ONE DOOR AND ONLY ONE (3 OF 9)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 10:1-10
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One Door And Only One (3 of 9)
Series: The Great I Am
Jeff Strite
John 10:1-10
There's a cute little children's song about Jesus that goes this way:
''One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
Inside and outside, on which side are you?
One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
I want the inside - on which side are you?
''One Lord, and only one and yet the ways are two,
Right way and wrong way on which way are you?
One Lord, and only one and yet the ways are two,
I want the right way - on which way are you?
''One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
Inside and outside, on which side are you?''
In our culture, there are doors everywhere.
There are doors to our houses, restaurants, factories and churches.
And doors have a purpose - they're designed to keep good stuff in and bad stuff out. In fact, just to be sure the doors do what they're designed to do we put locks on them.
Jesus said ''I AM THE DOOR. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.'' John 10:9
Jesus is THE DOOR.
He is there to protect the flock - that's us - and He is there to keep the good stuff in (that's us) and bad stuff out (thieves, robbers, wolves and other bad things). And He's not just the door... He's the lock on the door.
(We showed a picture of a shepherd laying across the opening of sheep pen)
In this passage (John 10), Jesus is talking about something called a Sheepfold or Sheep Pen. From the picture, you see that the shepherd is literally THE DOOR. He lays down across the opening of the pen so that the sheep don't wander off. As the song says: I want the inside.'' I want Jesus to protect me.
Now, what's interesting here is the negative aspect of this that Jesus stresses. He says: ''He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.'' John 10:1
For the sheep who hear Jesus' voice and follow Him, the door is open. ...
Series: The Great I Am
Jeff Strite
John 10:1-10
There's a cute little children's song about Jesus that goes this way:
''One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
Inside and outside, on which side are you?
One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
I want the inside - on which side are you?
''One Lord, and only one and yet the ways are two,
Right way and wrong way on which way are you?
One Lord, and only one and yet the ways are two,
I want the right way - on which way are you?
''One Door, and only one, and yet its sides are two,
Inside and outside, on which side are you?''
In our culture, there are doors everywhere.
There are doors to our houses, restaurants, factories and churches.
And doors have a purpose - they're designed to keep good stuff in and bad stuff out. In fact, just to be sure the doors do what they're designed to do we put locks on them.
Jesus said ''I AM THE DOOR. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.'' John 10:9
Jesus is THE DOOR.
He is there to protect the flock - that's us - and He is there to keep the good stuff in (that's us) and bad stuff out (thieves, robbers, wolves and other bad things). And He's not just the door... He's the lock on the door.
(We showed a picture of a shepherd laying across the opening of sheep pen)
In this passage (John 10), Jesus is talking about something called a Sheepfold or Sheep Pen. From the picture, you see that the shepherd is literally THE DOOR. He lays down across the opening of the pen so that the sheep don't wander off. As the song says: I want the inside.'' I want Jesus to protect me.
Now, what's interesting here is the negative aspect of this that Jesus stresses. He says: ''He who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.'' John 10:1
For the sheep who hear Jesus' voice and follow Him, the door is open. ...
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