The Security of Belonging to the Shepherd

I. The Person of the Shepherd
A. The Good Shepherd of the sheep - John 10:2, 11, 14
B. The Door of the sheep - John 10:7, 9
C. The crucified One for the sheep - John 10:11b, 15, 17a, 18a
D. The resurrected One - John 10:17b, 18b
E. The one Shepherd of the one flock - John 10:16
F. The One who is our Pasture - John 10:9; Eph. 3:8
G. The Christ - John 10:24-25
H. The One rejected by religion - John 10:19-24, 31-33, 39
I. The eternal One/Word - John 10:15, 17-18, 29; 17:1-5
J. God Himself - John 10:30-36; 1:1-2
K. The Son of God - John 10:36
L. The One co-inhering with the Father - John 10:38
M. The One manifesting the Father's works - John 10:25, 32, 37-38
N. The God-Man - John 10:33
O. The One sent by the Father - John 10:36
II. The Relationship between the Shepherd and the Sheep
A. In eternity past
1. The eternal covenant - Heb. 13:20-21
2. The Father giving the sheep to the Son - John 10:29; 6:37-40, 44
3. The sheep known by name - John 10:3; Rev. 13:8; 3:5; Isa. 43:1; 45:3; 49:1
B. In time
1. Knowing His sheep - John 10:14, 27
2. Calling His sheep - John 10:3; Rom. 8:28-30; 2 Tim. 1:9
3. Making His voice known - John 10:3-5, 16, 27
4. Infusing faith into the sheep - John 10:25-26, 37-38, 40-42
5. Bringing His sheep out of the folds - John 10:3-4, 16 (cf. 9:34-35)
6. Being crucified for the sheep - John 10:11, 15, 17a, 18a; Heb. 13:20
7. Being resurrected for the sheep - John 10:17b, 18b; Heb. 13:20
8. Saving the sheep - John 10:9
9. Giving life to the sheep - John 10:10, 28
10. Keeping the sheep - John 10:28-30; Jude 24-25
11. Bringing the sheep into the church life - John 10:3-4, 16; Acts 20:28
12. Caring for and protecting the sheep - John 10:12-13; Acts 20:28-29
C. In the coming millennial age
1. Giving His flock the kingdom - Luke 12:31-32
2. The overcoming saints co-shepherding in the kingdom - Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15
D. In eternity future
1. Guaranteed to be kept in "the hand" of the Father and the Son
- John 10:28-30; 1 Pet. 1:3-5
2. Covering His sheep - Rev. 7:15-16
3. Shepherding the sheep to be supplied - Rev. 7:17
4. Freely giving His sheep the water of life - Rev. 21:6; 22:17