Come to Me | Shepherd - Jon Tyson
Church of the City New York
COTC NYC
4.8 • 919 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week Pastor Jon taught from John 10:11-21, where Jesus declares "I am the good shepherd" and asked a question that cuts straight to the heart of modern life: who is actually forming you?
From global trust collapsing in institutions to Jesus exposing the Pharisees in John 9, the cycle of bad shepherding is always the same, they scatter when the cost gets real.
Jesus differentiates Himself from these poor leaders, and proves to be the ultimate Good Shepherd. He is the shepherd who laid His life down by choice His sheep. Pastor Jon encouraged us to choose wisely who shepherds us, and invited us to Christ's abundant path.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys can stay standing for the reading of our teaching text. |
| 0:04.2 | Today's text comes from John chapter 10, verse 11 through 21. |
| 0:09.8 | It says this, I am the good shepherd. |
| 0:13.8 | The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| 0:18.1 | The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf |
| 0:22.9 | coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. |
| 0:29.8 | The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. |
| 0:35.9 | I know my sheep and my sheep know me. Just as the father knows me and I know |
| 0:40.1 | the father and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must |
| 0:47.0 | bring them also. They too will listen to my voice and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. |
| 0:53.9 | The reason my father loves me is that I lay down my life only to take it up again. |
| 0:58.8 | No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. |
| 1:02.8 | I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. |
| 1:05.8 | This command I received from my father. |
| 1:08.5 | The Jews who heard these words were again divided. Many of them said, |
| 1:13.6 | he is demon possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him? But others said, these are not sayings of a man |
| 1:19.0 | possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? This is the word of the Lord. |
| 1:25.5 | Well, a very good morning to you. If I haven't had the chance to meet you yet, |
| 1:29.6 | my name is John Tyson. I have the joy of being the senior pastor here. And thank you for joining us |
| 1:36.5 | on the Upper East Side. Six years in the making to get back here. I remember March 8, 2020. We had just gotten a new venue on the |
| 1:48.4 | Upper Reset and we're like, let's go. And we never met there again. And so that's good to be |
| 1:58.9 | back. Lovely to see you here. |
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