Daily Service: Jesus is the Good Shepherd

 

Daily Service: Jesus is the Good Shepherd

Twentieth in the series “Jesus is”  – I will include scriptures, references,
graphics, and songs…

Good Shepherd – “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11

Jesus fulfills Old Testament promises from several of the prophets that God himself will come to shepherd His people. Isaiah 40:11 declares, “He will feed his flock like a shepherd,” and in Ezekiel 34:15 we read, “I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, says the Lord.” 

For Jesus to use the example of being a good shepherd makes sense, because that was one of the major occupations throughout Palestine in his day. His listeners knew about them. People who cared for flocks of sheep were of the lowest socioeconomic level, with little to no education. They had an important responsibility, however, of providing for and protecting sheep, sometimes sacrificially.

“The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” implies that this kind of shepherd stands ready to sacrifice his total self if need be. Three times in these eight verses we hear Jesus make this prophetic statement. It alludes, of course, to his sacrificing his own life for us as the means of our reconciliation with God.

Reflections on John 10:1-18 “I am the good shepherd…”

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