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Iconic Jesus | Week 5 · Rewind

Rock Point Church

72 min

Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 25, 2019 · 5 min read · 72 min listen

The big idea

Quoting the message: If I trust who Jesus is, I won't doubt what He can do, end quote..

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The big idea
Point 1 of 7The problem underneath our doubt about what Jesus can do is really a doubt about who He is.
Point 2 of 7Jesus declares Himself the 'good' shepherd, using a Greek word meaning genuine, excellent, and preeminent, not merely moral or useful.

Point 3 of 7Jesus freely sacrificed His soul (psyche), not just His biological life (bios) or His heavenly life (zoe), and He did it because of who He is, not because of what we do.
Point 4 of 7Because Jesus rose again, His sacrifice is proven real and trustworthy, so we don't have to doubt what He can do with our time, money, and relationships.
Point 5 of 7Jesus' statement about 'other sheep not of this fold' shows His heart to reach beyond Israel to the whole world, including us personally.
Point 6 of 7A good shepherd leaves the 99 to go after the one, and Rock Point is called to face outward together rather than only inward.
Point 7 of 7People stumble not because Jesus hasn't shown who He is, but because they've defined 'Messiah' or Jesus on their own terms and then doubt Him when He doesn't fit.
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John 10:11
John 10:16
John 3:16
John 10:24
John 10:30
John 10:31

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Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 25, 2019 · 72 min watch · 3 min read

Iconic Jesus | Week 5

In this message

Big Idea
Key points
Application

Scripture in this message

John 10:11
John 10:16
John 3:16
John 10:24
John 10:30
John 10:31

Big Idea Key points Application

Big Idea

Quoting the message: If I trust who Jesus is, I won't doubt what He can do, end quote..

Jesus reveals Himself as the Good Shepherd who freely and fully sacrificed His soul, not His life, out of who He is, not because of anything we've done. When we truly know and trust His character, our everyday doubts about what He can do in our lives begin to fall away.

Key points

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1The problem underneath our doubt about what Jesus can do is really a doubt about who He is.
Pastor Bill opens with a story about turning away a stranger on an expensive bike who wanted to speak to his youth group, only to learn afterward that the man was Tour de France champion Greg LeMond. He didn't trust what the man could offer because he doubted who he was, and says this is exactly what happens with Jesus.
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2Jesus declares Himself the 'good' shepherd, using a Greek word meaning genuine, excellent, and preeminent, not merely moral or useful.
Working through John 10:11-18, Pastor Bill explains that God is pictured as shepherd throughout the Old Testament, showing He is personal rather than distant like other gods of the day. The word 'good' Jesus chooses marks Him out as the one genuine shepherd, exposing every other philosophy or savior-claim as a counterfeit.
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3Jesus freely sacrificed His soul (psyche), not just His biological life (bios) or His heavenly life (zoe), and He did it because of who He is, not because of what we do.
Pastor Bill walks through three Greek words for life, explaining that bios is mere biological existence and zoe is the rich, full life Jesus gives, but the word used for what Jesus laid down is psyche, meaning soul. He explains that on the cross Jesus took on the full weight of every person's sin, shame, and guilt, and that this was given voluntarily, out of God's character, not earned by us.
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4Because Jesus rose again, His sacrifice is proven real and trustworthy, so we don't have to doubt what He can do with our time, money, and relationships.
Pastor Bill notes that the resurrection three days later shows Jesus really did take away sin and can truly give life. Since He already accomplished the most impossible thing, there's no reason to keep doubting Him when He asks us to follow Him in smaller, everyday matters.
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5Jesus' statement about 'other sheep not of this fold' shows His heart to reach beyond Israel to the whole world, including us personally.
Pastor Bill traces this back to God's promise to Abraham to bless the whole world, into John 3:16, and into Peter's vision of Gentiles in Acts, arguing this verse is not about one organized church but about Jesus' plan to include Gentiles. He tells the congregation that two thousand years ago Jesus was already thinking of them by name when He spoke these words.
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6A good shepherd leaves the 99 to go after the one, and Rock Point is called to face outward together rather than only inward.
Pastor Bill applies the shepherd's heart to the church's own mission, explaining that building a new building, running programs, and reaching new people isn't about the 99 who already have a seat but about the ones who don't. He describes the church as a community that should lock arms together while facing outward.
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7People stumble not because Jesus hasn't shown who He is, but because they've defined 'Messiah' or Jesus on their own terms and then doubt Him when He doesn't fit.
Pastor Bill shows the crowd in John 10:24-33 demanding Jesus plainly say He's the Messiah, then picking up stones when He claims oneness with the Father, revealing they never truly believed He was God despite His works. He connects this to his own story of nearly missing a great deal on a minivan because he'd wrongly pre-judged his trustworthy friend as 'just a used car salesman.'

A story from life

Preacher recounts meeting Greg LeMond at a youth event and failing to trust who he was

Application

Pastor Bill's charge is to drop the wrong definitions of Jesus that are feeding your doubt, so you can actually trust who He is.

Examine what you actually believe about who Jesus is
Notice if you've built a definition of Jesus from bad teaching, past hurt, or spiritual abuse rather than from what He actually reveals about Himself, and let that wrong picture go.
Stop treating God's love as something you earn
Let go of the mindset that you have to perform or avoid enough bad behavior to keep God happy with you; rest in the fact that His love for you is rooted in His character, not your performance.
Trust Him with the specific things you're wrestling over
Bring your doubts about trusting Jesus with your time, money, and relationships to Him, remembering that the One who already accomplished the resurrection can be trusted with smaller things.
Face outward with the church rather than only inward
Get involved in serving, giving, or leading — such as children's ministry or small groups — so Rock Point can keep reaching 'the one' outside its walls, not just caring for those already inside.

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“So, here we are. We're going to be in John chapter 10 and we're going to be starting in verse 11. And I just want to read through to verse 18”
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“Then verse 16, here's the weird thing. Verse 16, it's going to feel like, wow, he just went off like Bill does when he went off on a rabbit trail”
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“Once you understand it, this verse 16 actually fits very strongly in this narrative and I think you're going to understand, here's the power. Verse 16, you and I should be the most moved”
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“I have other sheep too that are not in the sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with the one shepherd”
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“We get into John. John three sixteen, what he says, for god so loved just the Jews? No. For god so loved the world that he gave his only son”
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“if you go down into verse 24, it's a little while later. It says, the people surrounded him and asked, how long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us plainly”
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“And then all of sudden, he says verse 30. The father and I are one”
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“look what it says. Once he says the father nine one verse 31, once again, the people picked up stones to kill him”

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Day 1

Jesus doesn't introduce Himself here as a good shepherd among many. He says, 'I am the good shepherd.' In the original language, that word translated 'good' carries the sense of genuine, excellent, and preeminent — the real thing, not an imitation. Every other guide, system, or philosophy that promises to lead us to life is, at best, a hired hand. At worst, it runs when things get hard. That distinction matters more than it might first seem. We live in a world full of voices offering to shepherd us — toward security, identity, belonging, purpose. Some of those voices sound reasonable. Some even borrow Christian language. But Jesus isn't claiming to be the best option in a crowded field. He is claiming to be the only genuine one. That is either the most audacious lie ever spoken or the most important truth we could ever receive. The pastor pointed out that the religious leaders of Jesus' day had heard Him say things like this repeatedly and still couldn't accept it — not because the evidence was lacking, but because their picture of who Jesus was had already been decided before He ever opened His mouth. So the question this week isn't just 'Do I trust Jesus?' It's a deeper one: 'Which Jesus am I actually trusting?' The one He describes, or the one I've assembled from other sources?

For reflection

Where has your picture of Jesus been shaped more by outside voices — culture, past hurt, or inherited assumptions — than by what Jesus says about Himself?

Pray

Pray for an open and honest heart as you spend this week in Jesus' own words about Himself.

Day 2

One of the most striking things in this passage is what Jesus says about His own death. He doesn't describe it as something that happened to Him. He says, 'No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily.' He lays it down. He takes it up again. The authority for all of it, He says, came from His Father. The pastor made the point that this is what sets biblical Christianity apart from every other religion or philosophy in history. In every other system, the founder — however wise or noble — was ultimately subject to forces beyond their control. Death came for them, and they could not stop it. Jesus stands in a category entirely His own: He walked into death on purpose, on His own terms, out of His own love. That detail is not just theological fine print. It is deeply personal. If Jesus was compelled to die — by fate, by circumstance, by forces stronger than Him — then His sacrifice, however moving, tells us something about His situation. But if He chose it freely, it tells us something about His heart. It tells us He wanted to. That He looked at the full cost and did not flinch. When trust in Jesus feels hard, it often helps to return to this: He was not a victim. He was a shepherd who chose His sheep — including you — over His own comfort and life.

For reflection

How does knowing that Jesus chose His sacrifice voluntarily — rather than simply enduring it — change the way you relate to Him today?

Pray

Pray for a fresh sense of what Jesus' voluntary sacrifice says about His character and His heart toward you.

Day 3

The word the pastor lingered on here is worth sitting with: psuche. It's the Greek word translated 'life' in this verse, but it means far more than biological life. It means soul — the full inner self, the seat of will and emotion and identity. Jesus didn't merely endure physical suffering on the cross. He gave His soul. That means He took on the full weight of our sin — not as an observer, not at a safe distance, but fully. He absorbed shame, judgment, and separation from the Father. Every broken thing in us that deserved consequence, He carried in His own soul so we wouldn't have to. This is why the life Jesus offers in return is described with a different word: zoe. Real life. Life that is qualitatively different — deeper, fuller, unending. The exchange is staggering: His psuche for our zoe. His soul poured out so that ours could be made whole. It is easy to treat Jesus' death as a transaction we acknowledge and then move past. But the depth of what He gave deserves more than a quick nod. When we start to grasp the weight of what He actually carried, the idea that He might not care about the details of our daily lives — our fears, our finances, our fractured relationships — starts to seem almost absurd. A shepherd who gave that much is not indifferent to the rest.

For reflection

Is there an area of your life where you've struggled to believe Jesus actually cares about the details? What would it mean to bring that place to a shepherd who gave His soul for you?

Pray

Pray for a deeper understanding of what Jesus' sacrifice actually cost Him, and what that cost says about His love for you specifically.

Day 4

There is a beautiful symmetry in these two verses. Jesus says He knows His sheep the way the Father knows Him and He knows the Father. That is not casual familiarity. That is the deepest, most complete knowing imaginable — the mutual knowledge shared within the Trinity itself. And then He says He lays down His life for them. The knowing and the sacrifice are connected. He doesn't die for an abstract category called 'sinners.' He dies for the ones He knows. The pastor made a point here that is easy to miss: Jesus' love for us flows entirely from who He is, not from what we do. He didn't love us because we were lovable. He didn't sacrifice Himself because we earned it. His love is not a reward for good behavior and cannot be revoked by failure. It originates in His character — in the same nature that has always existed in perfect love between Father, Son, and Spirit. This matters enormously for trust. If Jesus' care for us were contingent on our performance, we would always have reason to wonder whether today's failures had finally exhausted His patience. But a love rooted in His own character is stable in a way nothing else can be. It was never up to us to begin with. That's not a reason to take it lightly — it's a reason to rest in it.

For reflection

In what area of life do you most find yourself trying to earn or maintain God's favor rather than resting in a love that comes from His character, not your performance?

Pray

Pray for a settled confidence in a love that originates in Jesus' character and is not waiting on your next success or failure.

Day 5

When Jesus says, 'I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold,' He is speaking to a Jewish audience and pointing beyond them — to the Gentiles, to the nations. To people who had no covenant history with God, no religious pedigree, no claim on belonging. And He says: I know them too. I have them in mind right now. They will hear My voice. The pastor's point here is quietly stunning: Jesus knew our names 2,000 years ago when He said those words. We were the other sheep. The ones outside the original fold. And He was already thinking of us, already calling us His own. This passage is often read as a missions text — and it is — but it is also deeply personal. You were not an afterthought. You were not included by accident or administrative courtesy. Jesus had you specifically in mind as He spoke about a flock that would one day span every nation, culture, and generation. There is one flock, He says, and one shepherd. That unity isn't achieved by erasing difference — it's achieved by shared belonging to the same shepherd. If you have ever felt like an outsider, spiritually or otherwise, this verse is worth memorizing. You were called by name before you ever knew His.

For reflection

What does it mean to you personally that Jesus included you — by name, before you were born — when He spoke about His flock?

Pray

Pray for someone in your life who may feel like they are outside the fold, and ask Jesus — the one shepherd — to make His voice known to them.

Day 6

The religious leaders in this passage have been listening to Jesus for some time. In verse 24 they ask Him to stop speaking in figures and just tell them plainly if He is the Messiah. But as the pastor pointed out, they had already heard enough. Jesus responds by pointing back to His works and His words — and then makes one of the clearest claims in the entire Gospel: 'The Father and I are one.' Their response is to pick up stones. They don't doubt His sanity or dismiss His teaching as confused. They understand exactly what He is claiming, and they reject it — not for lack of evidence, but because the picture they carried of God had no room for it. This is where the sermon's central challenge lands with full weight. Doubt about what Jesus can do in our lives very often traces back to an unexamined picture of who He is. The leaders' doubt wasn't intellectual — it was a refusal to let Jesus define Himself on His own terms. They preferred the version of God they already held. We do this too. We doubt whether Jesus can really be trusted with our money, our fears, or our most painful relationships — not because He has failed us, but because somewhere along the way we accepted a smaller or distorted version of Him. Today is a good day to ask honestly: which picture am I actually working from?

For reflection

Is there a specific area where you've been working from a shrunken or distorted picture of Jesus — one that feels safer or more manageable than the one He gives of Himself?

Pray

Pray for the courage to let Jesus correct any picture of Him you've been holding that is smaller than who He actually is.

Day 7

Reading through John 10:11-33 as a whole this week brings the sermon's invitation into full view. Jesus is not asking us to trust a concept, a system, or a religious tradition. He is inviting us to trust a person — a specific, named, knowable shepherd who chose us, calls us by name, gave His entire soul for us, and cannot be separated from the Father who sent Him. The pastor closed with a challenge that is worth sitting with one more time: many of us struggle to follow Jesus not because He hasn't proven Himself, but because we've been working from the wrong picture. That picture may have come from bad teaching, from spiritual wounds, or from the ambient noise of a culture that constantly tries to redefine Him into something more manageable. Whatever the source, a redefined Jesus will always feel untrustworthy. But when the real one — the genuine, preeminent, soul-sacrificing shepherd — comes into focus, something loosens. The doubts don't all disappear at once, but they lose their grip. And something else begins: the slow, real work of following a shepherd we actually know, and becoming, as the pastor put it, the kind of person who leaves the 99 to go find the one. That is a life worth living. And it starts with letting Jesus tell you who He is.

For reflection

After sitting with John 10 this week, what one thing has shifted — even slightly — in your picture of who Jesus actually is, and what would it look like to live from that new understanding this week?

Pray

Pray for the ongoing courage to let Jesus define Himself on His own terms — in His Word, in community, and in the daily details of your life.

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Jesus describes Himself in John 10 not just as a good person, but as the genuine, preeminent, only true shepherd — and the message this week explored what that actually means and why it matters for how much we trust Him.

Discussion questions

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In John 10:11, Jesus calls Himself the 'good' shepherd — and the message pointed out that 'good' here carries the sense of genuine, excellent, and preeminent, not simply moral or kind. What difference does that distinction make in how we understand what Jesus is actually claiming about Himself?
2
In John 10:17-18, Jesus says no one takes His life from Him — He lays it down on His own. What do you think it means that His sacrifice was completely voluntary, and why might that detail matter to someone trying to make sense of the cross?
3
The message described how Jesus gave up His psuche — His soul — meaning He bore not just physical suffering but the full weight of humanity's sin, shame, and God's judgment. How does that fuller picture of what He gave change the way we might read John 10:15?
4
In John 10:16, Jesus speaks of 'other sheep not of this sheepfold' — referring to the Gentiles, which includes most of us in the room. He says He personally knew those sheep by name even as He spoke those words 2,000 years ago. What does that kind of personal, advance knowledge suggest about how Jesus relates to people?
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In John 10:24-33, the religious leaders keep demanding proof from Jesus, yet walk away unconvinced. The message drew a connection between their doubt about what Jesus could do and their unwillingness to accept who He actually is. Where do you think people today — including those of us in the church — most commonly pick up a wrong or incomplete picture of Jesus, and how might that shape the way we follow Him?
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The pastor challenged us that a redefined Jesus — one shaped by bad teaching, spiritual hurt, or cultural assumptions rather than His own words — will always feel untrustworthy. As a group, how might we help one another keep coming back to the picture of Jesus that He gives of Himself in passages like John 10?

Pray together

Gratitude for a shepherd who gave His own soul freely and knows each of us by name — and an open-handed ask for eyes to see Him more clearly so our trust can grow

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