John 10:1–18 (ESV) 10 “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. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” John 10:9-10(ESV) I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the door: I am the door/gate, or I am the shepherd? Yes.
Access
Salvation
Benefits
John 10:9-10(ESV) .....he will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Thieves and Robbers
"Anything or anyone that promises access to God without Jesus will rob you of the life that he has.”
The Abundant Life:
John 4:14 (ESV) 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:38(ESV) Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
John 10:11(ESV) I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
“You don’t have to be flawless to be faithful.”
“There are no perfect sheep, only a perfect shepherd.”
The Good Shepherd A. He rescues sheep. Luke 19:10(ESV) For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
B. He purchases the sheep John 10:11(ESV) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
1. He died brutally 1 Peter 2:24 (NIV) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree...
“When God became a man, the Shepherd became the Lamb.”
1 Peter 1:18–19 (NIV) 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
2. He died willingly & sacrificially. John 10:18(ESV) No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down...
3. He died Victoriously. John 10:18(ESV) ....I have the authority to lay it down and to take it up again.
When Jesus is your Shepherd 1. Belonging John 10:27 (ESV) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
2. Knowing/ Intimacy John 10:27 (ESV) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
3. Leading John 10:27 (ESV) ...and they follow me.
“Jesus doesn’t just listen, he leads. His sheep don’t just listen, they follow.”
“The GOOD shepherd is the GOD shepherd.”
John 10:40–42 (ESV) 40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
John 9:1–7 (ESV) 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
We were also born blind.
Romans 5:18 (ESV) Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
The Pool of Siloam John 9:7(ESV) “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
John 9:7 (ESV) So he went and washed and came back seeing.
The man is brought before the Pharisees (13–17) The parents are questioned (18–23) The blind man is interrogated again (24–34)
John 9:25 (ESV) He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know is that though I was blind, now I see.”
John 9: 39-41(ESV ) 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
Living in The Light: Ephesians 5:8 (ESV) For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
1. Obey today
“Faith walks before it sees.” “The more you obey Jesus, the more clearly you see Jesus.”
2. Wash Daily
Ephesians 5:25–26 (ESV) 25 ...Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
3. Behold Him, continually.
John 9:35–41 (ESV) 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “Lord,I believe,”and he worshiped him.
1. He heard and obeyed 2. He believed 3. He saw 4. He confessed, “Lord, I believe.” 5. He Worshiped
John 8:12 (ESV) Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
The Feast of Tabernacles | Illumination Ceremony Hebrews 7:23–28 (NIV) 23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26 Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus’ authority challenged(12-20)
The conversation Intensifies (21-30)
John 8:24 (ESV) I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.
The Jews who believed him: John 8:31–32 (ESV) 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
“Freedom belongs to those who believe on, abide in, and follow the ways of Jesus.”
John 8:42–44 (ESV) 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.
Before Abraham, I AM(48–59) John 8:58 (ESV) Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
John 8:59 (ESV) So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
“Light is offensive to darkness.”
The Light of the World John 8:12 (ESV) Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 1:3–4 (ESV) 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
“Darkness possesses anything untouched by Jesus.”
The Light of Life 1. Revelation- Light exposes what is already there.
2. Security- Light exposes, what is not there.
3. Truth- Light shows what is real and accurate.
“Truth only offends those who have grown comfortable in darkness.”
4. Guidance-Light Show us how to navigate through this dark world. Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
5. Hope
Isaiah 60:19 (ESV) The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Jesus wasn’t just talking about coming to the light but living in the light Living in the Light: 1 John 1:5–7 (ESV) 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
“He never shines light to shame you. He shines light to save you.”
John 8:24 (ESV) I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.
John 7:53–8:11 (ESV) 53 They went each to his own house, 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
John 8:3-6(ESV) 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him...
John 8:6(ESV) Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
Exodus 31:18 (ESV) He gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
John 1:17 (ESV) For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 8:7-11(ESV) 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
Jesus provides freedom from 1. Accusation Revelation 12:10 (ESV) The accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
“You can call it ‘tough love,’ but without the relational equity, it’s hurtful, not helpful.”
Ephesians 4:15 (NLT) We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ.
2. Condemnation
Romans 8:1 (ESV) There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Condemnation drives us away from God’s presence. Conviction drives us towards God’s presence.
3. Shame Psalm 34:5 (NIV) Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
4. Sin “‘Go and sin no more.” is not just about forgiveness, it’s about freedom!
“The Lord condemns sin, yet provides provision for sinners.”
Romans 8:2-4 (ESV) 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. .
1. Misunderstanding of family (v.1–9) John 7:1–9 (ESV) 7 After this, Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world." 5 For not even his brothers believed in him.
"Even those most familiar with Jesus can miss Him when they define Him on their own terms."
6 Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
"Jesus won't respond to pressure; He moves on His timeline."
7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come." 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
2. Speculation and division of the crowds (v.10–13)
3. Authority Challenged by leaders (v.14–24)
John 7:15-16(ESV) The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?" 16 So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
4. Identity Debate (v.25–31) John 7:26-30 (ESV) 25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and you do not know him. 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
5. Escalation & Arrest attempt (v.32–36) John 7:30–31 (ESV) 30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet many of the people believed in him.
6. The last day of the feast (v.37–39)
Psalm 118:1–2 (ESV) His Steadfast Love Endures Forever Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever."
Psalm 118:14 (ESV) The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
Yeshua
John 7:37–39 (ESV) 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' " 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
1. Jesus is the Rock that gives Living Water. 1 Corinthians 10:4 (ESV) They drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
A. The First Rock: Christ's First Coming. B. The Second Rock: Christ's Second Coming
2. Jesus is The Temple John 1:14 (ESV) Word became flesh and dwelt(tabernacled) among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
3. Jesus is The Source of the Spirit-Filled Life
"Jesus didn't design you to visit the river; He designed you to carry it."
Ezekiel 47:12 (NIV) Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."
7. Division over his identity (v.40–52) John 7:43 (ESV) So there was a division among the people over him.
I. Feeding the Five Thousand (6:4-15) John 6:4-12 (ESV) 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.”
Broken ≠ Not Blessed
John 6:14–15 (ESV) 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” 15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
II. Jesus Walks on the Water (6:16–21)
John 6:19–20 (ESV) 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
III. A Misguided Pursuit (6:22–24) John 6:25–30 (ESV) 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
IV. The Man & The Manna
John 6:33-38(ESV) 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
“They loved the miracle until they heard the message.”
John 6:47-51 (ESV) 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
V. The Bread of Life 1. He is Essential
“The truth is that you are valuable. The lie is: ‘I am enough.’”
2. He is Sufficient
3. He Sustains
4. He Satisfies
“Cravings are nurtured.”
5. He Shares Himself “The Bread of Life was Broken to be Shared.”
VI. He Is True Food (6:52–59) John 6:53 (ESV) Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
John 6:63-64 (ESV) 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.
John 6:56 (ESV) Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
VII. Many Turn Their Back John 6:60 (ESV) “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”
John 6:66–69 (ESV)66 After this, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
