He tells us about a shepherd knowing his sheep by name and leading them out – and his sheep following since they know his voice. He talks about sheep and being the gatekeeper of the sheepfold. In the first part of our chapter in John, Jesus paints us a picture of his leadership and about those who follow. We’re still figuring out who this Jesus is – and, in doing that, we’re figuring out who we are too. This week we’ve gone back in time before the crucifixion. Then we had Luke describing that walk to Emmaus but annoyingly leaving out what Jesus actually said to the two disciples. If you followed the Lectionary, then the first Sunday after Easter had John’s description of Jesus’ appearing to the disciples and then to Thomas. And we have one of the most popular parts of the Gospel’s too, even though the nearest most of us get to shepherds and sheep are woolly jumpers, shepherd’s pie and Countryfile on a Sunday night. Today we have the nation’s favourite psalm, The Lord’s my Shepherd. The sheepdog replies, “Well yes, but I rounded them up.” “Hang on, I thought I only had 97 sheep?” “Yes, all 100 of them” says the sheepdog. “Excellent work, did you get all of them?” asks the shepherd. The sheepdog bounds in through the door to report the completion of its task. The shepherd calls for his trusty sheepdog and asks it to get the job done.ġ0 minutes later, and the shepherd glances out his window to see the sheep safely in their pen. The day is ending soon, and he has to herd them into their pen for the night. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep.The story is told of a shepherd looking over at his sheep in the pasture. 14 I am the good shepherd and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." 6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. 4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Usually 5 minutes or so.ġ "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. PM sermons are preceded by a Confessional, Catechism, or Historic Creed lesson.
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