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"THE GOOD SHEPHERD"

I. ANALOGIES OF THE SHEPHERD WITH THE FLOCK ARE COMMON IN THE BIBLE.
A. David made many allusions to the people as the flock of God.
1. Psalm 23 has become a classic.
2. Psalm 100 another classic: "Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord all ye lands....We are His people and the
sheep of His pasture..." (Jeremiah 23..
B. Here in this 34th chapter of Ezekiel.
C. Zechariah 11 - the reference to the antichrist as the false
shepherd.
D. John 10 - Jesus declared, "I am the good Shepherd, the good
Shepherd gives His life for the sheep."

II. THE BAD SHEPHERDS - (SPIRITUAL LEADERS).
A. They feed themselves - not the flock. Vs. 2, 3.
1. They live off the flock but are not really concerned
for it.
2. More interested in fleecing the flock than feeding the
flock.
B. They care not for the flock.
1. They don't seek to heal the sick among the flock.
2. They don't search for the lost.
3. They rule over the flock with force and cruelty.

III. THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
A. Search for my sheep and seek them out. Vs. 11.
1. Gather them again to mountains of Israel.
2. Feed them.
3. Bind up the broken.
4. Restore to health the sick.
B. Set-up one shepherd, even David.
1. Now Ezekiel was in Babylon when he was prophesying
these things to the scattered remnant.
2. Back in Jerusalem, God was delivering the same message
through Jeremiah, 23.
a. Woe to false shepherds who had scattered sheep.
b. The promise of the good Shepherd, Vs. 5:
"Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I
will raise unto David a righteous branch."

IV. A PROPHESY TO THE NATION ISRAEL.
A. The prediction of their being scattered because of their
faithless shepherds.
1. It was the spiritual leaders that instituted the plot
against Jesus.
a. Jesus posed a real threat to them and their
lucrative profiteering from the people who came
to worship God.
b. They had made the house of God a den of
thieves.
B. The prediction of their being gathered again.
1. At the time of the re-gathering, will the Lord send the
righteous branch of David to rule and shepherd over
them.
2. There shall be showers of blessings.
C. Israel is being re-gathered - the time has come for the
righteous Shepherd.
1. But we - the church - do know Him already.
2. We have followed Him as a faithful guide.
3. He laid down His life for us.






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