January 11, 2026 - I AM the Good Shepherd (John 10 - John Shearhart)

The main thing that I want you to take away today, if you don't hear anything else about John chapter 10, I want you to hear this one thing and this thing I want you to do. I want you to follow Jesus like a sheep follows its shepherd. I want you and I want me to follow Jesus just like a sheep follows its shepherd. And what we're going to do is read about that today, about why we should do that. The first one we saw in verse 11 is that he's the only one worthy of your trust. [00:37:33] (32 seconds)  #FollowLikeASheep

God gets after what he calls the shepherds of Israel. He says, here's what I see. When I look down there and I see you taking care of my flock, I see you eating, I see you clothing yourself. You're enjoying the meat, you're enjoying the wool, but you're completely neglecting the sheep. You have not bound up the wounds. You have not healed the sick. You have not chased after the ones who have wandered off. You do not seek the lost. In fact, here's what I see. When you eat, you eat the best grass for yourself while trampling what's left so that no one else can get it. When you drink, you drink the best water for yourselves, but you muddy it up with your feet so that no one else can get it. You are doing nothing but taking. You're leading people away from the true God. [00:40:12] (50 seconds)  #ProtectTheFlock

``How does he do that? He says, I lay down my life. The good shepherd lays down his life. The good shepherd lays down his life, and it's because of that, he is such a selfless shepherd. This is what makes him good. I'm the good shepherd. How do you know that? Because I'm not like those hired hands. [00:44:45] (18 seconds)  #SelflessShepherd

I'm gonna do a swap. Jesus says, I'm the good shepherd. I'm gonna stray places with the sheep. I'm gonna take the fullness of their penalty, and I'm gonna give them the fullness of my reward. That's what a good shepherd does, and so I want to convince you today that this is the only shepherd that's worthy of your trust. He's the only one who's looking out for your good that way. So follow him like a sheep follows its shepherd. [00:48:44] (27 seconds)  #FollowTheGoodShepherd

What's he saying here? I know my own, and my own know me. What's that mean? He's talking about a relationship. We know each other. You you hear me, and and you know you recognize my voice. Earlier in the chapter, he said, when I speak, they come to me. If a stranger tries to speak to them, they won't come over there. They they don't they don't know him. What he's saying is he knows you. He knows you personally, and you know him. [00:49:38] (33 seconds)  #KnowHisVoice

Wherever he goes and they showed it from several angles, and he would just be like walking and turning, they all just turn. They're not thinking they're they're like this too. I don't need to know what's down the road. That's not important. What's important is his feet. I'm following his feet. Where is he? That's where I want to be. The happiest a sheep will ever be is near his shepherd or near her shepherd. [00:57:39] (21 seconds)  #FollowHisFeet

Here's what I wanna do. Here's how I wanna close this. I wanna ask you to be a willing sheep. The world's gonna look at that, and they're gonna say, oh, you know, you could have been a lion. You could have been an eagle. You could have been no. I wanna be a sheep. I need to be a sheep because I really am just as helpless. Spiritually speaking, I am just as helpless as one of those. [00:58:06] (30 seconds)  #BeAWillingSheep

ask him to be your shepherd. If you're here this morning and you're just like, man, I have never experienced this. I've never joined this flock. I want the care that he provides. I want to be nourished and protected. I want someone to see if I'm okay. Start right here. Jesus, would you be my shepherd? [00:58:40] (29 seconds)  #MakeHimYourShepherd