1. LIVING STONES
EXILES
CALLED
BLESSED
BEAUTIFUL
IN CHRIST
CHILDREN
SHEEP
TESTED
GIFTED
INHERITORS
FOREIGNERS

2. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25

3. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 ‘He himself bore our sins’ in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; ‘by his wounds you have been healed.’ 25 For ‘you were like sheep going astray,’ but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

4. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25

5. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25

6. Sheep The good shepherd led his sheep… …called them…
1 Peter 2:23-25
The good shepherd led his sheep…
…called them…
…they followed him…
…observed him: “I do, you watch.”
He directed them…

7. Sheep “I do, you help” He coached them… “You do, I help”
1 Peter 2:23-25
“I do, you help”
He coached them…
“You do, I help”
No longer servants, but friends…(John 15)
He lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11)
“You do, I leave” (physically)

8. Sheep A “learning” journey… ….from “not knowing, not being able”…
1 Peter 2:23-25
A “learning” journey…
….from “not knowing, not being able”…
…to ‘”knowing, being able”
Our journey?
To “knowing, being able?’ Or…?

9. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25
? ?

10. Sheep
1 Peter 2:23-25