Sermons on The Sheep And Goats:

Lessons From The Sheep Pen

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 14, 2014

The Bible compares us to sheep. We all tend to wander and need a Shepherd. As sheep in God's pasture, choose well who you listen to and follow. The Good Shepherd leads us faithfully, firmly, yet lovingly.

Lessons from the Sheep Pen Intro: [Play youtube clip of crazy sheep sounds] -Yes, the Bible really does compare us to sheep. But as crazy as what you’ve just heard sounds, it is nothing compared to the craziness that comes from people, whether out of their mouths or out of their lives. 1. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Have Other Sheep

Contributed by Don Schultz on Apr 24, 2012

Jesus' urgency to reach the lost - may that be our urgency as well!

Wednesday: John 10:16 "I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd." Can you sense the urgency of Jesus as he describes himself as the Good Shepherd. Yes, he loves you and knows you and ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Sheherds, Sheep And The Good Shepherd"

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Aug 20, 2012

A Sermon for Proper 11, Series B preached 7/22/2012 as a guest speaker at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Estherville, Iowa. Redeemer was in the midst of a pastoral vacancy at the time I preached this sermon.

I found it rather interesting that out of all the Sundays I could have come to visit your congregation and share a message from God’s Word with you, it had to be this one. In the readings you just heard that were appointed for today, we are given word pictures of sheep and shepherds. I just ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

What Good Sheep Do Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011

How to be a good sheep for the Good Shepherd

• Right after Jesus’ healing a man born blind on the Sabbath and the heated encounter with the Pharisees over breaking the Sabbath Jesus points out that He is only doing what any shepherd would do for his sheep. • One of the most intimate pictures of Jesus we find in Scripture is ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-6

Shepherds Watched The Sheep By Night

Contributed by James May on Dec 9, 2012

What significance do the shepherds of Bethlehem have to us today?

Shepherds Watched The Sheep By Night Sunday, December 9, 2012 By Rev. James May Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Empty Silos And Starving Sheep

Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 16, 2005

This is an outline about God’s provisions for those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in this generation where there is a famine of the Word of God.

Empty Silos and Starving Sheep Joel 1:15-20 (Note 17 and 20) Intro: In the days that Joel prophesied there was a great famine in Judah, the southern kingdom of Israel. It is believed that Joel was a priest, for he directs much of his prophecies to the priesthood. Joash was king of Judah during the ...read more

Scripture: Joel 1:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Lost Sheep - Luke 15

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 25, 2013

Message about winning the lost. The church should be prepared enough to be left and go out and get the lost.

Title: Lost Sheep – Ministry Theme: To show the importance of moving out and doing ministry. Text: Luke 15 Offering Scripture: Proverbs 11:24-25 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Church Of God

03 The Sheep Need A Shepherd Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 28, 2011

The names of God are found throughout Ps. 23 giving a picture of who our Shepherd really is

TIME Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 “Hubble Finds Granddaddy of Ancient Galaxies” — about 13.2 billion light-years away — is a magnificent red blob that was recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope. -Organisms microscopic in size, hundreds, even thousands, can be found ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Response Of A Sheep To The Good Shepherd

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 8, 2015

Reassurances in the valley, celebrations on the plateau, and hope for the future.

A SHEEP’S RESPONSE TO THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Psalm 23:4-6. ‘All we like sheep have gone astray’ (Isaiah 53:6). Yet when we know Jesus as our Good Shepherd (John 10:14), we have full bragging rights (Psalm 23:1-3). One of the distinguishing marks of the Good Shepherd is His compassion towards an ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

His Sheep Am I Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 4, 2017

Psalms 23

HIS SHEEP AM I (PSALM 23) Have you heard of the computer user’s version of Psalm 23? The Lord is my programmer, I shall not crash. He installed His software on the hard disk of my heart. All of His commands are user friendly. His directory guides me to the right choices for His name's sake. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Am The Door Of The Sheep Series

Contributed by Kory Labbe on Jun 19, 2020

Week 4 of our discovering Jesus series: I am the door of the sheep

Welcome back to Week 4 of our discovering Jesus series. Jesus is the greatest name in all of history—even those that try to deny his divinity recognize that this man named Jesus existed—there is no denying this—there is just too much physical evidence related to Jesus, but many still deny the ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Lost Sheep And Lost Coin

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 21, 2021

This parable is special, because it tells us a great deal about God the Father’s great love for mankind.

Now we mortals love certain people, but if there are things in their life that we do not like, we generally brush them aside. We all can be thankful indeed that God the Father loves everyone, He even loves the most ungodly sinner on the face of the earth. He does not love their evil deeds, but He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

All We Like Sheep Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 26, 2022

We, as Christians, can go astray like sheep. Sin keeps zapping us like an electric fence, but we eventually become numb to it and cross over to enter the dangers of the world. The Shepherd will then react. So, how will He react?

To begin this evening’s message, I would like to share a verse from the Old Testament. Isaiah 53:6 says, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” All of us have gone astray from God at some point in our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Life Or Death (Sheep Or Cows)

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 27, 2023

Are lead by a cowboy or a shepherd?

Life or Death (Sheep or Cows) - John 10: 1 – 10 Intro: Beginning question for today: “Who wrote ‘Mammas Don’t Let You Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys’?” Ed and Patsy Bruce in 1975. In March of 1978 Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson used it as the cover song for their album winning the Grammy Award ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Shepherd And His Sheep (3) Series

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Mar 1, 2021

The Shepherd refreshes and restores the strength of the sheep. He heals and restores the health of the sheep. He is also known as the great Physician.

TEXT: PSALMS 23:3 (NLT) "He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name." The Shepherd is the Sheep source of strength. "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake" (Ps 23:3). The journey of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:3

Denomination: Pentecostal