This document discusses the characteristics of a good shepherd based on passages from the Bible. It describes how a good shepherd leads his sheep through the door (John 10:2), lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11), is always teaching and maintaining relationship with the flock, leads by example, feeds and cares for the weak and sick within the flock (Ezekiel 34:1-5). The good shepherd also unifies and keeps the flock safe.

1. John 10:1-15
foundations

2. “If a picture is worth a thousand
words,then a good Christ follower
is worth a thousand pictures.”

3. V.2: Leads his sheep through
the door
A Good Shepherd…
V.11: Lays down his life for
the sheep

4. “For we who live are always delivered to
death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of
Jesus also may be manifested in our
mortal flesh.”
2 Corinthians 4:11

5. “Greater love has no man than this, than
to lay down his life for a friend.”
John 15:13

6. Felicia’s
Story

8. a Good Shepherd…
V.3: …is always teaching
…maintains relationship
…helps others to navigate life
V.4: …leads by example

10. populate heaven
The mission of the Church is to
and to
make disciples

11. V.2: …feeds his flock
V.4: …strengthens the weak, heals the
sick, binds up the broken, restores the
backslider, seeks after the lost, serves
willingly with kindness
Ezekiel 34:1-5 (A Good Shepherd…)
V.5: …unifies and keeps the flock safe

12. “Abundant”
“Excessive, overflowing, surplus, more
than enough, profuse, extraordinary”
Perissos

13. “Abundant life”
“Easy, carefree, loaded with cash; free
from pain, sickness and failure.”
is not…

14. “Abundant life”
“A limitless, unabated presence of God
that infuses the totality of His goodness,
in body, mind, emotions and
relationships.”

15. “Hireling”
“Someone who ‘does not own’, or else,
refuses to invest in the sheep; Acts only
in his own self-interests.”

16. Rule of Conduct #4: “Soldiers shall collect and
care for the wounded, both friend or foe.”

17. A good shepherd…
lays down his life for those put under
his care.

18. why?
That’s what Christians do!

19. John
foundations
Gospel of