Bible Readings:
Matthew 26:31 – 56
John 10:7 – 30
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.
I The Shepherd and the Sheep
John 10:15 (NKJV)
15 …and I lay down My life for the sheep.
John 10:16 (NKJV)
16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
II The Father and the Son
John 10:15 (NKJV)
15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; …
John 10:17 (NKJV)
17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
John 10:18 (NKJV)
18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”
III The crowd and the Lord
John 10:21 (NKJV)
21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”