“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

Jesus, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true church, and the way of
access to God Himself. He gives to the man who comes to God by Him
four choice privileges.

1. He shall be saved. The fugitive manslayer passed the gate of the city of
refuge, and was safe. Noah entered the door of the ark, and was secure.
None can be lost who take Jesus as the door of faith to their souls.
Entrance through Jesus into peace is the guarantee of entrance by the same
door into heaven. Jesus is the only door, an open door, a wide door, a safe
door; and blessed is he who rests all his hope of admission to glory upon
the crucified Redeemer.

2. He shall go in. He shall be privileged to go in among the divine family, sharing the children’s bread, and participating in all their honours and enjoyments. He shall go in to the…

chambers of communion, to the banquets
of love, to the treasures of the covenant, to the storehouses of the
promises. He shall go in unto the King of kings in the power of the Holy
Spirit, and the secret of the Lord shall be with him.

3. He shall go out. This blessing is much forgotten. We go out into the
world to labour and suffer, but what a mercy to go in the name and power
of Jesus! We are called to bear witness to the truth, to cheer the
disconsolate, to warn the careless, to win souls, and to glorify God; and as
the angel said to Gideon, “Go in this thy might,” even thus the Lord would
have us proceed as His messengers in His name and strength.

4. He shall find pasture. He who knows Jesus shall never want. Going in
and out shall be alike helpful to him: in fellowship with God he shall grow,
and in watering others he shall be watered. Having made Jesus his all, he
shall find all in Jesus. His soul shall be as a watered garden, and as a well of
water whose waters fail not.

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Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen