John 10:7, 10:9-10
Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Application: 

Since the people couldn’t grasp the meaning of Jesus’s illustration, he made it plain: Truly I tell you, I am the door for the sheep (10:7). To enter the safety of the pen or to go out and find pasture, the sheep have to go through the gate (10:9). Jesus is “the way” to safety and life (14:6). We must go through him to be saved (10:9). Thieves come to destroy, but Jesus came to give life and to give it in abundance (10:10).

Abundant life is the experience of the divine resources necessary to live a life in fellowship with God. Jesus doesn’t want you merely to possess eternal life, but also to experience life fully. Eternal life is a supernatural quality of life that is superior to man’s natural state and capacities, giving man the enablement to live life righteously and exercise kingdom authority over that which He entrusted to us. 

Following the shepherd leads to blessing, joy, and a growing experience of eternal life. It allows him to rebuke and reverse the enemy’s attempts at blocking the blessings, purpose, and spiritual fulfillment God has for your life (see Joel 2:25; Mal 3:11).

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 1040.

To God be the glory!

Our Lord Jesus Christ created everything! By Him, For Him!

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