Bible Readings:
Ezekiel 34:1-24
John 10:1-18
Sermon Outline:
John 10:11 (NKJV)
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
John 10:14 (NKJV)
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
John 10:15 (NKJV)
15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
I The Good Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:15–16 (NKJV)
15 I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God.
16 “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”
Ezekiel 34:23 (NKJV)
23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Isaiah 53:5–6 (NKJV)
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 43:1 (NKJV)
1 But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.
II The Sheep