1. APPROACHING THE CROSS: Jesus, The Shepherd

2. LENTEN TOPICS: WHO’S YOUR DADDY? GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE! JESUS, THE CHRIST!

3. The Fact of Life: Jesus came not to condemn the world but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned,” (John 3:17-18a)

4. Truth: Your sins, your failures, your shortcomings will not keep you from eternal life:  as you repent of them,  learn from them,  be holy in Christ  grow toward the truth of your identity in Christ.

5. SO HOW DOES THIS SHEPHERD THING WORK IN US?

6. Ezekiel 34:11-16 “‘For this is what the Sovereign L ORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.

7. Ezekiel 34:11-16 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign L ORD. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

8. John 10:1-10 The sheep follow because they know His voice. The sheep run away because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.

9. John 10:1-10 We are saved as we enter through the sheep gate. Jesus is the gate: If we try to enter any other way we are like the thief. Vs 1

10. PASSAGES OF REFERENCE: Psalm 23 Jeremiah 50:6 Zechariah 10:2 Matthew 9:36 1 Peter 2:25

11. Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Great Shepherd!

12. 2 CHRONICLES 7:14

13. AS SHEEP: 1.We need to know His voice. 2.Respond to His voice. 3.Listen to His voice. 4.Obey our Shepherd and follow!

14. HEBREWS 13:20 As we close..