Christ talks about being the Door of the sheep and their entry into a pasture of peace. In this pasture, we are in the hands of our Lord and He has come to give us life to the full. Bill Clark explores this critical I Am statement and how we are called to be His sheep!
I Am the Door
I Am | Week 3
February 19, 2017 | Bill Clark
John 10:1-10 (NIV)
“Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Deuteronomy 28:6 (NIV)
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
He is the visible representation of the invisible God.
Ephesians 2:18 (NIV)
For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
John 10:10 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety of barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants me to be concerned with what they do; our business is the keep them thinking about what will happen to them.” ~C.S. Lewis | The Screwtape Letters
This Shepherd doesn’t sleep.
He wants you to experience life to the full.
