice animals. 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:56.879 But you do not take care of the flock, that is, the people. 00:07:57.780 --> 00:08:04.860 You have not strengthened the weak, or healed those who are ill, or bound up the injured. 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:09.280 You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:13.620 You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:25.220 These were leaders, kings, who were meant to be the spiritual leaders, called to provide and protect, to help and to heal. 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:31.040 But like all human leaders, they failed desperately. 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:41.980 So while not only rebuking the bad shepherds, second, God promised a good shepherd. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:48.019 God promised to come and replace the bad shepherds with himself. 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:49.680 Look at verse 11. 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:55.479 For this is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:01.959 I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:10.339 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:17.399 I will rescue them from the places where they've been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness. 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.139 Down to verse 15. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:28.559 I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord. 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:33.279 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.579 I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:42.639 But the sleek and the strong, I will destroy. 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:47.519 I will shepherd the flock with justice. 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:52.399 Let's go back to John's Gospel. 00:09:53.740 --> 00:10:03.539 A picture there of the failed shepherds who will one day be replaced by the promised shepherd. 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:10.019 Now look at John chapter 10 and how Jesus opens up this section. 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:12.079 Look who he's talking to. 00:10:12.699 --> 00:10:14.439 Did you catch that in verse 1? 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:19.240 Very truly, I tell you Pharisees. 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:27.620 Anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. 00:10:28.980 --> 00:10:30.360 Ring any bells? 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.360 You Pharisees. 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:32.360 You Pharisees. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:32.860 You Pharisees. 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:36.580 The so-called spiritual leaders of the people. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.279 You're just like those bad shepherds. 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:45.740 Remember how they treated the man who had been born blind? 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:52.200 Just go back a few verses to John chapter 9 verse 34. 00:10:52.200 --> 00:11:00.140 He claimed he had been healed by Jesus and that he was God. 00:11:00.259 --> 00:11:02.020 And look at their reply, verse 34. 00:11:02.560 --> 00:11:04.620 You are steeped in sin at birth. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:06.980 How dare you lecture us? 00:11:08.420 --> 00:11:10.160 And they threw him out. 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:15.059 Jesus, on the other hand, verse 35. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.480 He had heard they had thrown him out. 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:20.839 And he found him. 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.419 He went looking for him. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.819 You see, Jesus is saying, 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:29.919 I am that promised shepherd. 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:35.299 I am the one who's come to search for the lost and to bring back the stray. 00:11:35.299 --> 00:11:39.059 I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:42.899 I will even lay down my life for you. 00:11:44.219 --> 00:11:50.319 I am the good shepherd and you can trust me. 00:11:53.579 --> 00:12:01.279 Now sadly, our country in many ways has a history of suffering from bad shepherds. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.720 Spiritual shepherds and political shepherds. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:09.480 The church has let the people down. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:13.939 People have run to the church for life. 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:17.399 But instead have received lies. 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.539 And sometimes people have been hurt. 00:12:20.839 --> 00:12:22.720 Our governments have made promises. 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:27.039 But they end up being broken promises. 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:31.639 Do you expect as the politicians, 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.399 as they canvas around our country and knock on the door, 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:40.279 do you think every single promise they give you is going to be completed? 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:45.079 Well, I think they'll try their very best. 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:47.579 But the reality is, 00:12:48.319 --> 00:12:49.199 they fail. 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:55.379 But let's not point the finger too much at the church or the government, 00:12:55.660 --> 00:12:57.800 because what we see at times there 00:12:57.800 --> 00:13:01.560 is just a little reflection of our own life. 00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:04.860 You see, rather than shepherds, 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:08.120 the Bible describes us as the sheep. 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:11.520 Sheep who have gone astray, 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:14.020 who've wandered away 00:13:14.020 --> 00:13:15.780 and done our own thing. 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:19.079 We cannot even manage to shepherd ourselves. 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:22.100 Never mind anybody else. 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:25.500 You see, what this country needs, 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.720 what we all need, 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.279 is a shepherd 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.839 who will come and forgive us 00:13:30.839 --> 00:13:32.639 for all the things we have done wrong. 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:35.279 A shepherd who will come alongside us 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.600 in our brokenness and in our hurt 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.860 and heal us 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:40.279 and restore us 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.939 and provide for us 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:44.039 and be there for us. 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:48.299 And Jesus is saying to us afresh this morning, 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.980 I am that good shepherd. 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.159 So let's explore together 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.159 and see how Jesus is good for us today. 00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:03.159 First, 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:08.939 Jesus gathers all his sheep. 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:11.799 At the beginning of John chapter 10, 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:13.219 we have in verse 1 there, 00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:14.159 the sheepfold. 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.240 A picture of, 00:14:16.579 --> 00:14:16.979 if you like, 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:18.959 a stone circle 00:14:18.959 --> 00:14:22.399 in which is all the sheep. 00:14:23.979 --> 00:14:25.699 So the different shepherds 00:14:25.699 --> 00:14:27.000 from the different places 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:28.759 in the night time 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.779 would come down to the sheepfold 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:33.000 and they would bring all their sheep in 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.959 and they would be all mixed in together. 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:37.480 And then in the morning, 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:39.639 the shepherd would come 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:41.200 for his sheep. 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.320 We'll pick it up in verse 2. 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:47.540 The one who enters by the gate 00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:50.500 is the shepherd of the sheep. 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:52.560 The gatekeeper, 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:54.080 the one who'd been protecting them 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.720 through the night, 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.879 opens the gate for him. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:01.059 And the sheep listen to his voice. 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.139 He calls out his own sheep by name 00:15:06.139 --> 00:15:09.779 and he leads them out. 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:12.500 So a big, big pen 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.820 full of sheep. 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:16.320 The shepherd comes along 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.399 and he calls them. 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.919 But who comes? 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.279 Only those, 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.000 verse 3, 00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:24.879 he calls by name. 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.960 The ones that the shepherd knows. 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:30.120 The ones that already 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.840 belong to him. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.220 They're the ones he calls out. 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:38.299 Now to help us understand 00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:40.360 what's going on here, 00:15:41.439 --> 00:15:42.759 cast your minds back 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:44.419 to the Exodus. 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.439 When God's people, Israel, 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:49.240 were in slavery in Egypt 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.559 under the brutal tyrant Pharaoh. 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:53.080 And what did God do? 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.040 He called his people out. 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.320 Look how that rescue is described 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:03.220 in the Psalm 78. 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:07.900 God brought his people out 00:16:07.900 --> 00:16:09.720 like a flock. 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.940 He led them like sheep 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.700 in the wilderness. 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:14.740 He guided them safely 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:16.400 so that they were unafraid. 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:18.879 He settled the people of Israel 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.500 in their homes. 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:22.480 You see, 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.419 Jesus is saying, 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.539 I am that shepherd. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.840 The one who's come 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.700 to rescue you. 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.340 The one who's come 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.840 to gather my sheep 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:34.039 and to call you 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.159 to myself. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.340 I have come 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:37.480 to set you free 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.379 from a greater slavery. 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.500 Sin. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.899 I've come to set you free 00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:44.419 from a greater tyrant. 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.480 Death. 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:47.600 I've come to lead you 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.899 out of your darkness 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.080 and bring you 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:51.060 into a life 00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.779 of light 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.980 and freedom. 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.759 Jesus gathers 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.200 his sheep, 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.080 his people, 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.560 as he calls us 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.399 by name, 00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:01.820 calling us 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.980 into his family. 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.500 And this is what we are, 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.839 but an expression 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.640 this morning 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.500 of his family. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.880 Sheep who've been 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.839 gathered in 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.660 to his church. 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:14.700 verse 4. 00:17:15.580 --> 00:17:16.660 When he is brought 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:18.860 out all his own, 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.580 the shepherd 00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.480 goes on ahead 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:21.880 of them 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:23.060 and the sheep 00:17:23.060 --> 00:17:24.200 follow him 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.480 because they know 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.740 his voice. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.060 Now maybe you're 00:17:30.060 --> 00:17:31.040 wondering this morning 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:32.779 if I'm part 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:34.540 of God's flock. 00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:37.340 Maybe you're not. 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.480 Well, there's good news 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.880 for you. 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.720 Jump ahead 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.100 to verse 16. 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:43.359 Jesus says, 00:17:43.719 --> 00:17:44.939 I have other sheep 00:17:44.939 --> 00:17:46.179 that are not 00:17:46.179 --> 00:17:47.219 of this sheepfold. 00:17:47.939 --> 00:17:49.099 I must bring 00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.819 them in 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.519 also. 00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.659 They too 00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.500 will listen 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.779 to my voice 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.899 and there shall 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:56.159 be one flock 00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.719 and one shepherd. 00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.519 You see, 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.339 if we are not 00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:01.839 part of God's 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.619 flock today, 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.759 if we are not 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.699 under his care, 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:06.219 you can be. 00:18:06.919 --> 00:18:07.619 This is the 00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.259 invitation. 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.199 God, 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.059 by his Holy 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.539 Spirit, 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.740 is calling 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.200 you by name. 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.460 He knows 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:15.779 you. 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.119 He knows 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.920 your past. 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.759 He knows 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.460 your future. 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.359 He knows 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.119 your past 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.740 failures 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.960 and your future 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.519 flaws. 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.379 He knows 00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:25.220 your hurts 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.759 today. 00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:26.559 He knows 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.359 your pains 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.220 and the struggle 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.779 that you are 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.519 going through 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.799 and he calls 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.899 you to himself. 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.420 Believe 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:34.859 me. 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:36.980 Follow 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.420 me. 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:40.360 I am the 00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:41.320 good shepherd 00:18:41.320 --> 00:18:42.940 and I 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:44.420 will gather 00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:46.200 my sheep. 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.240 Second, 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:54.120 Jesus gathers 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:55.880 all his sheep 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:57.400 and he provides 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.720 for all his 00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.060 sheep. 00:19:00.060 --> 00:19:00.759 I got that 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:00.960 right. 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.440 There we are. 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.240 He provides 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.920 for all his 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.259 sheep. 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.000 Look at 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.660 verse 9. 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.180 Jesus says, 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.700 I am the 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.140 gate. 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.519 Whoever 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.400 enters 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.299 through me, 00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.579 whoever 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.400 comes to 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:12.559 me, 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.279 believes in 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.539 me, 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.279 will be 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.880 saved. 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.200 They will 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.799 come in 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.380 and go 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:17.839 out, 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.119 back and 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.579 forth, 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.880 and find 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.500 pasture. 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.440 Again, 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.160 we're provided 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.740 with this 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.940 wonderful picture 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.759 of a shepherd 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:27.220 taking care of 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.660 his sheep, 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.579 bringing them 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.299 in and out 00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:29.660 to the 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.700 pasture to 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.660 provide for 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.019 them what 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.720 they need. 00:19:33.560 --> 00:19:34.000 And Jesus 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.800 picks up on 00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.320 this image 00:19:35.320 --> 00:19:36.220 to show us 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.620 that what 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.880 he provides 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.259 for the 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.960 sheep is 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.900 eternally 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.420 good. 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.880 Look at 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.400 verse 10. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.279 The thief 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:46.100 comes only 00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.920 to steal 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.640 and kill 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.600 and destroy 00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:50.380 the bad 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.140 shepherds. 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.660 But I 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.240 have come 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.700 that they 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.160 may have 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.360 life and 00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:56.840 have it 00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.200 to the 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.540 full. 00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.740 The bad 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.259 shepherds, 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.519 well, 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.359 bad 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.980 shepherds 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.420 are all 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.119 around us 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:03.440 and their 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.140 voice is 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.819 crying out 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.200 to us. 00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.079 They say, 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.019 live your 00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.879 own life. 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.599 Find your 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.599 own path. 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.660 Be who 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.180 you want 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.539 to be. 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.599 Believe in 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.140 yourself. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.099 You know 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.039 what's best. 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.140 But that's 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:18.839 like a shepherd 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.500 leading a 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.140 sheep towards 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.599 the edge 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.200 of a cliff. 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.480 This kind 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.099 of teaching, 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.859 this kind 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.539 of philosophy 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.859 will only 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.900 destroy you. 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.019 life. 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.320 But the 00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:30.100 life that 00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.700 Jesus 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.460 offers 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:33.380 is abundant. 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.240 Did you 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.740 see it at 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.040 the end 00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:35.360 of verse 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:35.680 10? 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.560 I have 00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:38.060 come that 00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:38.500 you may 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.460 have life 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.780 and have 00:20:40.780 --> 00:20:41.460 it to 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:43.320 the full, 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:43.980 to its 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.440 overflowing. 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.460 A life 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.500 that satisfies 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.640 and fulfills. 00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:50.800 Remember the 00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.460 food and 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.140 drink that 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.800 Jesus has 00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.440 promised to 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.100 provide for 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.660 his people? 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.800 Do you 00:20:55.800 --> 00:20:56.220 remember the 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.720 woman at 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.180 the well? 00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.960 And Jesus 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.460 says to 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.880 the woman, 00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:02.860 if you knew 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.680 who has the 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.279 water of 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.880 life, you 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.340 would ask 00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:05.800 for him. 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.779 And Jesus 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.300 says, the 00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:08.019 water I 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.920 give will 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.600 become in 00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.120 you a 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.040 spring of 00:21:11.040 --> 00:21:11.500 water, 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.759 welling up 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.460 to eternal 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.019 life. 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.960 And the 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.620 crowd that 00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.120 he fed 00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.540 with the 00:21:18.540 --> 00:21:18.980 bread, 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.420 bread, 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.019 physical 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.740 bread that 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.720 satisfies our 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.060 hunger, 00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:24.440 Jesus said, 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.600 I am the 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.700 bread from 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.279 heaven, 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.160 which you 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.840 may eat 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.420 and not 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.220 die, but 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.180 live forever. 00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.500 This is a 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.440 full and 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.920 abundant 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.500 life. 00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.240 Now it 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.720 doesn't mean 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.360 to say that 00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.759 we're going 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.440 to be free 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.120 of struggles 00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.980 and suffering, 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.040 but it 00:21:43.040 --> 00:21:43.740 does mean 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.920 that we 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.320 have a 00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.620 shepherd who 00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.220 will lead 00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.220 us and be 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.900 with us. 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:50.060 Even in 00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:50.840 the deepest 00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.480 darkness, 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:53.259 Jesus will 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.220 provide 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.600 what you 00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.460 need. 00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.420 Even when 00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.000 we feel 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.819 hopeless and 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.259 helpless, 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.700 Jesus the 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.940 shepherd will 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:04.059 sustain you. 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.759 He knows 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.339 your need 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:09.339 today and 00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.799 he will 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.079 provide and 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.559 give you 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:13.100 grace for 00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:14.240 every moment 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.799 and every 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.200 day. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.339 He will 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.059 not let you 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.400 down. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.059 Through 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.940 Jesus we 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.639 experience 00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:24.359 life in 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.819 all its 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.240 fullness. 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.200 So he 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.579 gathers 00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:28.339 his sheep, 00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.559 he provides 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.220 for his 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.619 sheep, 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.720 and he 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.679 will secure 00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:36.319 all his 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.740 sheep. 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.119 Look at 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.720 verse 11. 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.559 I am 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.079 the good 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.579 shepherd, 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.799 and the 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.500 good shepherd 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.299 lays down 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.000 his life 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.399 for the 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:47.799 sheep. 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:47.839 sheep, 00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.539 the hired 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.139 hand. 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.480 Well, 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.960 he's not 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.519 the shepherd 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:54.019 because he 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.599 doesn't own 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.159 the sheep. 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.460 So when 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.339 he sees a 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.059 wolf coming, 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.099 whoa, 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.599 he abandons 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.000 the sheep, 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.819 he takes 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.099 off, 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.659 I'm out 00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.039 of here. 00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.599 And the 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.460 wolf attacks 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.899 and the 00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.359 flocks 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.139 scatter. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.180 It's a 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.759 frightening 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.379 scene, 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.919 isn't it? 00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.839 Because sheep 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.680 are vulnerable 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.480 and fragile. 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.379 Sheep 00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.019 don't have 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.879 sharp teeth 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.420 and long 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.100 claws to 00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.680 fight off 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.300 their prey. 00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.200 Something a 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.000 wolf has 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.000 with great 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.500 power. 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.200 They're 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.960 extremely 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.640 dangerous. 00:23:25.040 --> 00:23:25.460 So when 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.000 the wolf 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.700 attacks, 00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.160 verse 13, 00:23:28.260 --> 00:23:28.820 the man 00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:29.940 runs away 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.320 because he's 00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:31.840 a hired 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.460 hand and 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.940 he cares 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.660 nothing for 00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.220 the sheep. 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.540 Not 00:23:37.540 --> 00:23:38.140 Jesus. 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.400 How 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.160 different 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.040 Jesus 00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:43.760 is to 00:23:43.760 --> 00:23:44.360 the offers 00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.160 of protection 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.980 people give 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.660 us today. 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.640 He will 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.120 come. 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.400 He's 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.100 warning us, 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.420 yes, 00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.120 that wolves 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.700 will come. 00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.700 I think in 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.460 this context 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.200 it's false 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.140 teachers and 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.340 corrupt leaders 00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.200 who will 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.800 come to 00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.400 harm you 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.259 and seek 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.759 to lead 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.500 you astray. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.460 But Jesus 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.840 says, 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.700 don't fear. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.360 I'm not 00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.840 like a 00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.600 hired hand. 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.460 I will 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.000 lay down 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.580 my life 00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:08.900 for you. 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.820 I will 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:11.019 do whatever 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.900 it takes 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.700 to protect 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.700 you and 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.600 keep you 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.460 forever. 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.140 In fact, 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.140 Jesus promises 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.140 to secure 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.700 our salvation 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.319 forever. 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.600 So once we 00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:24.380 trust him, 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.759 we are his 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.880 forever. 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:31.299 Look over 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.880 at verse 27. 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.520 27. 00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:38.940 My sheep 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:40.180 listen to 00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.100 my voice. 00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.720 I know 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.140 them and 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.660 they follow 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:43.980 me. 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.660 I give 00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.380 them eternal 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.060 life and 00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.540 they shall 00:24:47.540 --> 00:24:48.560 never perish. 00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.180 No one 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.800 will snatch 00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.300 them out 00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:52.660 of my 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.180 hand. 00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.900 My 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.880 Father who 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.460 has given 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.140 them to 00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.640 me is 00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.180 greater 00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.820 than all. 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.000 No one 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.819 can snatch 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.439 them out 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.819 of my 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.379 Father's 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.639 hand. 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.579 I and 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.240 the Father 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.419 are one. 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.899 Do you 00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.339 see the 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.759 double 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.419 protection 00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:10.839 there? 00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.679 The picture 00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.419 is like we 00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.279 are in 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.059 the hands 00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.879 of Jesus, 00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.480 gripped 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.539 by his 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.619 firm hands 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:21.259 and around 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.779 the hands 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.359 of Jesus 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.179 are the 00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.740 hands of 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.419 the Father. 00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.579 So no 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.359 scheming, 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.700 no lying 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.299 wolf, 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.500 can take 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.339 us from 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.139 the protection 00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:33.079 of the 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.179 Father and 00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.799 the Son. 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.339 Not even 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.159 our sin 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.679 can take 00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.139 us. 00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.460 Not even 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.220 the struggle 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.059 we are 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.639 going through, 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.539 not even 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.099 Satan 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.819 himself. 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.039 We are 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.799 secure 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.019 forever. 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.439 The 00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.159 shepherd has 00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:54.000 gathered you 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.859 in and he 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.619 will provide 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.319 for you 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.179 and he 00:25:59.179 --> 00:26:00.579 will keep 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.939 you. 00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.679 He will 00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:04.059 hold you 00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.339 fast. 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.980 And then 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.599 fourth, 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.000 Jesus the 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.259 shepherd dies 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.579 for all 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.279 his sheep. 00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.599 Back to 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.419 verse 14. 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:21.860 I am 00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.279 the good 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.700 shepherd. 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.019 I know 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.840 my sheep 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.259 and my 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.220 sheep know 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.740 me. 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.620 Just as 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:30.120 the Father 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.759 knows me 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.120 and I 00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.539 know the 00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.860 Father 00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:33.380 and I 00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.320 lay down 00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.080 my life 00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.480 for the 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.840 sheep. 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.660 You see, 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.060 when the 00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:38.960 wild animals 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.500 come, 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.740 a shepherd 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.500 will fight 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.019 them off 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.500 with his 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.440 stick or 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.980 his crook 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.420 or whatever 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.940 he has, 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.320 a few 00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.840 stones. 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.559 He will 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.059 do all 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.319 that he 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.759 can to 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.179 protect 00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.419 his 00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.659 sheep. 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.359 However, 00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.099 if that 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.839 shepherd's 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.339 life is 00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.019 in danger, 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.019 he's going 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.500 to let 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.079 the wolf 00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.439 or the 00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.220 wild animal 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.339 take that 00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.299 one sheep. 00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.799 Understandably, 00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.359 the shepherd 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.159 will protect 00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.720 his own 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.179 life. 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.539 No 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.319 sheep is 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.899 worth the 00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.539 value of 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.059 a shepherd. 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.579 Better 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.419 the sheep's 00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:14.500 life than 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.179 losing your 00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:15.779 own life, 00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.059 eh? 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:19.559 except for 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.000 Jesus. 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.480 Jesus does 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.599 the unthinkable, 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.179 doesn't he? 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.480 The unimaginable. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.959 When it 00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.779 comes to 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.720 his people, 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.099 Jesus says, 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.819 I will 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.319 lay down 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.899 my life 00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.279 for you. 00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:37.159 I will 00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:38.500 die for 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.740 you. 00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.959 I am 00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.819 the good 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.379 shepherd 00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:44.240 and I 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.899 lay down 00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.720 my life 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.640 for the 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.059 sheep. 00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.759 In fact, 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.480 his giving 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.940 of his 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.420 life 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.880 is not 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.660 accidental, 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.920 but intentional 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.980 and sacrificial. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.860 Again, 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.259 look at 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.160 verse 17. 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.019 He says, 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.519 the reason 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.220 my father 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.079 loves me 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.519 is that 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.819 I lay 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.460 down my 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.980 life 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.460 only to 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.860 take it 00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.400 up again. 00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.680 no one 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.420 takes it 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.320 from me, 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:14.140 but I 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.759 lay it 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.300 down of 00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.960 my own 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.460 accord. 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.180 I have 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.080 authority to 00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.740 lay down 00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.540 my life 00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:21.120 and I 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.240 have 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.200 authority to 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.620 take it 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.160 up again. 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.780 This 00:28:24.780 --> 00:28:25.519 command I 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.160 received 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:27.560 from the 00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.980 father. 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.920 You see, 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.519 that's what 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.519 makes Jesus 00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:33.319 not just 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.920 a shepherd, 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.880 but a 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.599 good shepherd. 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.220 These are 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.819 not just 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.720 words or 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.559 illustrations. 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.400 It's what 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.259 Jesus has 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.160 come to 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.500 do. 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.380 He came 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.880 to die 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:49.360 for us. 00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.599 That's 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.059 his whole 00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.680 purpose. 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.380 Speaking of 00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.059 Jesus' 00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.700 death, 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.599 the prophet 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.440 Isaiah put 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.799 it like 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.279 this. 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.319 You know 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.120 these words. 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.000 We all 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.059 like sheep 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.680 have gone 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.339 astray. 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.240 Each of 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.660 us has 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.519 turned to 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.160 our own 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.559 way. 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.420 And the 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.039 Lord has 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.620 laid on 00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:13.400 him the 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.140 iniquity 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.279 of us 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.640 all. 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.480 All our 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.079 flaws, 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.299 all our 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.799 failures, 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.620 and Jesus 00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.299 the shepherd 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.819 says, 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.259 I'll come 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.900 and I'll 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.400 take the 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.759 hit. 00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.460 Jesus 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.059 puts 00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.559 himself 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.259 where we 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.779 deserve 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.240 to be 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.779 placed so 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.279 that we 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.680 wouldn't 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.420 face his 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.880 judgment. 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.039 He lays 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.700 down his 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.339 life for 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:39.039 us so 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.480 that we 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.039 might have 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.259 life in 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.640 him, 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.000 life in 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.460 abundance. 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.240 And of 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.500 course, 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.940 as verse 00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.019 18 implies, 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.259 Jesus didn't 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.079 stay dead. 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:50.940 Yes, 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.440 he laid 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.039 down his 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.980 life only 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.660 for Jesus 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.319 to rise 00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.140 again from 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.640 the dead. 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.340 he had 00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:56.960 authority 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.600 to take 00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.140 his life 00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.920 up again. 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.720 And so 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.980 Jesus remains 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.140 the living 00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.940 shepherd who 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.860 continues to 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:07.080 be good and 00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.960 continues to 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.820 care for us 00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.480 day by 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.000 day. 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.059 he. 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.500 So how 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.980 can you 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.500 and I 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:18.619 experience 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.700 this shepherd's 00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.400 care personally 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.720 and intimately 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.880 as we 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.819 scatter 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:26.299 into our 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.940 communities 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.980 and into 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.079 our workplaces? 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.960 How can we 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.279 know the 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.039 love and 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.680 care of 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.579 this tender, 00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.099 kind shepherd? 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.279 shepherd? 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.079 Well, 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.459 briefly, 00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.419 two things. 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.719 First, 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.519 listen to 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.419 the shepherd's 00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:45.119 voice. 00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:47.480 We know 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.939 who the 00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.659 sheep are 00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:50.179 because they 00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.879 listen. 00:30:51.719 --> 00:30:52.139 They 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.759 listen. 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.859 Verse 00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.259 three. 00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.899 The gatekeeper 00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.719 opens the 00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.399 gate for the 00:30:58.399 --> 00:31:00.319 shepherd and 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.139 the sheep 00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:03.559 listen to 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.359 his voice. 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:06.159 he calls 00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.699 out his 00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.539 own sheep 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.259 by name 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.959 and he 00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:09.619 leads them. 00:31:11.479 --> 00:31:12.219 The sheep 00:31:12.219 --> 00:31:13.000 listen 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:15.119 because they 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.119 are his 00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.619 sheep. 00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.399 Go for a 00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:18.959 walk down 00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.439 through the 00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.279 Kerry Mountains 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.099 and you 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.619 will notice 00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.059 there are 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.819 sheep marked 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.219 with all 00:31:23.219 --> 00:31:23.719 kinds of 00:31:23.719 --> 00:31:24.000 different 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.379 colours. 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.319 Red, 00:31:25.719 --> 00:31:26.119 blue, 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.919 yellow, 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.659 purple. 00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.539 Each colour 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.639 marks them 00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.539 out to 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.479 which farmer 00:31:32.479 --> 00:31:33.240 they belong 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.599 to. 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.599 Well, 00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.079 the people 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.779 who belong 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.459 to God 00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:38.539 are marked 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.539 out as 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.399 those who 00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.839 listen to 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.619 his voice. 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.740 They listen 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.539 because they 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.319 are his 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.699 sheep. 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.319 Verse 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.699 four. 00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.659 He brings 00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.159 out his 00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.439 own, 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.000 he goes 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.500 on ahead 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.819 of them 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.579 and his 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.919 sheep 00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.759 follow him 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.699 because they 00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.719 know his 00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:56.459 voice. 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.399 And the 00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:59.240 primary way 00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.979 in which we 00:31:59.979 --> 00:32:00.759 will hear the 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.319 shepherd's 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.639 voice as we 00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.359 walk through 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.619 our day is 00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.500 through God's 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.919 word. 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.799 So, 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.839 fellow sheep, 00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.839 let's be 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.679 reading God's 00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.119 word. 00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.979 Let's get our 00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:17.119 nourishment from 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.859 the bread of 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.299 life. 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.759 Let's drink of 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.719 the water of 00:32:21.719 --> 00:32:22.159 life. 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.799 Let's be 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:25.039 studying the 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.799 word together 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.699 and encouraging 00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.419 each other 00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:28.619 with words 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:30.219 from God. 00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.259 God. 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.059 And as we 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.480 do, 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.319 we will 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.279 grow deeper 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.039 and deeper 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.600 in our 00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.120 relationship 00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.600 with him. 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.360 Look at 00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.539 it. 00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:36.819 Verse 00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.460 14. 00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.720 I'm the 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.319 good shepherd. 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.259 I know 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.940 my sheep. 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.839 My sheep 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.519 know me. 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:45.299 Just as 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.079 the father 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.980 knows me 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.279 and I 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.799 know 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.860 the father. 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.860 Isn't 00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.620 that incredible? 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.940 The relationship 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.740 the father 00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.360 and son 00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:56.160 have together, 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.440 that intimacy, 00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.740 that union, 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.279 that precious 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.220 relationship 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.680 existing from 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.539 before all 00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.380 time began, 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.680 the father 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.460 and the son's 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.940 relationship. 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.340 He says, 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.700 you can have 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.500 that too. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.860 Listen to 00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.720 my voice 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.799 and you 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.500 will grow 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.320 deeper and 00:33:17.320 --> 00:33:17.900 deeper in 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.539 relationship 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.259 with me 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.759 and you 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.360 will find 00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.980 abundant 00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.640 life. 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:25.120 so let's 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.440 listen to 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.200 the shepherd's 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.620 voice. 00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:29.640 And 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.020 second, 00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:32.360 let's 00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.880 run 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.259 from the 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.060 stranger's 00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:35.560 voice. 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.580 Verse 00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.100 5. 00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.420 The 00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:39.860 sheep 00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.560 will never 00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.320 follow a 00:33:41.320 --> 00:33:41.880 stranger. 00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:43.280 In 00:33:43.280 --> 00:33:43.540 fact, 00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.940 they will 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.640 run away 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.100 from him 00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.620 because they 00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.220 do not 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.960 recognize 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.000 a stranger's 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.060 voice. 00:33:50.520 --> 00:33:51.080 Jesus 00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.600 has made 00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.140 it clear 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.880 there are 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.680 thieves and 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.180 robbers. 00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:54.940 There are 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.620 wolves that 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.100 will come 00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.800 in to try 00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.400 and attack, 00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.460 steal and 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.680 destroy and 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.540 lead God's 00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:01.280 people away. 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.620 False 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.220 teachers, 00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.100 and there's 00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.900 plenty of 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.120 them, 00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.480 spread their 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.120 lies. 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.900 Just 00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.579 because they 00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.280 carry a 00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:11.000 big black 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.059 Bible and 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.780 walk up and 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.260 down the 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.800 stage, 00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.740 just because 00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.220 they have 00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:16.019 thousands of 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.680 views on 00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.140 YouTube, 00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.700 doesn't mean 00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.740 they are good 00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.720 shepherds. 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.719 people 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.459 know 00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:25.199 how do 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.779 you spot 00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.019 a 00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.519 stranger? 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.799 Even 00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.159 more 00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.839 importantly, 00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:31.919 how do 00:34:31.919 --> 00:34:32.239 you know 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.980 I'm not 00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.199 a 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.639 stranger? 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.159 Well, 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.519 as we 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.039 read the 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.639 Bible and 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.139 as we 00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.279 study the 00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.839 word for 00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.480 ourselves, 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.339 so we 00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.119 deepen our 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.859 understanding 00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.439 of God 00:34:44.439 --> 00:34:45.259 and we're 00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.980 able then 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.779 to discern 00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:48.179 who are 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.419 the 00:34:48.419 --> 00:34:48.939 strangers. 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.139 and to 00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:52.059 run from 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.559 them for 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.519 our lives. 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.880 In fact, 00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.559 you have a 00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.320 responsibility 00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.340 and I 00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.980 want you to 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.440 take this 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.159 responsibility 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.960 serious. 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.179 You must 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.900 hold me 00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.619 accountable 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.220 to the 00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.619 word of 00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.039 God. 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.659 If I 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.519 start drifting 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.800 off and 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.519 talking about 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.519 something else, 00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.220 you should 00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.659 say, 00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:16.759 my role 00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.219 is not 00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.659 to make 00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.219 followers 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.460 of 00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.779 Johnny 00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.199 Grant. 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.339 Please, 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.159 my goodness 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.679 me, 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.059 what a 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.699 mess you 00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.399 will become. 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.940 No, 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.539 we run 00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.000 to the 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.399 shepherd, 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.619 the good 00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.460 shepherd. 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.839 Verse 27, 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.099 my sheep 00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:39.179 listen to 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.779 my voice. 00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:42.800 I know 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.120 them, 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.860 they follow 00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.200 me, 00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:47.060 I give 00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:47.400 them 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.019 eternal 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.600 life, 00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.300 they shall 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.720 never 00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.380 perish, 00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.360 no one 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.860 will snatch 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.360 them out 00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.760 of my 00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.240 hand. 00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.940 Let's 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.260 pray 00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.100 together. 00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.220 Amen. 00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.260 Amen. 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.620 Amen. 00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:01.680 Amen. 00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.240 Amen. 00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.740 Amen. 00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.220 Amen. 00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.660 Amen. 00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:03.760 Amen. 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.220 Amen. 00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.240 Amen. 00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.740 Amen. 00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:04.820 Amen. 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:04.880 Amen. 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.800 Amen. 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.240 Amen. 00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.280 Amen. 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.800 Amen. 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:06.900 Amen. 00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:06.960 Amen. 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.360 Amen. 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.860 Amen. 00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:07.920 Amen. 00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:19.420 Our 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.100 Father God, 00:36:20.220 --> 00:36:22.960 we confess 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.900 and admit 00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:26.080 that like 00:36:26.080 --> 00:36:26.760 sheep we 00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.400 have wandered 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.820 away, 00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:31.380 but we 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.860 thank you 00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.280 that you 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.600 are the 00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:33.040 good, 00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.260 kind, 00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:37.360 loving 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.860 shepherd 00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:39.640 who has 00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.380 gathered us 00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.680 in, 00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:42.720 called us 00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.140 out of 00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.580 darkness 00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:44.500 into light, 00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:46.720 providing 00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.340 all that 00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.960 we need 00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.519 for every 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.220 moment and 00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.000 every struggle 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.640 of life. 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.440 You are 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.000 sufficient. 00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:57.000 Thank you 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.580 that in the 00:36:57.580 --> 00:36:58.000 deepest 00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.620 darkness 00:36:58.620 --> 00:37:00.260 or the 00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.620 greatest 00:37:00.620 --> 00:37:01.220 storm, 00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.460 you hold 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.160 us safe. 00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.640 Our life 00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.320 is secure 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.820 in your 00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.340 hands. 00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:10.700 our salvation 00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:12.240 will never 00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.920 be taken. 00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:15.140 You have 00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.539 us in 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.180 your grip 00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:18.260 and you 00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.880 have proved 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.280 it and 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.780 shown it 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.019 all through 00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.620 your death 00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:22.280 and resurrection 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.280 for us 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:25.120 so that we 00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:26.000 might enter 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.720 into that 00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.380 relationship, 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.500 Father and 00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.820 Son. 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.920 Oh, 00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.559 how good 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.079 you are. 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.940 Thank you. 00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.980 help us to 00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.539 listen to 00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.179 your voice, 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.800 to follow 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.639 your ways. 00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.519 In 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.840 Jesus' 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.320 name, 00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.800 Amen. 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:48.620 Well, 00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:48.880 we're going 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.260 to sing 00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.760 together. 00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:53.220 Here's a 00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.720 good line. 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.140 When I 00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:54.780 fear my 00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.519 faith will 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:55.920 fail, 00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.780 Christ 00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:59.200 will hold 00:37:59.200 --> 00:37:59.860 me fast. 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.580 That double 00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.440 protection in 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.160 the hands of 00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.860 Jesus and 00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.400 the Father, 00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.720 he will 00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:06.180 hold me 00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.740 fast. 00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.920 Let's 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.620 stand together 00:38:08.620 --> 00:38:08.980 if we're 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.440 able to, 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.700 and we'll 00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.120 sing, 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.080 and as we 00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:11.380 sing, 00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.220 we encourage 00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.840 one another 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:14.120 in the 00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:15.380 faith that 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.059 we have. 00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.420 Amen. 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.960 when I 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.800 fear my 00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.800 faith will 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.960 fail, 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.260 Christ 00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.519 will 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.460 hold me 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.700 fast. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.100 When the 00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:55.059 tenter 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.680 would 00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.500 remain, 00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.620 he will 00:38:58.620 --> 00:38:59.519 hold me 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.180 fast. 00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:02.079 I could 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.660 never keep 00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:05.059 my own, 00:39:05.620 --> 00:39:06.220 through 00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.720 life's 00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.320 will 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.440 back. 00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.700 Oh, 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.720 my love 00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.119 clears, 00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.859 God, 00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.839 God, 00:39:12.959 --> 00:39:13.000 word, 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.659 he will 00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:14.919 be sixth, 00:39:14.919 --> 00:39:15.359 know. 00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:21.019 I 00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.179 need 00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:21.899 days, 00:39:21.899 --> 00:39:22.099 then, 00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.399 be 00:39:22.399 --> 00:39:22.819 Huh? 00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:23.119 He 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.239 will 00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:23.879 pass. 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.139 Means 00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.799 none. 00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:28.859 He 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.679 will 00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:30.799 fade, 00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:30.939 деле, 00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:32.139 needs 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.899 lots. 00:39:32.899 --> 00:39:33.759 fastest, 00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.399 omy, 00:39:34.399 --> 00:39:34.480 includes 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.939 that 00:39:34.939 --> 00:39:35.039 Now, 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.439 of 00:39:36.439 --> 00:39:36.899 the 00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.079 dirt, 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.819 to 00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:37.839 be 00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:39.059 young. 00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:47.059 Wise and holy words, precious in His holy sight. 00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:55.059 He is holy, blessed in the love of His holy sight. 00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:59.059 He is holy, blessed in the love of His holy sight. 00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:16.059 He is holy, blessed in the love of His holy sight. 00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:44.579 I will let you fall. 00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.059 Amen. 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.059 Amen. 00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:48.619 Let's pray together in just a moment. 00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:50.559 The family blessing. 00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:54.860 We'll read it in just a moment. 00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:56.299 Let me pray first. 00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:59.880 Father, thank you for the promise 00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:04.340 that you, the good shepherd, will hold us fast. 00:42:05.299 --> 00:42:07.980 Help us to step into this week confident, 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.539 knowing that you are with us 00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:13.079 and will not leave us. 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:16.940 Now let's pray the blessing together. 00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:20.759 May God, the great shepherd of the sheep, 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:24.699 equip you with everything good for doing his will. 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:28.460 And may he work in us what is pleasing to him 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:30.400 through Jesus Christ, 00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:33.599 to whom be glory forever and ever. 00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.679 Amen. 00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:41.840 Please do stay for tea and coffee. 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:45.519 Chance to catch up.