“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” John 10:9

Christ is the Door.

Jesus here lets us know what he meant by “the door” – the way by which every man must enter into life that findeth life, by which every soul that shall be saved MUST enter – into heaven.  He is a door open for our passage and communication with God. The clear direction of how to come into the fold – we must come in ‘through the door of salvation’ – the Door by faith in Jesus Christ, the great Mediator between God and man.

by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved—

We must enter through the right door, that is, through faith in Christ, the exercises of faith in going unto Christ – such will be saved – from sin, the dominion of it, the guilt and condemning power of it – and from the law, its curse and condemnation, and from wrath to come, and forever shall be in a safe state, of being in Christ, and in His hands, out of which none can pluck them.

and shall go in and out and find pasture—

‘in’, as to a place of safety, rest and tranquility;

‘out’, as to “green pastures and still waters” (Psalm 23:2) for nourishment and enlivening – and all this be transported to another realm and savoured in another manner, at the close of this earthly life’s scene.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

Many who hear the word of Christ, do not understand it, because they WILL not.