Shepherd Leaders Ezekiel 34:1-16

False Shepherds Do Not Feed The Flock (Ezek 34:1-3) Selfishly Use The Flock (2-3) Don’t Care For The Needs Of The Flock (4) Rule With Force Their Flock (4)

False Shepherds Product: The Sheep Were Scattered (Ezek 34:5a) The Sheep Were At Risk (5b) The Sheep Had No Direction (6)

False Shepherds Judged: For The Condition Of Sheep (Ezek 34:7-8) Removed From Shepherding Sheep (9-10)

God: True Shepherd Ezek 34:11 – For thus says the Lord God: “Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.

God: True Shepherd Ezek 34:13 – And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country.

God: True Shepherd Ezek 34:14 – I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

God: True Shepherd Ezek 34:15 – I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”

Forgiveness of Sin: Salvation! Faith in Jesus Christ through the Gospel John 8:24; 20:30-31; Rom 1:16; 10:9-10; Mark 16:16; Heb 11:6 Repent or turn from sins Luke 24:46-47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30-31 Confess faith in Christ Matt 10:32-33; Acts 8:36-38; Rom 10:9-10 Be baptized (immersed) in water Matt 28:19; Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Pet 3:21 Live in obedient faith Heb 5:8-9; 1 Peter 1:14; Rev 2:10