posted May 28, 2014, 8:15 AM by Grant Garber
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updated Jan 28, 2015, 6:58 AM
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- What did Jesus mean by identifying Himself as the “Good Shepherd”?
- Jesus made the most elaborate of claims --- asking disciples to forsake houses, lands and family for His sake.
- On what authority, by what power, did He make His claims?
- Jesus made all His demands by virtue of His claim to be the “Good Shepherd”.
- As the “Good Shepherd” Jesus loves and cares for us as individuals.
- He knows our names.
- He knows our distinctive characteristics.
- He knows our needs.
- What evidence did Jesus offer to substantiate His claim to be the “Good Shepherd”?
- The evidence was in His willingness to go to any length to protect the sheep.
- We learn the true meaning of His words when He suffers on Calvary and is resurrected on Easter morning.
- His words not only testify to His credentials as the “Good Shepherd” but as the obedient and pleasing Son of God that He was.
- What response should you and I make to the credentials of the “Good Shepherd”?
- “If” Jesus is the “Good Shepherd”, “then” the sheep ought to follow Him.
- Is He your Shepherd?
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