We read responsively the 23 rd Psalm, where the psalm writer describes his relationship with the Lord as being like the relationship between a sheep and a shepherd. You may have noticed that both of our Scripture passages this week have in common that they speak about shepherds. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,Īnd I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. You anoint my head with oil my cup overflows. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. I will fear no evil, for you are with me Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, The LORD is my shepherd I shall not want. Sermon notes 05-03-20 The Voice of the Shepherd Pastor David King
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