1. John 10

2. LEADER or FOLLOWER

3. we are ALL followers

8. we are ALL followers so key to life: choose the right person to follow!

9. Why Follow Jesus?
SELFLESS Shepherd

13. Ezekiel 34:11-15
For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out… I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day”…

14. Ezekiel 34:11-15
…“I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land”…

15. Ezekiel 34:11-15
…“There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture... I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest”

17. Psalm 139:1-4
O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar…

18. Psalm 139:1-4
…You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.

19. Why Follow Jesus?
SELFLESS Shepherd SACRIFICIAL Shepherd

20. Isaiah 53:5-6
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed…

21. Isaiah 53:5-6
…We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

22. Deuteronomy 26:18
The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession…

23. Why Follow Jesus?
SELFLESS Shepherd SACRIFICIAL Shepherd SOVEREIGN Shepherd

25. Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth…

26. Romans 8:38-39
…nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

27. Are you part of His flock
Are you part of His flock? John 20:31 these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

28. Are you part of His flock. Are you following Him
Are you part of His flock? Are you following Him? “The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good” Oswald Chambers

29. Are you part of His flock. Are you following Him
Are you part of His flock? Are you following Him? Are you shepherding others?

30. John 21:16
[Jesus] said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” [Jesus] said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”