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		John 10:1-21

JOHN 10:1-21
Jesus the Good Shepherd

I. JESUS THE SHEPHERD ENTERS BY THE GATE 10:1-2

Jesus here presents His ministry as the work of a _________.

Symbolically, in the sheep pen, you have true sheep (God’s ______) and false sheep (impostors who are goats pretending to be sheep).

On the Day of _________, Adam’s race will be divided into two groups, sheep and goats.

II. JESUS THE SHEPHERD CALLS HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME 10:3-5

The shepherd knows his sheep “by _____”, and the sheep recognize their shepherd’s voice and follow him.

________ grace is also effective grace: Jesus knows the sheep and reveals Himself to them in such a way that they ________.

The mark of a ____ follower of Christ is that he or she will not listen to and follow a false Christ or a false teacher but will run away from such a person.

III. JESUS SPEAKS IN A PARABLE 10:6

A parable is a metaphor or simile, a verbal _______ drawn from life or nature that captures our interest and causes us to think deeply about what it exactly means for our lives.

A parable is a dramatic form of ________ language that compels us to make a response, because it reveals the nature of the Kingdom of God and the King of the kingdom and shows how a child of the Kingdom should act.

Parables are not for ________ and cannot be understood by the natural man.

IV. JESUS IS THE GATE THAT LEADS TO LIFE 10:7-10

When Jesus says, “I AM (ego eimi) the ____ for the sheep,” he means that He is the ____ One through whom anyone obtains legitimate access to the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Greek word for ______ is sōthēsetai, and is a future passive verb, showing that it is not something we do but something that is done for us, to us, and ________ on into the future.

“Pasture” speaks of the spiritual food and nourishment that are necessary for spiritual ________.

Satan lives for the purpose of stealing, killing and destroying as many souls as he can. Satan cannot do this to God’s ______, but he does try to steal, kill and destroy the believer’s ____ in the Lord in any way he can.

V. JESUS DIES FOR THE SHEEP 10:11-15

Jesus was identifying Himself as ________ of the Old Testament.

The good Shepherd gave His life __________ in the place of His sheep as a ransom for them so that they might be delivered from death and have _______ life.

Jesus didn’t lay down His life for the fallen angels, but sinful men; and not for men in general, but for His own people in particular. He laid His life down for “the _____,” and not for “the _____.” Matthew 1:21

It is clear here that “know” (ginōskō) means more than intellectual knowledge; it involves an intimate __________ and a commitment of ____.

VI. JESUS HAS OTHER SHEEP 10:16

Jesus has a ______ from every tribe and language and people and nation. Revelation 5:9

In John 17 Jesus says He does not pray for the _____ but for those the Father has _____ Him and those who will believe through their message looking into the future.

Notice the text does not say “if they are ________ to listen to my voice,” as if the voice of Christ is resistible, but Jesus says with certainty “they ____ listen to My voice.”

VII. JESUS GIVES HIS LIFE; NO ONE TAKES IT 10:17-18

The self-sacrifice of the Son was an act of loving ________ to the Father.

The ____ to life and death were in _______ hands and He alone had the authority to take His life and to raise it up again. Revelation 1:18

The __________ of Christ is described in the New Testament as the act of each of the three Persons of the Godhead: the Son, the Father and the Spirit.

VIII. JESUS CAUSES A DIVISION 10:19-21

Notice it was the “____” who considered Christ a madman but there were only _____(a few) who recognized that Jesus neither spoke nor acted like a demoniac. Matthew 7:13-14