Main Text
- John 10:7 – 10
 
Shepherd Metaphor in Hebrew Scriptures
- God as Shepherd
- Gen 48:15; 49:24
 - Psalm 23; 78:52 – 53; 80:1
 - Isa 40:11
 - Micah 7:14
 
 - Leaders as Shepherd
- 2 Sam 5:2
 - 1 Chron 17:6
 - Jer 10:21; 23:1 – 4
 - Isa 56:9 – 12
 - Zech 11
 - Ezk 34
 
 
Life in the Gospel of John
- Life
- 1:4
 - 3:36
 - 5:21
 - 5:24
 - 5:40
 - 6:33 – 35
 - 6:48 – 53
 - 6:63
 - 8:11 – 12
 - 10:10 – 11
 - 10:15 – 17
 - 11:25
 - 12:25
 - 13:37 – 38
 - 14:6
 - 15:13
 - 20:31
 
 - Eternal Life
- 3:15 – 16
 - 3:36
 - 4:14
 - 4:36
 - 5:24 – 26
 - 5:39
 - 6:27
 - 6:40
 - 6:47
 - 6:54
 - 6:68
 - 10:28
 - 12:50
 - 17:2 – 3
 
 
Questions
- What is the good life?
 - How do you get it?
 - What if Jesus might have something we need to know about getting the good life?
 - What does Jesus mean by “life”?
 - What does Jesus mean by “eternal life”?
 - What if Jesus wants to give you abundant life right where you are at right now?
 - What would happen if you deeply believed in your heart of hearts that Jesus is the doorway to the good life?
 
Books mentioned
- The Progress Paradox – Gregg Easterbrook