Shepherds must Shepherd Shepherds must Shepherd God’s Sheep Well Part 2God’s Sheep Well Part 2

Mark 6:34 and Mark 6:34 and Ezekiel 34:10-23Ezekiel 34:10-23

Shepherd/FeedShepherd/FeedLexicon ResultsLexicon Results

G4166 G4165Noun Verbpoimēn poimainōShepherd, shepherd, pastor

Feed, rule, feed cattle

Mark 6:34Mark 6:34

• And Jesus, when he came out, saw And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they compassion toward them, because they

were as sheep not having a were as sheep not having a shepherdshepherd [G4166][G4166]

Ephesians 4:11Ephesians 4:11

• And he gave some, apostles; and And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors pastors [G4166] [G4166] and teachers; and teachers;

God’s PlanGod’s Plan

The Lord’s ShepherdThe Lord’s Shepherd

Christ’s ApostlesChrist’s Apostles

Under-ShepherdsUnder-Shepherds

Three Week Game PlanThree Week Game Plan

1.1. Examine the prophecy in Ezekiel 34Examine the prophecy in Ezekiel 342.2. Look for as many NT parallels as Look for as many NT parallels as

possible to prove unitypossible to prove unity3.3. Draw application into the church and Draw application into the church and

the 21the 21stst Century Century

Last WeekLast Week

Ezekiel 34:1-10Ezekiel 34:1-10

Ezekiel 34:10Ezekiel 34:10

• Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. they may not be meat for them.

Ezekiel 34:11Ezekiel 34:11

• For thus saith the Lord GOD; For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. seek them out.

When did Yahweh search for his sheep?When did Yahweh search for his sheep?

John 10:27-30John 10:27-30

• My sheep hear my voice, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and and I know them, and they follow me: they follow me:

• And I give unto them eternal life; and they And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. them out of my hand.

• My Father, which gave them me, is greater My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. of my Father’s hand.

• I and my Father are one. I and my Father are one.

Ezekiel 34:12Ezekiel 34:12

• As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that the day that he is among his sheep that

are scattered; are scattered; so will I seek out so will I seek out my sheepmy sheep, and will deliver them out , and will deliver them out of all places where they have been of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Ezekiel 34:13Ezekiel 34:13

• And I will bring them out from the And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. all the inhabited places of the country.

Ezekiel 34:14Ezekiel 34:14

• I will feed them in a good pasture, and I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: their fold be:

• there shall they lie in a good foldthere shall they lie in a good fold, and in , and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. mountains of Israel.

John 10:16John 10:16

• And other sheep I have, which are not And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: of this fold:

• them also I must bring, and they shall them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; hear my voice;

• and there and there shall be one foldshall be one fold, and one , and one shepherd. shepherd.

Ezekiel 34:15 Ezekiel 34:15 •I will feed my flock, I will feed my flock,

•and I will cause them to and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord lie down, saith the Lord GOD. GOD.

Compare to Compare to Mark 6:39Mark 6:39

Mark 6:39Mark 6:39• And he And he

commanded commanded them to make all them to make all sit down by sit down by companies upon companies upon the green grass. the green grass.

In my view the feeding of In my view the feeding of 5000 was a partial 5000 was a partial

fulfillment of the promises fulfillment of the promises found in Ezekiel 34found in Ezekiel 34

Ezekiel 34:16Ezekiel 34:16

• I will seek that which was lost, I will seek that which was lost, • and bring again that which was driven and bring again that which was driven

away, away, • and will bind up that which was broken, and will bind up that which was broken, • and will strengthen that which was sick:and will strengthen that which was sick:

Let’s CompareLet’s Compare

Ezekiel 34:16 to Luke 4:17-19Ezekiel 34:16 to Luke 4:17-19

Luke 4:17Luke 4:17

• And there was delivered unto him And there was delivered unto him [Jesus] the book of the prophet Esaias [Jesus] the book of the prophet Esaias [Isaiah]. [Isaiah].

• And when he had opened the book, he And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, found the place where it was written,

Luke 4:18Luke 4:18

• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, liberty them that are bruised,

Luke 4:19Luke 4:19

• To preach the acceptable year of the To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Lord.

Let’s look at Isaiah 61 to Let’s look at Isaiah 61 to see where Christ stopped see where Christ stopped

reading.reading.

• The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; prison to them that are bound;

• To proclaim the acceptable year of the To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, LORD, and the day of vengeance of and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Ezekiel 34:16bEzekiel 34:16b

• but I will destroy the fat and the strong; but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. I will feed them with judgment.

Jesus stopped short in the synagogue on that day because he was not coming to

destroy the fat and the strong and execute judgment.

Notice the Notice the Change in Vs. 17Change in Vs. 17

Ezekiel is NO longer speaking Ezekiel is NO longer speaking to the shepherdsto the shepherds

Ezekiel 34:17Ezekiel 34:17

• And as for you,And as for you, O my flock O my flock, thus , thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle [sheep] and cattle between cattle [sheep] and cattle [sheep], between the rams and the [sheep], between the rams and the he goats. he goats.

Matthew 7:15Matthew 7:15

Jesus SaidJesus Said•Beware of false prophets, which come to Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. are ravening wolves.

sheep v. sheep

Matthew 25:32Matthew 25:32

Jesus SaidJesus Said•And before him shall be gathered all And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: sheep from the goats:

The Lord charges the The Lord charges the Shepherds for their Shepherds for their neglect of the flockneglect of the flock

What fault does he find with What fault does he find with the sheep?the sheep?

Ezekiel 34:18Ezekiel 34:18

• Seemeth it a small Seemeth it a small thing unto you to thing unto you to have eaten up the have eaten up the good pasture, but ye good pasture, but ye must tread down must tread down with your feet the with your feet the residue of your residue of your pastures? pastures?

and to have drunk of the deep waters, and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with but ye must foul the residue with

your feet? your feet?

Ezekiel 34:19Ezekiel 34:19

• And as for my flock, And as for my flock, theythey eat that eat that

which which yeye have trodden with your have trodden with your feet; feet;

• and and they they drink that which drink that which yeye have have fouled with your feet. fouled with your feet.

Romans 9:6Romans 9:6

Paul SaidPaul Said•Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.

•For they are not all Israel [sheep], For they are not all Israel [sheep], •which are of Israel [sheep]which are of Israel [sheep]

What fault does God find What fault does God find with somewith some??

They are not obeying They are not obeying Leviticus 19:18b.Leviticus 19:18b.

Leviticus 19:18Leviticus 19:18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear

any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am thy neighbour as thyself: I am

the LORD. the LORD.

When a sheep tramples on When a sheep tramples on grass that others will eat or grass that others will eat or

muddies the water others will muddies the water others will drink he is not loving his drink he is not loving his fellow sheep as himself.fellow sheep as himself.

QuestionQuestion

Why are the sheep trampling Why are the sheep trampling down the grass and running down the grass and running

through the water?through the water?

AnswerAnswer

God’s shepherds are NOT God’s shepherds are NOT shepherdingshepherding the sheep the sheep

(see vs. 1-10)(see vs. 1-10)

Professor Bart D. Ehrman

UNC @ Chapel HillUNC @ Chapel Hill•I ended up leaving Christianity and becoming an I ended up leaving Christianity and becoming an agnostic not because of my scholarship but because I agnostic not because of my scholarship but because I simply couldn’t understand how there could be a simply couldn’t understand how there could be a good and powerful God who’s in control of this world good and powerful God who’s in control of this world given all the pain and misery in it.given all the pain and misery in it.

Ezekiel 34:20Ezekiel 34:20

• Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; them; Behold, I, even I, will judge Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle [sheep] and between the fat cattle [sheep] and between the lean cattle [sheep]. between the lean cattle [sheep].

John 5:22-23John 5:22-23

Jesus SaidJesus Said•For the Father judgeth no man, but hath For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: committed all judgment unto the Son: •that all men should honour the Son, even that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. as they honour the Father.

Ezekiel 34:21Ezekiel 34:21

• Because ye have thrust with side and Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; scattered them abroad;

Again Notice the Same Sin

This is a Failure toThis is a Failure to

Love thy Neighbor As ThyselfLove thy Neighbor As Thyself

Ezekiel 34:22Ezekiel 34:22

• Therefore will I save my flock, and they Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; shall no more be a prey;

• and I will judge between cattle and and I will judge between cattle and cattle. cattle.

What a God—the same God who saves the flock is the What a God—the same God who saves the flock is the judge who judges between sheep and sheep.judge who judges between sheep and sheep.

JudgmentJudgment

• Cattle and cattleCattle and cattle• Sheep and sheepSheep and sheep• Rams and goatsRams and goats• Fat and leanFat and lean• Sheep and sheepSheep and sheep

Notice the fact Notice the fact that the that the

shepherds are not shepherds are not shepherding does shepherding does

not eliminate not eliminate individual individual

accountability accountability before God.before God.

ConclusionConclusion

Let’s Look at Let’s Look at Hebrews 13:7 & 13Hebrews 13:7 & 13