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Shepherds of the Flock - Talk Handouts


 


Introduction


God as Shepherd of his people


Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock.
Psalm 80:1


Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are
his we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Psalm 100:3


Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your
inheritance. Micah 7:14


The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Psalm 23:1


Leaders as God’s shepherds


You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and
Aaron. Psalm 77:20


The LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and
you will become their ruler.’ 2 Samuel 5:2


Ezekiel 34


1. The failure of the shepherds (v1-10)


Implications:


− What God was after


− The heart of what is wrong


− Leadership sins of commission and omission


− Accountability


− Imagery


− God’s perspective


2. God’s promise to shepherd (v11-24)


Through his true Shepherd (v23-24)


He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the
Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they
will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends
of the earth. Micah 5:4


Through new shepherds


Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will
lead you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:15


I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they
will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,”
declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:4


Implications:


− Picture of leadership


− The need for leadership


− The goodness of leadership
 


‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in
the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a
cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings
grass from the earth.’ 2 Samuel 23:3-4


− Understanding power


− Long to fulfil this picture


− See this is a gospel picture