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Does He love them because they are bad? Jesus is th e Good Shepherd. He died to save us from sin. He is the door into Heaven. If we take H im to be our Sav iour, then we enter the door into eternal life, and He will be our Shepherd and lead us into the green pastures and by the still waters. The Bible gives a good many different names to Jesus. We have already learned th a t He was B read for us, to satisfy our hungry souls (6 :3 5 ); and W ater to satisfy our th irsty souls (4: i 4). He is everything we need to help us be th e rig h t kind of boys and girls. Bach one find a story about sheep be fore next week. Memory ‘ Verses.— “ I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11. “ I am the Good Shepherd and know my sheep and am known of mine.” John 10:14. “The F east of L ights” because of the custom of illum inating th e city and temple. The feast lasted eight days and was accompanied by g reat festivi ties. It was w inter time; The w riter of th is gospel must have been an eye w it ness, for his description of the place where Jesus walked, “Solomon’s Porch,” is th a t of a place, which would be shel tered from the w inter wind and a very likely place in which to find th e Jews. (1) TH'E REQUEST OF THE JEWS, “If thou be the Christ tell us plainly.” . There can be no question b u t th a t there was a trem endous controversy among th e Jews concerning Christ and His mission. The Jew ish leaders were
In th is way, he would be the door and none of the sheep could ru n away and get lost, and nothing could get in to h u rt them. W hat does it say in the 11th verse th a t th e Good Shepherd will do for His sheep? In th a t country there were lions and bears and poisonous snakes, and the good shepherd would protect his sheep even if he had to die in doing so. Bo you remember th e story of David, the shepherd lad, who killed a lion and a bear when he was taking care of his fa th e r’s sheep, and when he got a little older killed th e giant Goliath, also? Did Jesus prove th a t He was the Good Shepherd by giving His life for the sheep? (v. 1 1 .) Why did Jesus give His life for boys and girls and men and women? (Gal. 2 : 20 .) Does Jesu s love boys and girls be cause they are good? Does He love bad children?
• ¿M i. gMfeJ É è É è APREL 29, 1923 JESUS CLAIMS ONENESS WITH THE FATHER— John 10:22-39 Golden Text: “ I and my F a th e r are one” (John 10 :30 ). O u tlin e: (1) The Request of the Jews. (2) The Reply of Jesus. (3 ) The Response of the Jews. Introduction:
W e found in vs. 19-21 th a t a divi sion had been created among th e Jews. Some claimed th a t Jesus had a devil; others claimed th a t it was impossible for th e devil to open the eyes of the blind. Our lesson opens w ith Jesus at the F east of Dedication, which commem orated th e re-dedication of the Temple and the renewing of the a lta r by Judas Maccabeus. This feast was also called
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