#54 - Joby Martin // Cowboys & Shepherds

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Jesus presents Himself as the Good Shepherd in John 10, establishing not just His divine identity but a leadership model that all Christian men should follow. • Jesus uses seven "I am" statements in John's Gospel, demonstrating His divinity and equality with God • The contrast between shepherds and cowboys reveals fundamentally different leadership approaches • Cowboys count heads, shepherds know their sheep by name • Cowboys push from behind, shepherds lead from the front • Cowboys fatten c...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:20.2	This week, we're going to spend our entire week in one chapter of
0:24.7	scripture that is very, very near and dear to my heart, and that is John chapter 10. John 10 says
0:31.6	this, truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepful by the door, but climbs in by another way,
0:39.8	that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
0:46.5	To him, the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads
0:52.6	them out. When he has brought out all his own,
0:55.6	he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger, they will not
1:01.7	follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of the stranger. This figure
1:07.8	of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
1:13.0	Verse 7, so Jesus again said to them, truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
1:19.9	All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
1:25.2	I am the door.
1:26.9	If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and I will go in
1:30.4	and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may
1:37.7	have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. You see, in the gospel of
1:47.4	John, Jesus has seven I am statements. I am is the covenant name of God. Seven is the number of
1:53.7	completion. So essentially what Jesus is saying throughout the gospel of John is that Jesus the Christ
1:59.2	is the son of God and he is equal with God. And what I want to
2:04.4	focus on this week is that Jesus is our shepherd, not just our shepherd, but our good shepherd.
2:11.1	Well, if you and I are Jesus followers, then we are called to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
2:19.7	So every man that is a follower of Jesus in essence is supposed to be conformed to the likeness and image of Jesus. That means we're
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