Week 10 of 21 · John 10 · Thursday January 21
The Door and the Good Shepherd
Jesus is the only door to God’s fold and the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep of His own will and takes it up again. His sheep hear His voice and follow Him, and no one can snatch them from His hand or the Father’s, because He and the Father are one.
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”John 10:11
MondayRead John 10 twice and mark itMon Jan 18
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Jan 19
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Jan 20
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Jan 21
Season 4, Episode 6 · “Dedication”The Good Shepherd (10:1–21) and the Feast of Dedication, “I and the Father are one” (10:22–42).
Read it against John 10
- The show stages the Good Shepherd teaching and the Feast of Dedication in one festival setting. John separates them: 10:22 begins a later feast, “and it was winter.”
- Matthew confronting Judas about money at the feast is the show’s storyline, not Scripture’s.
- Compare the dialogue with 10:30–39 — the charge of blasphemy and Jesus’ answer from Psalm 82.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.