John 10 Verses 7-8 

John 10:7 “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.”   

There are three different doors mentioned in this 10^th chapter of John.  This is the second of those three doors.  This door is the door of the sheep. This passage speaks to us of the eternal security of the sheep.  In order for any of the thieves and robbers to get one of the sheep he would have to go through Jesus.  Of course, Jesus is the one who has all power in heaven and in earth.   

Another passage of scripture that I really like to meditate upon is found in Rom. 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  

It is impossible for one of God’s elect children to be separated from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

John 10 Verses 9-10

John 10:9 “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” 

This passage deals with the third door in the tenth chapter of John.  This door is the door to the church kingdom of God here on earth.   

“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”  To enter the Lord’s church kingdom on earth, one must have been born of the Spirit of God and then that person must hear the gospel of Jesus Christ preached, believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, repent according to the commandment of Jesus Christ, confess the Lord, and then be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.  Thus, it is through Christ that we are able to enter into His church kingdom on earth.  Entering in involves a timely salvation for the one who is entering.  The scriptures teach two types of salvation: eternal and timely.  This principle is clearly taught to us in 2 Tim. 2:10: “Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.”  The words, “also” and “with” indicates that there is something they already have and that they can attain something in addition to what they already have.  What they already have is “eternal glory.”  What they can also obtain is the timely salvation in entering the Church Kingdom of God on earth.  This timely salvation is a conditional salvation depending on the actions of the elect.  If they hear, believe, repent, confess and be baptized, then they can enter into that timely salvation.  There are many aspects to that timely salvation including, saving yourself from this untoward generation, saving yourself from a condemning conscience, saving yourself from ignorance, and saving yourself from false worship systems.   

Moreover, the children of God who press into God’s church kingdom of earth are blessed to find the spiritual food for their souls (pasture) in the preaching and teaching of God’s word.   

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:”  There are many who love to steal God’s elect children away from the joys and blessings of God’s church kingdom on earth.  They love to make merchandise of God’s elect children.   

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”  Christ came that we might have life which is an amazing blessing to all the elect.  Furthermore, he came that we might have the abundant life in his kingdom. We are truly abundantly blessed.  

John 10 Verses 11-13 

John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.”   

The good shepherd has great care for the sheep and gave his life for the sheep.  He did not give his life in order for them to become his sheep, but he gave his life because they are his sheep. 

A hireling does not care for the sheep because they are not his sheep.  He only cares for the money he receives for his work.  The hireling will not withstand the wolf because he is afraid of the wolf.  Christ as our shepherd cared for us so much that he gave his life for us.  This also teaches us that he loves us so much that he will defend us against the wolves that come against us.