Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
ASENGE Whitefield
SERMON TWENTY-FOUR
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.
WE ARE TOLD that our Lord was at Jerusalem at the Feast of Dedication and it was winter. This feast was held in commemoration of the restoration of the temple and altar after its profanation by Antiochus Epiphanes. "He walked in the temple in Solomon's porch." The Jews surround Him and endeavor to catch Him by a question. After aswering the question He speaks the words of the text.
I. THE GOOD SHEPHERD'S SHEEP.
A. Their Description.
1. They love to be together. There are only two kinds of people mentioned in Scripture. Christ divides the whole world into two classes: sheep and goats. Believers are always compared to something good and profitable and unbelievers are always described by something that is bad. Sheep generally love to be together. We speak of a flock of sheep, we do not say a herd of sheep.
2. They are small, harmless, and quiet. Sheep are little creatures, and Christ's people may be called sheep because they are small in the eyes of the