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Ezekiel 34 condemns Israel’s self-feeding shepherds and promises God will “raise up one shepherd…my servant David,” tying to Jesus as the “good shepherd” and Hebrews 13:20 (“brought up…from the dead…the great shepherd…through the blood of the everlasting covenant”); where do you see “bad shepherd” patterns today (in leaders and in yourself), and what concrete changes would it look like to live as people being actively searched for, gathered, and governed by the one Shepherd?
Another way to ask: Where do you see “bad shepherd” habits today—in leaders and in yourself? What would it look like in real life to let the one true Shepherd search for you, gather you, and lead you?

Direct Answer Chuck portrays “bad shepherds” as leaders who “feed themselves” and abuse the sheep, while God’s answer is to raise up one true Shepherd—fulfilled in Jesus—who searches, gathers, and tends the flock under a “covenant of peace.” The transcript doesn’t apply this to today’s specific leadership failures, but it gives clear categories: self-serving oversight versus being cared for and ruled by Christ.

Support from Transcript:

  • Ezekiel 34 backdrop: God is “disgusted with the bad shepherds…showing no concern…feeding themselves…trampling and abusing the sheep.”
  • God’s promise: “I shall raise up one shepherd over them…even my servant David,” meaning the Son of David.
  • God’s shepherding actions: “I will search for my sheep and I will care for them…bring them back…the ones that are misled.”
  • Peter’s imagery aligns: believers were “like sheep going astray” but returned “to the shepherd and overseer of your soul.”
  • Hebrews 13:20 ties resurrection and shepherding: “God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep…through the blood of the everlasting covenant.”
Discussion Follow-ups Where are you tempted to “feed yourself” spiritually—using people, position, or comfort? What would change if you actively lived as someone Christ is searching for, bringing back when misled, and placing under “one flock and one shepherd” rather than self-direction?

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