Lesson Text: John 10: 7-12

Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.  But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. (John 10:7-12)

Christ is our Good Shepherd. He would never hire someone to care for us and then go off and do something else more important. We are more important to Him than anything else. He is with us day and night, 365 days a year.  He leads us, feeds, and protects us.  The parable below illustrates just how important every sheep, every sinner is to Christ:

“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’  I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.  (Luke 15:4-7)

1. Choose the things from the list below that are good for a flock of sheep:

~ A Door,  A Pasture,  A Wolf,  A Doorkeeper,  A Shepherd, Robbers,  A hireling,  Still Waters,  Green Grass,  Thieves, Bears ~

Please select the right answer

(Watch out for tricky answers!)

2. The door

A) Jesus

B)  Robbers

C)  Hirelings

3. The thief’s goal is to:

A) Steal

B)  Kill

C)  Destroy

4. Those who enter by the Door:

A) Will be saved

B) Will go in and out

C) Will find pasture

5. The Good Shepherd:

A)  Runs from the wolf

B)  Gives His life for the sheep

C)  Gives His sheep abundant life

6. A Hireling:

A) Does not own the sheep

B) Is the shepherd

C) Runs from the wolf

7. The wolf:

A) Gives his life for the sheep

B) Catches the sheep

C) Scatters the sheep

True or False

8. When a shepherd has a hundred sheep, it does not matter to him if he loses one of them.

9. The good shepherd throws a party when he finds his lost sheep and his friends and neighbors rejoice with him.

10. The angels in Heaven rejoice when one lost sinner repents. 

11. Jesus is the door of the sheepfold therefore he cannot be the shepherd.

12. The hireling kills the wolf and cooks it for dinner.

13. All who came before the good shepherd were thieves and robbers.

Unscramble the Words and tell how they relate to the lesson:

14. Yortsed

15. Erutsap

16. Glerihin

17. Sterstca

18. Sledouhsr

19. Jeerico

20. Creepentan

Now find the words in the puzzle below:

Family Discussion

Discuss the fact that Christ is both a Shepherd and a Lamb.  Find verses that show how Christ is a lamb.