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John 10 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word. Together
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  throughout the book of John, Jesus makes 7 identifying
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  statements, statements declaring who He is that all begin with.
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  I am language that should call our minds back to the Old
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  Testament when God identifies Himself to Moses as I am who I
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  am. These seven statements include I
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  am the bread of life from John 6.
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  I am the light of the world from John eight.
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  I am the resurrection in the life from John 11.
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  I am the way and the truth in the life from John 14 and from
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  John chapter 15. I am the true vine.
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  Here in John chapter 10 we get the remaining two I am
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  statements from Jesus. In particular in verse seven I
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  am the door and in verse 11 I am the Good Shepherd.
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  Listen to a passage from this chapter to catch the whole
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  context and let's discuss what Jesus is getting at.
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  Here in John chapter 10 it reads.
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  So Jesus said to them again, truly, truly, I say to you, I am
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  the door of the sheep. All who came before me are
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  thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
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  I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he
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  will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
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  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
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  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
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  I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his
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  life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a
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  shepherd who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming
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  and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and
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  scatters them. He flees because he has a hired
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  hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
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  I am the Good Shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me,
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  even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I lay
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  down my life for the sheep. In this passage, and
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  particularly in these two I am statements, Jesus is laying out
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  2 clear and important truths about who He is and how we must
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  respond to Him. First, Jesus is the door of the
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  sheep. Throughout this whole passage we
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  are referred to as sheep, helpless, at risk, needy sheep.
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  And there is one door to God's pasture.
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  There is one door by which we may enter into the care and
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  protection of God. And that door is Jesus.
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  In other words, there is one path to God.
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  Jesus is the only way. There is no other.
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  If we would find refuge and help and rest in peace and provision
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  in the presence of God, we must be brought there through Christ.
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  But this passage doesn't stop there.
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  Jesus is not only the door for the sheep.
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  Jesus tells us that he's the Good Shepherd.
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  He is the caretaker of God's flock.
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  He is the one nourishing, caring for, providing for the people of
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  God. And how is it that Jesus
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  embodies his role as our Good Shepherd?
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  Look again at verse 11. I am the Good Shepherd.
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  The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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  It is through Jesus laying down his life that we are cared for.
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  He is our Saviour. It's through his death, through
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  his sacrifice on the cross that we are brought near to God.
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  It's through His blood that we are made clean, made whole,
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  forgiven and set free by God. And that life giving Saviour
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  does not stop there. His care for us did not end at
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  his death. No, even now He is our Good
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  Shepherd. He even now is taking care of
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  His sheep. He knows us and we know Him.
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  He is not just our Saviour, He is our advocate.
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  He is our friend. Hebrews 725 says, Therefore He
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  is able to save forever those who draw near to God through
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  Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
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  So come to the door, come to the Good Shepherd.
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  Without Him we are lost, we are hopeless.
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  Come to Him and receive the salvation and love and tender
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  care that He is able to provide for you and for me.