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Sermon Outline
Some things are Foundational
- Examples
- Truly, Truly, I say to you (Jn 10:1)
- Three Foundational Principles for Leadership ((Jn 10:1, 7, 13:16)
- There are people seeking to steal God’s flock (Jn 10:1)
- Jesus is the Protector Par Excellence (Jn 10:7)
- Our service is always less than Christ’s service (Jn 13:16-17)
- Corollary – Action is better than words (Jn 13:17)
Leading in the Kingdom
- There are people who want to harm God’s flock (Jn 10:1, 8, 10)
- Why is this important to know? (Ezek 13:9-10)
- What kind of harm do people want to do to the faithful?
- Look at the names by which Jesus calls them –
- Thief and robber. (Jn 10:1)
- Wolves (Jn 10:12)
- Notice what wolves do:
- First they hunt, slyly on the fringe of a herd
- Second they attack
- Third, they eat – the wolf snatches onto a sheep
- Notice what wolves do:
- Leaders must be on the lookout for those things, events, people who are up to no good and which might tear apart the body of Christ
- Look at the names by which Jesus calls them –
- Leads to second fundamental truth
- If 1st is there are dangers afoot
- 2nd is there is a protector/good shepherd watching over you
- Jesus is the good shepherd (Jn 10:11)
- The good shepherd is calling to his sheep (Jn 10:3)
- Jesus is speaking to his people.
- How does Jesus speak to his people?
- through the preaching of the Word.
- Regular reading of the Scriptures
- In Prayer
- Leaders –
- are you listening to Jesus?
- Is there significant time in your life to learn from the master?
- Jesus knows every member of the flock (Jn 10:14-15)
- Elders and Deacons –
- Do you know every person under your care?
- Do you know the unique struggles, sorrows, joys, the sin that easily entangles and the ways that most encourage them?
- Elders and Deacons –
- The good shepherd is leading his sheep (Jn 10:4, 16, 10)
- What is the abundant life in Christ?
- Life of first having a loving Heavenly Father,
- then having family around the globe,
- being without fear,
- have spiritual power and all heavenly resources…
- Elders and deacons –
- do you know when your flock is missing, when one is gone or endangered and will you make the space to go get them?
- Going to mean prioritizing their welfare over your desires to recreate, travel, or even the discomfort you might feel for having the hard conversation.
- Are you leading them to places where abundance flows?
- What is the abundant life in Christ?
- The Good Shepherd Protects his sheep (Jn 10:7)
- The Good shepherd sacrifices for the sheep (Jn 10:11, 15)
- In fact, the sacrificial leadership of Jesus giving his all is the ground of the Father’s love (Jn 10:17)
- Sacrifice is voluntary (Jn 10:18)
- Elders and Deacons – This is a high calling. What will you give to care for the flock?
- Not Moralizing or using Jesus as a mere example (Jn 13:12-17)
- The good shepherd is calling to his sheep (Jn 10:3)
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