"Good Shepherd, Great Sacrifice" | John 10:11-21 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle | 8.14.24

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  1. 1. Good sheep should exercise good judgment (Jn 7:24; 1 Sam 16:7), not following ___ teachers or ___ prophets (Ac 20:28-31; Mt 7:15) – only the Good Shepherd (Jn 10:4-5).
  2. 5. Loving the Lord entails obediently keeping His ____ (Jn 15:9-10; cf. Jn 10:17, 14:15; 1 Jn 5:3; 2 Jn 1:6).
  3. 9. Ironically, the Good Shepherd’s teaching about unity in His sheepfold brings about ____ (Jn 10:19; cf. Jn 9:16).
  4. 10. In the Old Testament, leaders were often depicted as ____ (Num 27:18; 2 Sam 5:2; Ps 78:70-72; Mic 5:2, 4; Mt 2:3-6; cf. Ex 3:1-2; 1 Sam 16:10-12).
  5. 12. (Two words) Unlike false shepherds, thieves, bandits, and others, the Good Shepherd is willing to ___ ____ His life for His sheep (Jn 10:11).
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  1. 2. Jesus has divine ____ to lay down His life for His sheep, and then to take it up again (Jn 10:18; cf. Jn 2:19-21; Ac 2:23-24).
  2. 3. Even after opening the eyes of a blind man, Christ’s critics call Him crazy and ___-possessed (Jn 10:20-21).
  3. 4. The Good Shepherd truly ____ who are His sheep, and a true sheep truly ___ the Good Shepherd (Jn 10:14-15; cf. Jer 31:34). Someone who truly ____ the Good Shepherd will follow His commands (1 Jn 2:3-4; Tit 1:16).
  4. 6. God’s people are often depicted as the LORD’s ____ (Ps 23:1; 100:3).
  5. 7. When the wolf comes to take a sheep, the ___ worker flees because he is not as concerned for the sheep as their shepherd (Jn 10:12-13).
  6. 8. The prophets foretold that through the ____ (i.e., the Christ), the prophesied ruler from the line of David, the LORD would gather all of His sheep who had been scattered among the nations (Mic 5:2, 4; Mt 2:3-6; Jer 23:1-6; Ezekiel 34; esp. Eze 34:23-24; Jn 10:16).
  7. 11. The Good Shepherd unites all of His faithful sheep (Jews and Gentiles) (Jn 11:51-52; Gal 3:8-9, 26-29; Is 49:6) from all the nations of the world (cf. Jn 1:29, 3:16, 4:42) in one ___ (Jn 10:16; cf. Eze 34:23).