We face a significant obstacle in interpreting the Scriptures. We are a Western people and the Bible is an Eastern book. This is nowhere more evident than in our text for today's study. In the first six verses of John 10, the Lord Jesus is introducing an analogy which will serve as the hub around which His discussion revolves for most of this chapter. This is the Eastern shepherd and his sheep.
While shepherds and sheepherding were common place in the time Jesus lived, they are not so well known to us today. Not only are most of us unfamiliar with sheepherding, the process of herding sheep is much different today in the West than it was in the East in the Lord's time. So, even if we know quite a bit about sheep, it is unlikely that we know anything about the process Jesus described. Let us then, learn the art of Shepherding from the Great Shepherd of the Sheep! I. The Picture of Shepherding (v. 1-5) II. The Problem of the Men (v. 6)
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Dr. Don has over fourty years of Pastoral experience. He planted churches with Galilean Baptist Mission for twelve years (3 churches) and served as Senior Pastor in three other churches. He retired as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Lansing, Michigan in 2020. He...