BEFORE YOU OPEN THE DOOR

"BEFORE YOU OPEN THE DOOR"

Sunday morning, January 12, 1991

John 1:12"Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in
His name, He gave the right to become children of God."


I.WHO JESUS IS NOT:

1.A Thief

John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy."
2.A Hired Hand

John 10:12-13 "The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the
sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep
and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.
The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing
for the sheep."


II.WHO JESUS IS:

1.The Owner

John 10:12 The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the
sheep.
2.The Good Shepherd

John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down
his life for the sheep.... I know my sheep and my sheep know me
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father...."

John 10:27 "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they
follow me."

3.The Gate

John 10:7 "Jesus said..."I am the gate; whoever enters through
me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture ...

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