Sermon Title: The Only Shepherd of Eternal Life
Sermon Text: John 10:1-10
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to an exclusive view of the means of eternal life.
Sermon Proposition: There are 3 discerning factors of eternal life.
The emissary (or shepherd) of eternal life. v.1-6
The fake emissary of eternal life. v.1 (John 9:41; Isaiah 56:11-12; Jer. 50:6)
The faithful emissary of eternal life. v.2-3 (Ezekiel 34:11-13; Numbers 27:15-18; 1 Peter 5:2-4)
The fruitful emissary of eternal life. v.4-6 (John 10:16; John 10:27; Rom. 8:28, 30; John 1:43; John 8:12; John 12:26; John 21:19, 22)
The entryway of eternal life. v.7-9
The exclusivity of the entryway to eternal life. v.7-8 (Acts 4:12; John 14:6) The essentials of the entryway to eternal life. v.9 (Matt. 6:25, 31-33) The entities of eternal life. v.10
The enemies of eternal life. v.10a (1 Peter 5:8) The enforcer of eternal life. v.10b (Matt. 11:25-30; 1 Chron. 4:39-41; John 20:30)