I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.īy calling himself the good shepherd, Jesus was serving this prophecy to the Pharisees. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. "'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? The prophecy in Ezekiel 34 was not kind to the overseer shepherds. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”īy calling himself the good shepherd, Jesus was claiming to be the Almighty God.
In John 8:58, he said, “Very truly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am!” Only one other ever referred to themselves as I am and that was God in Exodus 3:14. The eighth time he refers to himself as I am is telling. These are commonly called the I am statements. There are seven times Jesus begins a statement with the words I am and claims a tile or role. Jesus’ claim to be the good shepherd is just one of seven other declarations regarding who he was. When Jesus claimed to be the good shepherd, he was speaking to the Pharisees who claimed to know the scriptures. The Good Shepherd: Biblically ForetoldĪlthough the title, Good Shepherd, is only found in the New Testament, Jesus was intentionally reaching into the Old Testament with his words. This command I received from my Father” ( John 10:11-18). I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life - only to take it up again. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I am the good shepherd I know my sheep and my sheep know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. “ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. In fact, Jesus’ claim to be the Good Shepherd has a meaning that is both deep and wide. His claim to this title is not casual by any means. They are not to be used in any context where the accompanying message is undermining of the Christian faith and gospel.Jesus was called the Good Shepherd because he called himself the good shepherd in the Gospel of John. Downloaded pictures can be used in the retelling of Bible stories and narrative that are faithful to the Biblical account.
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