SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK 04.13.2014 I AM JESUS: THE GOOD SHEPHERD The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely Your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever.-PSALM 23 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.-JOHN 10:11 I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.-JOHN 10:1 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.-JOHN 10:10 FOUR CHALLENGES OF BEING A SHEEP 1. SHEEP GET LOST EASILY. -ISAIAH 53:6a We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 2. SHEEP ARE DEFENSELESS. 3. SHEEP ARE VERY STUBBORN. 4. SHEEP ARE FILTHY. We need a shepherd! WHAT THE GOOD SHEPHERD DOES GUIDES US -JOHN 10:3-4 To Him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice, and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. When He puts forth all His own, He goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow Him because they know His voice. PROVIDES -PSALM 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. CORRECTS (not good news for wanderers) -JOB 5:17-18 Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal. -HEBREWS 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. PROTECTS -PSALM 23:4-6 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever. -LUKE 15:4-6 What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost! I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. -MATTHEW 3:11 I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes One who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -EPHESIANS 6:11-17 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. PERSONAL SERMON NOTES -Satan hates God and His people (you!) -Satan is the the thief; he steals, kills, destroys -no matter how much we strive to be good, we are filthy and sinful -WE NEED A SHEPHERD -do you REALLY KNOW THE VOICE of the Good Shepherd? 3 WAYS TO RECOGNIZE GODS VOICE: 1-the Bible 2-through other people 3-by your circumstances - to teach you -you may not know Him -you may not know Him well enough WHY YOU CANT RECOGNIZE GODS VOICE: -you are not spending enough time with Him -you are not reading / studying His Word RECOGNIZE GODS VOICE - READ HIS WORD! -get to know His voice -to follow Him -to know & to do His Will -invite someone to attend The Story 1-to grow in our walk with Jesus Christ 2-to grow our Church Congregation -Jeremy is teaching The Story along with Nathan Robinson at SW Church of Christ to infuse God and Jesus Christ throughout the city of Barberton -He knows your name -the Creator of all things, of all people, of all the universe KNOWS YOUR NAME -this is very personal / intimate 3 things necessary for sheep to lie down: 1-sheep must be well-fed 2.-sheep must get along with fellow sheep 3-sheep must feel safe -some of us need a Good Shepherd in our very own home -sheep do not drink from rushing water, only from still water -God corrects you because He loves you (as a Father loves His child) -a shepherd will strike a sheep on its legs with his rod for correction -but a shepherd will also carry a sheep on his shoulders -a shepherd uses the hook on the end of the rod to stroke a sheeps neck to comfort the sheep, and to guide and keep it safe -a thimble of oil on a sheeps forehead will prevent flies from getting into its nose, which can then move into its brain causing great distress & irritation *anointing of oil on the head: Psalm 23:5 -God lets us suffer our consequences to learn, to not repeat the offense, to learn peace & safety that come from following Him -GOD WANTS YOU IN HIS PRESENCE ALWAYS! 24/7 -JESUS, THE GOOD SHEPHERD IS COMING FOR YOU! -Satan does not want this to happen *DO YOU KNOW THE 23RD PSALM OR DO YOU KNOW THE SHEPHERD? *other Biblical references of Jesus / water: -John 4:14 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 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. -John 4:13-15 Jesus said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 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. The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water. -Revelation 21:6 And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. -Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. -John 7:37 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. -Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. -Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. -Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let the one who hears say, Come. And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. -Revelation 7:16-17 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. -Isaiah 58:11 And The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. -Isaiah 55:1-2 Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. -Isaiah 41:17-18 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I The Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. -Psalm 42:1-2 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? -Zechariah 13:1 On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. -Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. -Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? -Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -John 4:1-10 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself did not baptize, but only His disciples), He left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And He had to pass through Samaria. So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. -Zechariah 14:8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter. -Psalm 36:8 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. -Psalm 46:3-4 Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. -John 7:37-39 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. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, Out of His heart will flow rivers of living water. 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.
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