I AM - "The Door of the Sheep" (3/7) - Fathom Church - Pastor Nathan Deisem - John 10:1-10

I AM – The Door of the Sheep
Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church
John 10:1-10 & 5:2-9; Exod. 3:14;

• CONTEXT: Jesus has just healed the blind man on Sabbath – Pharisees!!!
o Bible is written in different language and culture and time!
 But we can bridge the gap with (even some) study!

John 10:1-10
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

• Truly Truly – Amen Amen – ‘For Real For Real’ – Emphasis/Context
• Sheepfold – Stone enclosure – Night Safety – Multiple herds – One Door
• Thieves & Robbers – Sneaky and Violent – Take wool, kill/eat meet
• Gate Keeper – Hired to open the door only to legitimate shepherd(s)
• By Name – He knows His sheep IN THE FOLD before He calls ‘em out
• Leads/calls them OUT – The Sheep fold is not heaven – Israel/Judaism

o John 10:16 “And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.”
• A stranger they will not follow – Not Lordship Salv. – EXCLUSIVITY

John 10:1-10 cont…
7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone ENTERS by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

• I AM The Door – Divinity – Exclusivity – ‘Avenue’
• ALL who came before… – not prophets… – False Messiahs? – Pharisees
• He Will Be Saved – Salvation – What we’re talking about! John 20:30-31
• Enters… - Previously exit the sheepfold – 2x enclosures – Enter Salvation
• Go In and OUT??? Maybe a corral in the pasture? Evangelism/Mission
• Abundant Life – Starts now – Not finance – Meaning/Adventure/Purpose

Healing at Bethesda - John 5:2-9
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. [waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. ] 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.Critical Concept: When Jesus says, “I AM the door,” He is reiterating the fact that only through Him is salvation possible. This is far removed from the ecumenical teachings popular in today’s liberal religious circles. Jesus makes it clear that any religious leader who offers salvation other than the teachings of Christ is a “thief” and a “robber.”

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