Jesus is the Good Shepherd!

Lesson 6

These statements give a description of who Jesus is for people and tell what his mission what about.  
When Jesus talks about being the vine and people bring the branches,
he is talking about how the branches receive life and nourishment from the vine rooted in the ground.   
When he says he is the resurrection and the life he is saying that people will receive the gift of
God’s own life in grace, the fullness of Tapu, and through Jesus the gift of the Holy Spirit they
will have eternal life as well.  He is the way, the truth and the life because if people live in the
way he has lived with tika, pono and aroha they will receive the fullness of life and the truth
will be revealed to them.  

The entrance to the enclosure for sheep in Jesus’ day was an opening in a wall or hedge.  
This was where the shepherd slept. So the shepherd became the gate of the sheep enclosure.  
When Jesus speaks about being the gate he is saying that it is through him that people can find
the life of God n- Te Atua.  The shepherd of Jesus’ day went before the sheep leading them to grass
and to safety, protecting them from wolves and harm.  As the good shepherd Jesus leads
people to what is good and will even lay down his life to save them.

The Good Shepherd: Jesus leading his sheep the right way.

As bread of life he feeds people on his Word and the Eucharist.  He nourishes their life in God through
grace and, increases their tapu and mana.

The “I am’ statements also show that Jesus is God.  I John 10:33 the people tell him he will be punished
by stoning because he has blasphemed, that is, he has spoken insultingly about God by calling himself
God’s Son = Te Tama a Te Atua..  That object to his claims that he and the Father - Matua are one.  
Jesus tells them to look at what he is doing, for they will see that the work he is doing is the work of the
Father who is God.  His work of tika, justice, and aroha, mercy and healing will show them how he is
one with God.

In John’s first letter he says that God is light and in him there is no darkness (1 John 1:5)

Jesus says he is the light of the world.  John shows Jesus is the light of the world by writing
about him healing a blind man just after this dialogue in which he says he is the light of the world.  
As the light of the world he enables people to see and this means more than just seeing what is about,
but seeing with eyes of faith and recognising Jesus for who he is.  The man who has been healed calls
Jesus Lord, professes his belief in hi and worships him - John 9: 38

What names was Jesus known by?

In the Gospel of Saint John, there are eight statements known as the ‘I am’ statements. Use the scripture references to locate these to complete the table below.

Scripture Reference	Name
John 6:35	I am the bread
John 41	I am a Samaritan woman
John 48	God is love
John 8:12	I am the light of the world
John 9:5	I am in the world, I am the light of the world
John 10:7	I am the gate for the sheep
John 10:9	I am the gate;
John 10:11	I am the good shepherd
John 10:14	I am the good shepherd
John 10:36	I am God's Son
John 11:25	I am the Resurrection and the life
John 14:6	I am the way of truth and life
John 15:1	I am the true vine and my father is the gardener.

An Excursion to the Past!

An Excursion to the Past:

Question	Answer
1. What Artefacts did Max see in the schoolhouse?	Wood ovens, quills and worn out books were the artefacts that were seen in the schoolhouse.
2. How did the artefacts in the exhibit bring the past to life for Max?	It brought the past to life because he thought about how life would've been with all the different artefacts and how children struggled with bringing wood daily to school for fire.
3. If you were to illustrate this story, what illustrations would you include to bring the past to life for the reader?

This illustration is my interpretation of what a class would look like brought back to life.

How is your classroom different from a classroom that the classroom your grandmother might have gone to?

- My grandmother's classroom didn't have devices or chromebooks as we have today in many schools. They also probably used chalkboards instead of whiteboards which is very common to see in schools today.

A person from the past just walked into your classroom. What would they know about your school by just looking around?

- A person from the past would notice our tables are coloured and made of polished metal. They would see that we have chromebooks and there is a whiteboard instead of a chalkboard on the wall, however these whiteboards are now not only for writing but they are used interactively by teachers who cast different online sites and work to the whiteboard. From analysing these different aspects they would definitely know that they are not in the past anymore.

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