I AM Statement #4: I Am the Good Shepherd (John 10:11-18)

2022-05-03

As Jesus referred to Himself as the door of the sheep, He also referred to Himself as the Good Shepherd.

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:11)

Here are a few ways He is the Good Shepherd:

  1. Unlike the hireling, He cares for the sheep and fights against their predators that come for them. John 10:12-13
  2. He knows His sheep, and they know Him. John 10:3, 14
  3. He gathered His sheep into one sheepfold. This is a reference to non-Jewish believers. John 10:16
  4. He voluntarily died for His sheep. John 10:17-18

We are His sheep. The Word of the Lord by David is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, as He defeated enemies bigger than Goliath:

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. (1 Samuel 17:34-37)