The 7 Wonders of His Love. John 10:11 (NLT), “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.” John 10:16 (NLT), “I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. 18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.” His Love • John 10:11, “The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.” • John 10:15, “I sacrifice my life for the sheep.” • John 10:17, “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again." His Love • John 10:12, “A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.” His Love • John 10:14, “I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father.” His Love • John 10:16, “I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also.” His Love • John 10:16b, “They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.” • Ezekiel 34:23, “I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.” His Love • John 10:18, “No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily.“ His Love • John 10:18b, “For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.” • John 14:15, “If you love me, obey my commandments.” SUMMARY: The 7 Wonders of His Love His Sacrificial Love His Protective Love His Intelligent Love His Welcoming Love His Unifying Love His Voluntary Love His Submissive Love QUESTION: Do I love like the Good Shepherd? A COMMAND AND A PROMISE: 1 John 4:7-8 (NASB), “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.”