I AM, Part 4: I Am the Good Shepherd // Stephanie Benthin

We all want the version of Jesus that only gives ... a caring shepherd, a safety net, someone in our corner when things go wrong. What we don't sign up for is the other half of what a shepherd actually does: stand between us and the wolf, even when it costs him everything.

That's the tension underneath Jesus' claim in John 10... "I am the Good Shepherd." In Part 4 of I AM, Stephanie Benthin asks the question most of us would rather skip: are you following Jesus because of what he gives you, or because of who he's asking you to become?

In This Teaching

• Why the cute-lamb version of this story isn't the whole story
• What separated the Pharisees from the shepherd they claimed to represent
• How Peter went from all-in disciple to denying Jesus three times
• Why every one of us starts out following Jesus as a consumer
• What it looks like to move from consumer to follower
• Why Jesus didn't come just to gather sheep, but to make shepherds

Scriptures Referenced:

• John 10:11–13
• Matthew 16:22–23
• John 21:15