Cast of Characters
They will run away from a stranger because they do not recognize is voice.
What are the sheep?
When the sheep hear the shepherd's voice, they do this.
What is follow him?
Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the _____ for the sheep.
What is the gate?
Distractions, bad advice, and influencers trying to lead you astray in the real world represent the voice of this group from the passage.
: Who are strangers?
While "hearing" is just the physical act of sound entering your ears, this active process requires your brain to actually pay attention and understand the words.
What is listening?
He opens the gate for the shepherd.
Who is the gatekeeper?
Because they don't recognize a stranger's voice, the sheep will do this instead of following.
What is run away?
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by _____.
What is name?
A toxic habit that drains your joy or a scammer trying to take what is yours is acting exactly like this figure from the text.
What is a thief (or robber)?
In human psychology, the tendency for people to blindly copy what everyone else is doing is often called this "mentality," named after groups of animals like sheep.
What is herd (or flock) mentality?
Anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs over elsewhere.
What is a thief (or robber)?
What the thief comes to do, along with slaughter and destroy.
What is steal?
All who came before me are thieves and _____.
What is robbers?
If you can instantly pick out your best friend's voice in a loud, crowded room without seeing them, you are relying on the exact same instinct as this animal.
What is a sheep?
To help them figure out exactly where a sound or voice is coming from, sheep can move these specific body parts independently of one another.
What are their ears?
He calls his own sheep by name and walks ahead of them.
Who is the shepherd?
After he has called his own sheep and driven them out, the shepherd does this to lead them.
What is walks ahead of them?
"But they will not follow a stranger... because they do not recognize the _____ of strangers."
What is voice?
A modern security system that keeps danger out while giving you a safe place to rest is exactly how Jesus describes his role as this object.
What is the gate?
Psychologists note that human babies are able to recognize this specific person's voice before they are even born, similar to how a sheep instinctually knows its shepherd.
Psychologists note that human babies are able to recognize this specific person's voice before they are even born, similar to how a sheep instinctually knows its shepherd.
The specific group of people Jesus was talking to who didn't realize what his figure of speech meant.
Who are the Pharisees?
The Pharisees had this internal reaction to Jesus' story.
What is "did not realize what he was trying to tell them"? (or "did not understand")
I came so that they might have life and have it more _____.
What is abundantly?
Finish the Sentence: Modern culture often tells us that living an abundant life means having endless wealth, fame, or an easy life, but Jesus promises it as ___
a life of deep purpose, resilience, and true inner peace.
Psychological brain scans show that hearing this specific word lights up your brain more than any other sound, which is exactly why the shepherd uses it to call his flock.
What is your name?