I Am the Good Shepherd

Like most people today, chances are you do not know any shepherds. For the first Christians, who were familiar with shepherds, the Good Shepherd was a favorite image to associate with Christ. In the Old Testament God was called a shepherd, and God's people the flock. God says, “I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest. . . . The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal” (Ezekiel 34:15-16). Here are five qualities that describe a good shepherd, and is a perfect description of Jesus….