The Door
“Then
said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, I AM
THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP.”
-JOHN
10:7 [KJV]
I love how the Lord always teaches His people through things that they can understand. We all know what a door is. It is a way of access. It is a way of entrance. A door is used to let some in. A door is the means to keep some
in and shut others out. How beautiful a “door” illustrates who and what Christ is to the believing sinner. Christ is not just “a door,” He is “THE door.” There is no other door. He is the only door. “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I TIMOTHY 2:5).
Christ
is the door of the sheep. He is not the door for goats. He is
not the door for the whole world. He is the only access that the
sheep have to God. He said, “I am the door: by Me
if any man enter in, he shall be saved”.
We can only enter in “by Him” (JOHN
10:9). Sinners cannot enter of themselves; they are dead in
trespasses and sin and are totally helpless. There is no spiritual
life apart from “entering in” through Christ the Door. Christ
doesn’t just show us the way; He is THE Way that leads to life.
Christ doesn’t just teach us the truth; He is THE Truth. Christ not
only gives us life; He is THE LIFE. Did He not say, “No man
cometh to the Father but by Me”
(JOHN
14:6)? Christ is the door of the sheep, and all His sheep will
enter in and be saved.
-Gospel
report by preacher David
L. Eddmenson
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