The song describes how God the Father showed His love for the world by sending His Son Jesus Christ - as a baby to bring peace, to walk with men on earth and teach them, and to die for mankind and rise again. It encourages living like Jesus by having faith, hope, and helping others, as the Father asks.

1. How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?
He sent his Son, a newborn babe, with peace and holiness.
How could the Father show the world the pathway we
should go?
He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may
know.
How could the Father tell the world of sacrifice, of death?
He sent his Son to die for us and rise with living breath.
What does the Father ask of us? What do the scriptures
say?
Have faith, have hope, live like his Son, help others on their
way.
What does he ask? Live like his Son.
Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott, b. 1910 Music: Michael Finlinson Moody, b. 1941 © 1982 by Mabel Jones Gabbott and
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Michael Finlinson Moody. Arr. © 1989 IRI
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2. • I am going to
tell you about
responsibilities
a certain person
has.
• I will give the clues one at a
time to what this person
does.

3. • When you think
you know what
this person
does, you
should come to
the front of the
room and
whisper the
answer to me.

4. • If you are
correct, you
should remain
standing.
• If you are wrong,
you should sit
down and listen
for more clues.

5. • I work outdoors.
• I am very concerned
about those in my care.
• I sometimes have to
fight off wild animals
or thieves.
• I must be very watchful.
• I must protect the young.
?

6. ?
• I must search for
those that are lost.
• Those I watch know
my voice and follow
me.
• I search for good pastures
and clean water for those in
my care.

7. ?
• Angels announced the
birth of Jesus Christ to
some people who have
these responsibilities.
• I watch over sheep.

8. ?
• During the lesson we
are going to learn
about the Good
Shepherd, who is
Jesus Christ.

9. “Lesson 23: The Good Shepherd,”
Primary 7: New Testament, 75

10. • The shepherd
symbolizes
Jesus’
relationship with
His followers
because good
shepherds were
devoted to their
sheep.

11. • In biblical
times, flocks
were driven
into a
sheepfold at
night.
• A sheepfold has high walls
topped with thorns or sharpened
branches to prevent wolves from
leaping in.

12. • Each
shepherd
took a turn
guarding the
sheep by
lying across
the open
entrance.
• They literally became the
gate or door (John 10:7, 9).

13. • If a wild animal
managed to
leap over the
walls, the
shepherd would
give his life if
necessary to
protect the
sheep.

14. • When the
shepherds called
their flocks in the
morning, each
sheep recognized
its master’s call.
• For a sheep to be kept safe, it
had to follow its master closely
as he led it to good pasture.

15. • A shepherd
takes care of
sheep.
• He helps them
find food and
water.
• He does not let them get hurt
or lost.

16. • He knows
them and
loves them
and would
give his life to
save them.
• Jesus Christ called Himself
the Good Shepherd.

17. • He is our shepherd. We are
His sheep. He loves us.
• He helps us learn the truth.
• He teaches us how
to live so we can
return to Heavenly
Father.
• He gave His life for
us.

18. • The Savior
told the
people in
Jerusalem that
He had other
sheep.
• He said He would visit these
other sheep. The people did
not understand.

19. • After Jesus was
resurrected, He
visited His sheep
in the Americas.
• The Book of
Mormon tells about
His visit there.
• Jesus stayed many days,
healing the sick and blessing
the people.

20. • He gave them the
priesthood and
organized His
Church.
• Jesus taught the same
things to these people that
He had taught to the
people in Jerusalem.

21. • Why do the sheep follow their
shepherd?
• Let’s read John 10:4
• What do you think it means to
“know His voice”?
• Whose voice do we need to
know?
• How can we come to know the
Savior’s voice?

23. • Who are spiritual
thieves and robbers
today?
• Let’s read John 10:1;
Joseph Smith
Translation, John 10:8
• Think of people or things that
might influence you to turn away
from your shepherd, who is Jesus.

24. • Why weren’t the sheep led
astray by “thieves and
robbers”?
• Let’s read John 10:8
• How can we protect ourselves
from evil influences?
• Who else can help protect us
from these influences?

25. • How is Jesus the Good
Shepherd?
• Let’s read
• If Jesus is the10:9–11
John Good
Shepherd, what are
we?
• How does knowing that Jesus
is the Good Shepherd help us
follow Him?

26. • How does the Good Shepherd
show His love for His sheep?
• Let’s read John 10:11
• From whom did Jesus receive
the power to lay down His life
and take it up again?
• Let’s read John 10:17–18

27. • Jesus was able to die
because His mother
was mortal.
• He could take up
His life again
because His
father, Heavenly
Father, was
immortal.

28. • What does it mean to us that
“the good shepherd giveth His
life for the sheep”?
• Let’s read John 10:11
• How does Jesus’
sacrifice make it
possible for us to live
with Him and Heavenly
Father again?

29. • One way Jesus Christ is the
Good Shepherd is because He
voluntarily suffered for our
sins and gave His life for us.
• Therefore, we all will be
resurrected and we all can
repent, be baptized, and be
forgiven for our sins.

30. We are going to learn
another story that shows a
way the Good Shepherd
cares for His sheep.

31. • Jesus was going to
Jerusalem. Along
the way some
people wanted
Jesus to bless
their children.
• The disciples told the people
not to bother Jesus.

32. • But Jesus Christ loves
children.
• He told the disciples to let the
children come to Him.

33. • Jesus also told the disciples
that they should be like little
children.
• Then
they
could live
with God
in heaven.

35. • Why did Jesus’
disciples try to
send the
children away?
(Joseph Smith
Translation,
Matthew
19:13.)

36. • What did
Jesus say
when His
disciples tried
to send the
children
away?
• Let’s read
Mark 10:14

37. • What did
He do for
the
children?
• Let’s read
Mark 10:16
• How do you think you would
have felt if you had been one
of those children?

38. • How does
knowing
that Jesus
loves us
make it
easier to
follow
Him?

39. • Jesus said that
we need to
“become as a
little child” if
we want to
enter the
kingdom of
God.

40. • Let’s read
Mark 10:15;
Mosiah 3:19;
3 Nephi 11:37–38
• What do you
think it means
to “become
as a little
child”?

41. • What do you
think you
need to be
like to enter
the kingdom
of heaven?
• Why does Jesus want us to
enter the kingdom of heaven?

42. • I have a piece of string
for each of you.
• Lay your pieces of
string on the floor
in front of you.
• One end should be at your
feet and the other end should
point away from you.
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43. • Try to push the string
away from you.
• Now, try to pull
the string toward
you.
• This experiment shows how
shepherds lead their sheep.
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44. • Let’s read
John 10:4
• In Israel, the
shepherds lead
their sheep by
walking in front
of them.
• In some other
countries,
shepherds drive
the sheep.
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45. • Jesus, as our
Good
Shepherd,
leads the
way and
asks us to
follow Him.
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46. • Let’s read and discuss
Psalm 23.
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47. • Divide into small groups.
• Think of ways Jesus has shown
and continues to show His
love for us.
• How do these things help us
know that Jesus loves us?
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48. • Let’s read
and discuss
the account
of Jesus
blessing the
Nephite
children (
3 Nephi 17:12–13
17:12–1
).
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49. • Let’s review the first
three articles of faith:
1. We believe in God, the
Eternal Father, and in
His Son, Jesus Christ,
and in the Holy Ghost.
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50. • Let’s review the first
three articles of faith:
2. We believe that men
will be punished for their
own sins, and not for
Adam’s transgression.
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51. • Let’s review the first
three articles of faith:
3. We believe that through
the Atonement of Christ,
all mankind may be
saved, by obedience to the
laws and ordinances of
the Gospel.
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52. • Let’s memorize
John 10:11:
• I am the good
shepherd: the
good shepherd
giveth His life
for the sheep.
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53. • I bear testimony that
Jesus loves each one
of us and wants us to
follow Him.
• I know this from experience in my
own life and have felt Jesus’ love.
• I know I have been blessed for
following Him.