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Loving Leadership - John 10:1-21

This is a sermon from the morning service on 12th January 2025.

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John 10:1-21 – Loving Leadership

Introduction

Time Magazine – Person of the Year

The ‘Good Shepherd’ Versus ‘The Gravely Self-Centred’ (10:1-12)

Access (v1-2)

Recognition (v3-5)

Motives (v7-10)

Commitment (v11-12)

The ‘Good Shepherd’ and ‘His Good Sheep’ (10:1-18)

Voice (v4)

Names (v3)

Belong (v12)

Knowing (v14-15)

The Listening Crowd and Their Different Responses (10:19-21)

No more of these words (v20)

More to these words (v21)

Marked out by His words (v19-21)

Questions

1a) Why are we naturally drawn to follow people? 1b) What qualities do you appreciate in a leader?

2a) What does it mean for Jesus to be the Good Shepherd? 2b) In what ways does that attract/compel you to follow Him?

3a) What does it mean to experience ‘life in all its fullness’? 3b) How does this compare to life offered by other leaders? 3c) Why is He worth following?

4a) What does it mean to be one of His sheep? 4b) How do you follow? 4c) What distracts you from hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd and following in His way?

5) How has the passage and sermon helped you in your relationship with Jesus?

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