February 18, 2025 • 28 mins
Jesus presents Himself as the door through which we enter into a life of security and abundance. This episode underscores the importance of recognizing Him as the only way to true peace and fullness, contrasting the protective nature of Christ with the harmful motives of thieves.
• The essential role of doors in providing protection and control
• Jesus as the only access point to eternal life and abundance
• The contrasting purposes of Christ as the door versus thieves
• Importance of listening to the Shepherd’s voice
• The constant invitation for all to enter through Christ
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello friends and welcome to the Rooted and
Grounded podcast from 109 Churchof Christ in.
Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
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Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I'd love to hear somebody say hey, we came here
because we heard the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Exactly right.
I'm hugging them, holy kiss.
Possible?
It's possible.
You're going to hug himregardless.
Exactly right.
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Exactly right.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
If you don't understand, listen to the
Christmas episode.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Exactly, go back and just listen, okay.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
So trivia question for you guys what is the most
common way that a thief breaksinto a home?
Very sneaky.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
In the dark.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Credit card.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
That's one Through the window.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, both of those are incorrect.
Ding ding, ding, ding.
So around 34% of the time it isthrough an unlocked front door.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Unlocked yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Unlocked front doors are the most common way that
burglars break into homes.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
That's 34%.
The other percent they use acredit card.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
They just wiggle that thing right.
Yeah, how about that?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Find the friendly dog that can do the doorknob, find
those creative ways.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
But all that to say, doors are really important and
they have a lot of differentfunctions for a home.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I think on one hand.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
It's a symbol.
It's the initial impression of.
Does this house look likeHalloween in the middle of June?
Like a house to avoid?
Is it welcoming?
Is it welcoming?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
inviting.
It's also protection fromelements, from animals, from all
sorts of things, and it's afilter, I mean you can control
who you open and close the doorto and let in your home, both
from a people standpoint andfrom just a content life in
general standpoint.
And we bring all this upbecause today we're going to
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focus on Jesus saying that he isthe door, and so as we look at
his I am statements before webegin.
John 10 is kind of unique inthat we have two I am statements
in the same passage.
And so view this as kind of partone in a way, because we're
going to look at I am the doortoday and then the next episode
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we'll look at I'm the goodshepherd from the same passage.
But the door is the setup.
And so let's spend our timelooking at the door and read
John, chapter 10, verses onethrough six.
Jesus says truly, truly, I sayto you, he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door butclimbs in by another way, that
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man is a thief and a robber.
But he who enters by the dooris the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the gatekeeper opens thesheep hear his voice and he
calls his own sheep by name andleads them out when he has
brought out all his own.
That's a big surprise, yeah,shock, shock.
He's kind of like me, huh, whathe was saying to them.
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And so before Jesus?
That's a big surprise, shock,shock.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
It's kind of like me, huh.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And so before Jesus says that he is the door.
He gives us this stark examplein verse one, that those who do
not join the sheep through thedoor are not welcome.
There's no climbing over thegate, there's no sneaking in.
The only way to get in isthrough the door are not welcome
.
There's no climbing over thegate, there's no sneaking in.
The only way to get in isthrough the door.
And Jesus says those that don'tare thieves and robbers.
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But the shepherd has done itthe right way.
So, Matt, talk to us about whatJesus is teaching that there's
only one way to join his sheep.
Why is it so important that wego through the door?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So me and Wayne were talking about this and just kind
of gathering our thoughts andI've heard lessons on this and
you know, people have talkedabout this and given examples in
the PowerPoint slides and shownall of these different ways to
corral the sheep.
(04:45):
And one of the things that Ithink is interesting with what
Jesus is doing is he's usingterminology While they don't
understand it in that moment.
That's the beauty of what Jesusdoes he sets out that idea for
you to think about and it's notimpossible to figure out,
because they understandshepherding.
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And if you've got, let's justsay, your property, whatever it
was 40 acres and you've got thatsheep, the sheep that are
they're going to, you know, roamaround these pastures or
whatever.
There are certain locationswhere they have built or made a
place for those sheep to becorralled in for the night, and
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whether it's stone, whether it's, you know, the thorny bushes,
whatever they're using toconnect it around with it, all
leads to one place and that'sthat door.
And you know, when you thinkabout the setup of that, and I
think that this is, you know,getting into this, thieves and
robbers coming on the outsidethe reason why they have that
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corral set up and the door beingwhere the shepherd sits, is
three things safety, securityand to save them.
I mean the safety is, you knowthey're kind of out of the
elements then Maybe notnecessarily the rain or all
those things, but you know theycan kind of corral together and
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come together to be protectedfrom, you know, the cold or
whatever it is.
But also there's these animalsthat if they're going to try and
get in, they've got to make aneffort to get into it, and so I
think that what Jesus is tryingto set up is something that if
they looked at, they wouldunderstand.
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Okay, he's saying that he's thedoor, he's the one that keeps
people from coming in and comingout, and the only way that you
can get in is through him.
It's this elevation of who heis and I don't even want to
really talk about it.
But if he's saying he's thedoor, then he's also saying that
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I'm a sheep, exactly, and Idon't really love where he's
trying to take me on that I getit.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
But you know, when it says I am the door, I think
it's important.
It's not just that, hey, I'mone of many doors.
You know I'm not one of manypaths.
Yeah, I'm not one of manyoptions, he is the option, you
know.
He is the path, he is the door.
And it's significant to me thatwhen I read that that I am the
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door, he doesn't leave any doubtabout it.
You know, it's not like well,hey, let's talk about this and
let me convince you.
No, he just, he just states thefact am I am.
I mean, that's it okay, prettyclear.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, well, and I think a lot about when he says
I'm the way, the truth and theline it's like I'm the way, I'm
the door, if you want to join me.
There's no getting in your ownway.
There's no shortcuts.
That's right.
Here's how you do it.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
There's no sneaking in like we were, you know, like
we said a while ago, like athief was trying to sneak in.
He's not going to call you andtell you hey, you ought to be
ready about 1230 today, becauseI'm going to kind of come in and
rob you.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
He's going to do it underhandedly and backhandedly.
And so Jesus says here's theway in, there's no other
sneaking in, you're not going toclimb in any other way sneaking
in.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
You're not going to climb in any other way.
Well, and that shepherd, whenhe's at that door, he's paying
attention to the things that areoutside of it too, I mean, and
he knows if things are going to,he's paying attention to the
things that are climbing over.
It's like you can't get in here, you can't, you can't come in
this place, and the only waythat you can is through this
front door.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That's the only that's the only opening this you
can is through this front door.
That's the only way.
That's the only opening.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
That's the only opening you got.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
You know and I you know, I've read that when
shepherds, true shepherds, whatthey would do is in that opening
at night.
That's where they hung out,that's where they slept.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
And that way there's no would know if a woman's
trying to come in or if asheep's trying to wander away.
So that goes back to thatsecurity, you know, and he
provide them safety becausethat's that was what his role
was.
So he was the door to providethat protection for them and
that security yeah, there wasthat.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
The one example I was looking at was sometimes they
would go into like caves andwhen they would go into that
cave, you know, all of the sheepwould be in there.
And who's right at the frontdoor is the shepherd, you know,
and he's on watch, um, becausehe cares about the sheep, you
know, and I know we're going tokind of get into that as we move
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forward in these passages inparticular, but I mean he is
saying I'm the one, I'm the one.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
And you say that they know him.
It goes back to verse 4 and 5,matt, that you read about the
sheep.
Follow him, because Not thatshe's just out there wandering
around and he may have some food, no, it's because they know,
yep, his voice.
Yeah, you know, and weunderstand that with
identification voices you know.
(10:11):
A lot of times somebody callyou on the phone you don't say I
have to say who is this youknow how you know you can't see
them.
Yep, you know that voice, yeahyou know exactly who it is
you're making the notificationand those sheep, as we all know,
probably not the smartestanimals.
That's ever Easy, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Easy.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Easy, easy.
But they're smart enough toknow.
They know that voice, they knowhim.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yeah, well, I think this is a perfect passage on the
simplicity of Scripture.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
We've even done episodes on this.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I think it was the John 3 scene where we looked at
the simple and the complex, andscripture is perfect for every
situation in life.
But if you want to follow Jesus, just do what the Bible says.
Exactly I mean and people makeit so complicated and they try
to have other things.
But if you want the peace, ifyou want to be a sheep, you want
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the shepherd follow jesusfollow the bible?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
yeah, because you know acts 412 talks about
there's no other name givenamong men.
No other none.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Except Jesus.
And I mean he's starting.
He is starting out on this andhe's you know John 9 is such a
beautiful story in itselfbecause you know he heals this
blind man.
And you remember, at the tailend of it, in verse 41, john 9,
41, if you were blind you wouldhave no sin.
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But you say we see, thereforeyour sin remains.
He's talking to Pharisees, whosay that they can truly see.
And the very first statementthat he makes to the Pharisees
is I'm the door.
And they're like what are youtalking about?
They have no idea.
Of course these things aregoing to come.
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Of course these things aregoing to come.
And he's beginning thisdescription of, ultimately, what
the head of the church no doubt.
But he is making a pretty boldstatement.
While they don't understandthis illustration for the moment
, they're eventually going toget it and be like it's just
like I mean you talked about inExodus 3.
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What does Moses hear?
God say?
That his name was and who hewas I am.
It's the same.
This is Jesus.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I am, I am Well, and I think like as we're man I love
that Like, as we're kind ofhalfway through the I am
statements this is a perfecttime to think about the
completeness of them, because hesays I am the bread, so he is
our nourishment.
To think about the completenessof them because he says I am the
bread, yep, so he, he is ournourishment, he's our kind of,
our source of life, he is thelight, he, he is our, our way
that we see the door, he's theprotection, he's the shepherd,
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he's the caretaker, he's thevine, he's he's the drink.
He is everything and as he goesthrough the Gospel of John.
That's what we see.
He says if you need somethingin life, whether it be this life
or the life to come, it's me, Iam, I am.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
You know?
And the other thing about thedoor, that kind of goes with
your trivial question at thebeginning 34% enter through
unlocked doors.
One of the things, guys, isChrist being the door, it's
always open yeah it's alwaysopen for people, yeah, to be
able to enter into his fold.
It's always there, he'sbeckoning us, desires for us to
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enter and become a follower, tocome a sheep, to know his voice.
And that, to me, is justtremendous, because you know,
you think about.
The blessing of that is thatit's always open, it's always
unlocked.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
You think about the quality of a door too.
You know, you think about acheap door and how it, I mean,
just falls apart.
But, man, you get a good wooddoor, man, it's like that thing
is nice man, it's sturdy, it'sstrong, it's like that thing is
nice man, it's sturdy, it'sstrong and that's the thing it
almost.
You know the beauty of a realsolid, heavy door.
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It carries a different feelthan a cheap door.
you just you know push around,and I think what Wayne's talking
about brings out a prettystrong point as powerful as
Jesus is, it's always availableand open.
Where you would think you knowthere could be a hesitation
because of who he is and howexalted he truly is, but he's
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like no, I want you to be a partof this family.
Come on in here and I'llprotect you and give you that
salvation.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Yeah.
So let's get to the actual I amstatement.
Let's read verses 7 through 10.
So Jesus again said to themtruly, truly, I say to you, I am
the door of the sheep.
All who came before me arethieves and robbers, but the
sheep did not listen to them.
I am the door.
If anyone enters by me, he willbe saved and will go in and out
and find pasture.
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The thief comes only to steal.
And so, Wayne, I think thesecond thing that stands out in
this passage is both thecondemnation and the
proclamation.
And so the condemnation is thatthe thieves bring death and the
proclamation is that those whoenter through Christ will have
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the abundant life.
So, Wayne, talk to us aboutJesus, how he tells us that he
is the door to life abundant,and then kind of contrast that
with the consequences of thosewho try to enter another way,
you know, when I think aboutthis passage, I cannot keep from
thinking about what he saidearlier in the book of Matthew 7
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.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Okay, when he says that there's a broad way many
enter in and there's a realnarrow way.
You know, doors are prettynarrow in comparison to the big
house, right, okay, so there's anarrow way, one of those a
broad way leads to destruction,um, and condemnation.
But there is a way that'snarrow, takes a little more
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effort to get in, uh, and noteverybody's doing it, few be
there that find it.
And when I think about thesepassages, seven through ten, uh,
it just kind of stands out tome that that here is jesus
saying want you to come in.
We've talked about that.
I want you to enter.
And then he says when you do, Iwant you to see the blessings
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of it.
Okay, thinking about thecontrast of what you have in
Christ, the door.
And if you don't enter inthrough the door and that's what
you see here, that on theoutside, if you you enter the
door verse nine there'ssalvation, you will be saved and
you'll go out and there's thatnourishment.
You go in and you go out andyou find pastor, and you know
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that's the role of a shepherd.
But then he talks about acontrast.
The thief has a purpose, justlike cross has a purpose.
He wants to give us nourishment.
He wants to give us nourishment, he wants to give us safety, he
wants to give us security.
A thief is quite the opposite ofthat.
They're going to come and take,they're going to remove, not
give.
And he says the thief comes tosteal and to kill.
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But I am come that you can havesomething.
But, guys, I just love thisword At the end of verse 10,
what we can have in Christ isabundantly.
You know it just says a thiefwill come and take all that he
can take.
Christ is coming to give us allthat.
He can give us, just runningover.
If you look up that wordabundantly there, it's a really
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interesting word.
It literally means that it'ssomething beyond, it's exceeding
.
And you know I have a prettysimple mind.
But if you've got a 12-ouncebottle and you fill that up,
then what happens when you put14 ounces, 15 ounces, 16 ounces?
It just runs over, it justgushes out.
And as it does that, it justkeeps pouring over and it keeps
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overflowing.
And that's the way it is.
That's what Christ says I'mcoming, thief.
You know, like you were sayinga few months ago, those
Pharisees that thought they hadit figured out.
He says no, you don't have it.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
And they weren't even trying to allow the people to
even grow in it, they were justtrying to hold them.
They were trying to oppressthem and make them do.
They were trying to oppressthem and make them do.
They were trying to hold themdown from even growing.
Right Rule keeping, rulekeeping.
You're not in.
I can't believe that you'rehealed and you're trying to be
excited about it.
I can't believe that you wouldcome in here and tell people
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that somebody's changed yourlife and Jesus says, no,
actually, I love what you'resaying.
Actually, I don't only want youto be saved and be safe, but I
want you to thrive.
Right, right, I want to createsomething in you that overflows
Exactly man.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
So, as I thought about that, I just kind of
jotted down four things.
Maybe we can just kind of thinkabout them for a moment.
When you think aboutcondemnation, Jesus is the
escape of that, he's escape ofcondemnation.
But there's also, as you lookat this whole 10 verses, the
entirety of it.
He's the door that allows ushow peaceful god and when he
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talks about he is the door, he'sthe door of entrance into the
family of God.
You know, and here's the greatthing, when it's all said and
done, jesus is the door ofgiving us access into heaven.
John 14, you quoted a fewmoments ago.
He's the way, the truth and thelife.
Okay, there's no other way intosalvation and there's no other
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way into heaven except throughJesus, the Christ.
He's it, yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
You know Well the one thing.
Getting back kind of to thefarm illustration of these guys
in the field, you know whetherthey're just wandering and all
day here, these you know sheepare out in the pasture and
they're finding brush to buildthis you know place to corral
them.
You think about it.
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He's setting it up in a placewhere they are going to be able
to eat and thrive and he's notsetting it up in a place where
it's going to be.
Oh, wait a minute, there's noteven any grass over here.
Yeah, this is where we need togo, like it's.
It's back to what Wayne issaying.
I'm just stuck on it right now.
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Jesus is the shepherd thattakes us around to where the
pasture is the best and he saysthis is where I want you to eat
and this is where we're going tosleep tonight and I'll let you
in and out, as you need to go inand out.
And the sheep are like cool.
I mean there's like no questionabout it.
They just go in and out becausethey understand his voice.
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Me and wayne talked about this.
I whistle at them cows, itdoesn't matter where they're at
if they hear my whistle.
I've heard my little nephew tryto do a whistle.
I've heard my mama try to do awhistle.
I've heard other Libby's triedto do the whistle.
It ain't even the same Soon as Ido the whistle.
Here they come and I mean he issaying, I mean he is really
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pressing on these Pharisees andhe is so smooth they don't even
really know it yet.
I mean they finally figured outwhy they kill him.
But I mean he is saying I'mtrying to make it abundant.
You guys are trying to keep itunder wraps and keep it closed
when those cows I guess you'rethe cow whisperer, but when?
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When they hear everybody elseexactly there it is.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Oh yeah, that's special right there that's
unique okay but think about thiswhen they hear that whistle,
why do they come running?
They know I'm gonna give themsomething exactly right, yep,
that you to them here's.
Here's a free gift, here's somefree food.
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Yeah, here's something I knowI'm gonna supply them.
You're to give them anabundance.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
You're not going to get them up there and trick them
.
So, all those things being trueabout Jesus.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Why do we, as sheep, try to escape the sheepfold?
Why do we try to wander off?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah.
Well because we hardheadExactly.
I got a couple cows.
I'm like you know what.
They just don't want to listen.
I got a couple cows.
I'm like you know what theyjust don't want to listen.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
I mean there are, when do they end up?
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Yeah, they gone.
But I mean that is true, likeeven in the herd for the cows
and I know sheep and cows are alittle bit different, but there
are very much some similaritiesin that.
The one thing about the cows isthere is you know this.
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One lady told me a story.
She said the cows got out oneday at her house and her dad was
in a wheelchair and he comewheeling out there and he said,
did you get them back in?
Yeah, and said which one wasthe first one?
And looked at that one and itwas one that they loved, all of
them.
That one was gone the next daybecause that one was the one who
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let them out and let them in.
And so I think that sometimes wefeel like we know better than
the shepherd and me and Waynetalked about this as well yeah,
I think that the simplicity ofwhat a sheep is they just hear
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and do it is just as similar asJesus saying unless you become
like a child, you won't be ableto be a part of this kingdom.
Because I'm just asking you tolisten and to obey.
That's all I'm asking.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
I think in answer to that question just using
biblical words stiff, neck andhard hearted.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
That's right, stiff neck hard hearted.
Yep neck hard-hearted.
Yeah, adam and eve style weknow best.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
And jesus says no, you, hey, you can't even get in
yeah it's a solid wall.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
If I wasn't for the door yeah, well and, and you
think about everyone inscripture that's good stuff
except jesus experiences thatwandering moment yeah and, and
it always ends badly.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yes, I mean we did those episodes on David and
Bathsheba.
Think about Adam and Eve, rightI?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
mean.
Just think about anybody inscripture that has more than
three verses dedicated to them.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
It always ends badly.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Yes, and so maybe that's a thought for us of just
be a good sheep.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Just listen to the voice.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
That's right.
Follow the voice, follow it.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
And so one of the things that we've been doing
with the I Am episodes is reallytrying to focus on the identity
of Jesus and what he isrevealing about himself with
each statement, and I know we'vealready talked a lot about this
but as we think about Jesussaying I am the door what's he
telling us?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
What are?
Speaker 1 (24:53):
those key messages that we can hold on to from
Jesus's teaching.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
I think what you say earlier.
I'm the man.
I mean John 941,.
If you were blind you wouldhave no sin.
But now you say we see.
Therefore your sin remains.
They don't even recognize whohe is.
And I mean to me really, johndoes a great job.
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The other gospels do as well,but in a little bit of a
different shape.
John is actually allowing thewords of Jesus to elevate who he
is, and I just go back toPhilippians 2.
He didn't consider robbery tobe equal with God.
He has no problem saying thisis who I am.
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He has no problem.
But at the end of the day,every knee will bow every tongue
will confess his name.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
And he knows that.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
I mean, you know, that to me sets a tone of just
the confidence of who Jesus is,but the humility as well to care
for a knucklehead like me youknow a bad sheep that tries N to
.
You need to come back over hereLead you back.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Come on, man yeah that's right and the fact that
he let us even in.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Yep, and even let us in.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah.
So, as we approach the end ofthis episode, what are the
takeaways?
How do we make it real Matt?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
start it off for us Trust and obey, for there's no
other way.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
You know the podcast rule If you mention a song,
you've got to sing it.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Please, please.
I sat by him on Saturdaymornings.
You don't want that.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
That's why I don't ever bring up a song.
Yeah, I think that's bring up asong.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Yeah, I think that's my takeaway Exactly Trust and
obey, because there's no otherway.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
I mean, what a great song for this moment, for that
moment, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Wayne, just the blessing it is.
I just wrote down Psalm 100,verse 3.
Know that the Lord himself isGod.
He's the man, as you just said,matt, and it is he who has made
us, not we ourselves Get out ofthe way, wayne.
God knows best and it says weare his people and the sheep of
his pasture.
(27:20):
And I love what Psalm 95 says,that we're the sheep of his hand
.
What a blessing that is.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Amen, and mine is as we try to emulate Jesus, we have
to be doors too, and so doors,like we said at the beginning,
provide protection and filtersfor who can enter the house, and
we have to guard the door ofour life so the thief doesn't
come in and that we don't havean unlocked door and that we
take care of what's inside ourhouse and we serve as the
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shepherd of our life and ourfamily inside our house, and we
serve as the shepherd of ourlife and our family's life soon.
And just serve as that sense ofprotection.
Love it, amen.
Great.
All right guys Enjoyed it, asalways.
Appreciate it, I'll do it againin a couple of weeks.
Take care, see ya.
Thank you.
Hello friends and welcome to the Rooted and
Grounded podcast from 109 Churchof Christ in.
Lebanon, Tennessee.
We don't say this very often,but if you are listening and do
not come to church at 109, comevisit us.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oh, we'd love for you to.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I mean, we certainly hope the reach of this podcast
is far beyond middle Tennessee,but if you're here, come say
hello.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yeah, man, for sure We'd love it, wouldn't we?
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I'd love to hear somebody say hey, we came here
because we heard the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Exactly right.
I'm hugging them, holy kiss.
Possible?
It's possible.
You're going to hug himregardless.
Exactly right.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Exactly right.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
If you don't understand, listen to the
Christmas episode.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Exactly, go back and just listen, okay.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
So trivia question for you guys what is the most
common way that a thief breaksinto a home?
Very sneaky.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
In the dark.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Credit card.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
That's one Through the window.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Yeah, both of those are incorrect.
Ding ding, ding, ding.
So around 34% of the time it isthrough an unlocked front door.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Unlocked yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Unlocked front doors are the most common way that
burglars break into homes.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
That's 34%.
The other percent they use acredit card.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
They just wiggle that thing right.
Yeah, how about that?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Find the friendly dog that can do the doorknob, find
those creative ways.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
But all that to say, doors are really important and
they have a lot of differentfunctions for a home.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
I think on one hand.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
It's a symbol.
It's the initial impression of.
Does this house look likeHalloween in the middle of June?
Like a house to avoid?
Is it welcoming?
Is it welcoming?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Is it?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
inviting.
It's also protection fromelements, from animals, from all
sorts of things, and it's afilter, I mean you can control
who you open and close the doorto and let in your home, both
from a people standpoint andfrom just a content life in
general standpoint.
And we bring all this upbecause today we're going to
(02:28):
focus on Jesus saying that he isthe door, and so as we look at
his I am statements before webegin.
John 10 is kind of unique inthat we have two I am statements
in the same passage.
And so view this as kind of partone in a way, because we're
going to look at I am the doortoday and then the next episode
(02:49):
we'll look at I'm the goodshepherd from the same passage.
But the door is the setup.
And so let's spend our timelooking at the door and read
John, chapter 10, verses onethrough six.
Jesus says truly, truly, I sayto you, he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door butclimbs in by another way, that
(03:09):
man is a thief and a robber.
But he who enters by the dooris the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the gatekeeper opens thesheep hear his voice and he
calls his own sheep by name andleads them out when he has
brought out all his own.
That's a big surprise, yeah,shock, shock.
He's kind of like me, huh, whathe was saying to them.
(03:30):
And so before Jesus?
That's a big surprise, shock,shock.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
It's kind of like me, huh.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And so before Jesus says that he is the door.
He gives us this stark examplein verse one, that those who do
not join the sheep through thedoor are not welcome.
There's no climbing over thegate, there's no sneaking in.
The only way to get in isthrough the door are not welcome
.
There's no climbing over thegate, there's no sneaking in.
The only way to get in isthrough the door.
And Jesus says those that don'tare thieves and robbers.
(04:12):
But the shepherd has done itthe right way.
So, Matt, talk to us about whatJesus is teaching that there's
only one way to join his sheep.
Why is it so important that wego through the door?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
So me and Wayne were talking about this and just kind
of gathering our thoughts andI've heard lessons on this and
you know, people have talkedabout this and given examples in
the PowerPoint slides and shownall of these different ways to
corral the sheep.
(04:45):
And one of the things that Ithink is interesting with what
Jesus is doing is he's usingterminology While they don't
understand it in that moment.
That's the beauty of what Jesusdoes he sets out that idea for
you to think about and it's notimpossible to figure out,
because they understandshepherding.
(05:06):
And if you've got, let's justsay, your property, whatever it
was 40 acres and you've got thatsheep, the sheep that are
they're going to, you know, roamaround these pastures or
whatever.
There are certain locationswhere they have built or made a
place for those sheep to becorralled in for the night, and
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whether it's stone, whether it's, you know, the thorny bushes,
whatever they're using toconnect it around with it, all
leads to one place and that'sthat door.
And you know, when you thinkabout the setup of that, and I
think that this is, you know,getting into this, thieves and
robbers coming on the outsidethe reason why they have that
(05:54):
corral set up and the door beingwhere the shepherd sits, is
three things safety, securityand to save them.
I mean the safety is, you knowthey're kind of out of the
elements then Maybe notnecessarily the rain or all
those things, but you know theycan kind of corral together and
(06:16):
come together to be protectedfrom, you know, the cold or
whatever it is.
But also there's these animalsthat if they're going to try and
get in, they've got to make aneffort to get into it, and so I
think that what Jesus is tryingto set up is something that if
they looked at, they wouldunderstand.
(06:37):
Okay, he's saying that he's thedoor, he's the one that keeps
people from coming in and comingout, and the only way that you
can get in is through him.
It's this elevation of who heis and I don't even want to
really talk about it.
But if he's saying he's thedoor, then he's also saying that
(06:57):
I'm a sheep, exactly, and Idon't really love where he's
trying to take me on that I getit.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
But you know, when it says I am the door, I think
it's important.
It's not just that, hey, I'mone of many doors.
You know I'm not one of manypaths.
Yeah, I'm not one of manyoptions, he is the option, you
know.
He is the path, he is the door.
And it's significant to me thatwhen I read that that I am the
(07:34):
door, he doesn't leave any doubtabout it.
You know, it's not like well,hey, let's talk about this and
let me convince you.
No, he just, he just states thefact am I am.
I mean, that's it okay, prettyclear.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, well, and I think a lot about when he says
I'm the way, the truth and theline it's like I'm the way, I'm
the door, if you want to join me.
There's no getting in your ownway.
There's no shortcuts.
That's right.
Here's how you do it.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
There's no sneaking in like we were, you know, like
we said a while ago, like athief was trying to sneak in.
He's not going to call you andtell you hey, you ought to be
ready about 1230 today, becauseI'm going to kind of come in and
rob you.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Right.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
He's going to do it underhandedly and backhandedly.
And so Jesus says here's theway in, there's no other
sneaking in, you're not going toclimb in any other way sneaking
in.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
You're not going to climb in any other way.
Well, and that shepherd, whenhe's at that door, he's paying
attention to the things that areoutside of it too, I mean, and
he knows if things are going to,he's paying attention to the
things that are climbing over.
It's like you can't get in here, you can't, you can't come in
this place, and the only waythat you can is through this
front door.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
That's the only that's the only opening this you
can is through this front door.
That's the only way.
That's the only opening.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
That's the only opening you got.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
You know and I you know, I've read that when
shepherds, true shepherds, whatthey would do is in that opening
at night.
That's where they hung out,that's where they slept.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
And that way there's no would know if a woman's
trying to come in or if asheep's trying to wander away.
So that goes back to thatsecurity, you know, and he
provide them safety becausethat's that was what his role
was.
So he was the door to providethat protection for them and
that security yeah, there wasthat.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
The one example I was looking at was sometimes they
would go into like caves andwhen they would go into that
cave, you know, all of the sheepwould be in there.
And who's right at the frontdoor is the shepherd, you know,
and he's on watch, um, becausehe cares about the sheep, you
know, and I know we're going tokind of get into that as we move
(09:41):
forward in these passages inparticular, but I mean he is
saying I'm the one, I'm the one.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
And you say that they know him.
It goes back to verse 4 and 5,matt, that you read about the
sheep.
Follow him, because Not thatshe's just out there wandering
around and he may have some food, no, it's because they know,
yep, his voice.
Yeah, you know, and weunderstand that with
identification voices you know.
(10:11):
A lot of times somebody callyou on the phone you don't say I
have to say who is this youknow how you know you can't see
them.
Yep, you know that voice, yeahyou know exactly who it is
you're making the notificationand those sheep, as we all know,
probably not the smartestanimals.
That's ever Easy, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Easy.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Easy, easy.
But they're smart enough toknow.
They know that voice, they knowhim.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yeah, well, I think this is a perfect passage on the
simplicity of Scripture.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
We've even done episodes on this.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I think it was the John 3 scene where we looked at
the simple and the complex, andscripture is perfect for every
situation in life.
But if you want to follow Jesus, just do what the Bible says.
Exactly I mean and people makeit so complicated and they try
to have other things.
But if you want the peace, ifyou want to be a sheep, you want
(11:05):
the shepherd follow jesusfollow the bible?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
yeah, because you know acts 412 talks about
there's no other name givenamong men.
No other none.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Except Jesus.
And I mean he's starting.
He is starting out on this andhe's you know John 9 is such a
beautiful story in itselfbecause you know he heals this
blind man.
And you remember, at the tailend of it, in verse 41, john 9,
41, if you were blind you wouldhave no sin.
(11:37):
But you say we see, thereforeyour sin remains.
He's talking to Pharisees, whosay that they can truly see.
And the very first statementthat he makes to the Pharisees
is I'm the door.
And they're like what are youtalking about?
They have no idea.
Of course these things aregoing to come.
(11:58):
Of course these things aregoing to come.
And he's beginning thisdescription of, ultimately, what
the head of the church no doubt.
But he is making a pretty boldstatement.
While they don't understandthis illustration for the moment
, they're eventually going toget it and be like it's just
like I mean you talked about inExodus 3.
(12:19):
What does Moses hear?
God say?
That his name was and who hewas I am.
It's the same.
This is Jesus.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I am, I am Well, and I think like as we're man I love
that Like, as we're kind ofhalfway through the I am
statements this is a perfecttime to think about the
completeness of them, because hesays I am the bread, so he is
our nourishment.
To think about the completenessof them because he says I am the
bread, yep, so he, he is ournourishment, he's our kind of,
our source of life, he is thelight, he, he is our, our way
that we see the door, he's theprotection, he's the shepherd,
(12:52):
he's the caretaker, he's thevine, he's he's the drink.
He is everything and as he goesthrough the Gospel of John.
That's what we see.
He says if you need somethingin life, whether it be this life
or the life to come, it's me, Iam, I am.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
You know?
And the other thing about thedoor, that kind of goes with
your trivial question at thebeginning 34% enter through
unlocked doors.
One of the things, guys, isChrist being the door, it's
always open yeah it's alwaysopen for people, yeah, to be
able to enter into his fold.
It's always there, he'sbeckoning us, desires for us to
(13:32):
enter and become a follower, tocome a sheep, to know his voice.
And that, to me, is justtremendous, because you know,
you think about.
The blessing of that is thatit's always open, it's always
unlocked.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
You think about the quality of a door too.
You know, you think about acheap door and how it, I mean,
just falls apart.
But, man, you get a good wooddoor, man, it's like that thing
is nice man, it's sturdy, it'sstrong, it's like that thing is
nice man, it's sturdy, it'sstrong and that's the thing it
almost.
You know the beauty of a realsolid, heavy door.
(14:09):
It carries a different feelthan a cheap door.
you just you know push around,and I think what Wayne's talking
about brings out a prettystrong point as powerful as
Jesus is, it's always availableand open.
Where you would think you knowthere could be a hesitation
because of who he is and howexalted he truly is, but he's
(14:33):
like no, I want you to be a partof this family.
Come on in here and I'llprotect you and give you that
salvation.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Yeah.
So let's get to the actual I amstatement.
Let's read verses 7 through 10.
So Jesus again said to themtruly, truly, I say to you, I am
the door of the sheep.
All who came before me arethieves and robbers, but the
sheep did not listen to them.
I am the door.
If anyone enters by me, he willbe saved and will go in and out
and find pasture.
(15:00):
The thief comes only to steal.
And so, Wayne, I think thesecond thing that stands out in
this passage is both thecondemnation and the
proclamation.
And so the condemnation is thatthe thieves bring death and the
proclamation is that those whoenter through Christ will have
(15:22):
the abundant life.
So, Wayne, talk to us aboutJesus, how he tells us that he
is the door to life abundant,and then kind of contrast that
with the consequences of thosewho try to enter another way,
you know, when I think aboutthis passage, I cannot keep from
thinking about what he saidearlier in the book of Matthew 7
(15:42):
.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Okay, when he says that there's a broad way many
enter in and there's a realnarrow way.
You know, doors are prettynarrow in comparison to the big
house, right, okay, so there's anarrow way, one of those a
broad way leads to destruction,um, and condemnation.
But there is a way that'snarrow, takes a little more
(16:06):
effort to get in, uh, and noteverybody's doing it, few be
there that find it.
And when I think about thesepassages, seven through ten, uh,
it just kind of stands out tome that that here is jesus
saying want you to come in.
We've talked about that.
I want you to enter.
And then he says when you do, Iwant you to see the blessings
(16:26):
of it.
Okay, thinking about thecontrast of what you have in
Christ, the door.
And if you don't enter inthrough the door and that's what
you see here, that on theoutside, if you you enter the
door verse nine there'ssalvation, you will be saved and
you'll go out and there's thatnourishment.
You go in and you go out andyou find pastor, and you know
(16:50):
that's the role of a shepherd.
But then he talks about acontrast.
The thief has a purpose, justlike cross has a purpose.
He wants to give us nourishment.
He wants to give us nourishment, he wants to give us safety, he
wants to give us security.
A thief is quite the opposite ofthat.
They're going to come and take,they're going to remove, not
give.
And he says the thief comes tosteal and to kill.
(17:13):
But I am come that you can havesomething.
But, guys, I just love thisword At the end of verse 10,
what we can have in Christ isabundantly.
You know it just says a thiefwill come and take all that he
can take.
Christ is coming to give us allthat.
He can give us, just runningover.
If you look up that wordabundantly there, it's a really
(17:35):
interesting word.
It literally means that it'ssomething beyond, it's exceeding
.
And you know I have a prettysimple mind.
But if you've got a 12-ouncebottle and you fill that up,
then what happens when you put14 ounces, 15 ounces, 16 ounces?
It just runs over, it justgushes out.
And as it does that, it justkeeps pouring over and it keeps
(17:59):
overflowing.
And that's the way it is.
That's what Christ says I'mcoming, thief.
You know, like you were sayinga few months ago, those
Pharisees that thought they hadit figured out.
He says no, you don't have it.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
And they weren't even trying to allow the people to
even grow in it, they were justtrying to hold them.
They were trying to oppressthem and make them do.
They were trying to oppressthem and make them do.
They were trying to hold themdown from even growing.
Right Rule keeping, rulekeeping.
You're not in.
I can't believe that you'rehealed and you're trying to be
excited about it.
I can't believe that you wouldcome in here and tell people
(18:33):
that somebody's changed yourlife and Jesus says, no,
actually, I love what you'resaying.
Actually, I don't only want youto be saved and be safe, but I
want you to thrive.
Right, right, I want to createsomething in you that overflows
Exactly man.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
So, as I thought about that, I just kind of
jotted down four things.
Maybe we can just kind of thinkabout them for a moment.
When you think aboutcondemnation, Jesus is the
escape of that, he's escape ofcondemnation.
But there's also, as you lookat this whole 10 verses, the
entirety of it.
He's the door that allows ushow peaceful god and when he
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talks about he is the door, he'sthe door of entrance into the
family of God.
You know, and here's the greatthing, when it's all said and
done, jesus is the door ofgiving us access into heaven.
John 14, you quoted a fewmoments ago.
He's the way, the truth and thelife.
Okay, there's no other way intosalvation and there's no other
(19:37):
way into heaven except throughJesus, the Christ.
He's it, yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
You know Well the one thing.
Getting back kind of to thefarm illustration of these guys
in the field, you know whetherthey're just wandering and all
day here, these you know sheepare out in the pasture and
they're finding brush to buildthis you know place to corral
them.
You think about it.
(20:02):
He's setting it up in a placewhere they are going to be able
to eat and thrive and he's notsetting it up in a place where
it's going to be.
Oh, wait a minute, there's noteven any grass over here.
Yeah, this is where we need togo, like it's.
It's back to what Wayne issaying.
I'm just stuck on it right now.
(20:23):
Jesus is the shepherd thattakes us around to where the
pasture is the best and he saysthis is where I want you to eat
and this is where we're going tosleep tonight and I'll let you
in and out, as you need to go inand out.
And the sheep are like cool.
I mean there's like no questionabout it.
They just go in and out becausethey understand his voice.
(20:47):
Me and wayne talked about this.
I whistle at them cows, itdoesn't matter where they're at
if they hear my whistle.
I've heard my little nephew tryto do a whistle.
I've heard my mama try to do awhistle.
I've heard other Libby's triedto do the whistle.
It ain't even the same Soon as Ido the whistle.
Here they come and I mean he issaying, I mean he is really
(21:11):
pressing on these Pharisees andhe is so smooth they don't even
really know it yet.
I mean they finally figured outwhy they kill him.
But I mean he is saying I'mtrying to make it abundant.
You guys are trying to keep itunder wraps and keep it closed
when those cows I guess you'rethe cow whisperer, but when?
(21:32):
When they hear everybody elseexactly there it is.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Oh yeah, that's special right there that's
unique okay but think about thiswhen they hear that whistle,
why do they come running?
They know I'm gonna give themsomething exactly right, yep,
that you to them here's.
Here's a free gift, here's somefree food.
(21:56):
Yeah, here's something I knowI'm gonna supply them.
You're to give them anabundance.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
You're not going to get them up there and trick them
.
So, all those things being trueabout Jesus.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Why do we, as sheep, try to escape the sheepfold?
Why do we try to wander off?
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah.
Well because we hardheadExactly.
I got a couple cows.
I'm like you know what.
They just don't want to listen.
I got a couple cows.
I'm like you know what theyjust don't want to listen.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
I mean there are, when do they end up?
Speaker 3 (22:25):
Yeah, they gone.
But I mean that is true, likeeven in the herd for the cows
and I know sheep and cows are alittle bit different, but there
are very much some similaritiesin that.
The one thing about the cows isthere is you know this.
(22:45):
One lady told me a story.
She said the cows got out oneday at her house and her dad was
in a wheelchair and he comewheeling out there and he said,
did you get them back in?
Yeah, and said which one wasthe first one?
And looked at that one and itwas one that they loved, all of
them.
That one was gone the next daybecause that one was the one who
(23:08):
let them out and let them in.
And so I think that sometimes wefeel like we know better than
the shepherd and me and Waynetalked about this as well yeah,
I think that the simplicity ofwhat a sheep is they just hear
(23:30):
and do it is just as similar asJesus saying unless you become
like a child, you won't be ableto be a part of this kingdom.
Because I'm just asking you tolisten and to obey.
That's all I'm asking.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
I think in answer to that question just using
biblical words stiff, neck andhard hearted.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
That's right, stiff neck hard hearted.
Yep neck hard-hearted.
Yeah, adam and eve style weknow best.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
And jesus says no, you, hey, you can't even get in
yeah it's a solid wall.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
If I wasn't for the door yeah, well and, and you
think about everyone inscripture that's good stuff
except jesus experiences thatwandering moment yeah and, and
it always ends badly.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yes, I mean we did those episodes on David and
Bathsheba.
Think about Adam and Eve, rightI?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
mean.
Just think about anybody inscripture that has more than
three verses dedicated to them.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
It always ends badly.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Yes, and so maybe that's a thought for us of just
be a good sheep.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Yes, yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Just listen to the voice.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
That's right.
Follow the voice, follow it.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
And so one of the things that we've been doing
with the I Am episodes is reallytrying to focus on the identity
of Jesus and what he isrevealing about himself with
each statement, and I know we'vealready talked a lot about this
but as we think about Jesussaying I am the door what's he
telling us?
Speaker 2 (24:53):
What are?
Speaker 1 (24:53):
those key messages that we can hold on to from
Jesus's teaching.
Speaker 3 (24:59):
I think what you say earlier.
I'm the man.
I mean John 941,.
If you were blind you wouldhave no sin.
But now you say we see.
Therefore your sin remains.
They don't even recognize whohe is.
And I mean to me really, johndoes a great job.
(25:23):
The other gospels do as well,but in a little bit of a
different shape.
John is actually allowing thewords of Jesus to elevate who he
is, and I just go back toPhilippians 2.
He didn't consider robbery tobe equal with God.
He has no problem saying thisis who I am.
(25:45):
He has no problem.
But at the end of the day,every knee will bow every tongue
will confess his name.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
And he knows that.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
I mean, you know, that to me sets a tone of just
the confidence of who Jesus is,but the humility as well to care
for a knucklehead like me youknow a bad sheep that tries N to
.
You need to come back over hereLead you back.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Come on, man yeah that's right and the fact that
he let us even in.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
Yep, and even let us in.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
Yeah.
So, as we approach the end ofthis episode, what are the
takeaways?
How do we make it real Matt?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
start it off for us Trust and obey, for there's no
other way.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
You know the podcast rule If you mention a song,
you've got to sing it.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Please, please.
I sat by him on Saturdaymornings.
You don't want that.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
That's why I don't ever bring up a song.
Yeah, I think that's bring up asong.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Yeah, I think that's my takeaway Exactly Trust and
obey, because there's no otherway.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
I mean, what a great song for this moment, for that
moment, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
Wayne, just the blessing it is.
I just wrote down Psalm 100,verse 3.
Know that the Lord himself isGod.
He's the man, as you just said,matt, and it is he who has made
us, not we ourselves Get out ofthe way, wayne.
God knows best and it says weare his people and the sheep of
his pasture.
(27:20):
And I love what Psalm 95 says,that we're the sheep of his hand
.
What a blessing that is.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Amen, and mine is as we try to emulate Jesus, we have
to be doors too, and so doors,like we said at the beginning,
provide protection and filtersfor who can enter the house, and
we have to guard the door ofour life so the thief doesn't
come in and that we don't havean unlocked door and that we
take care of what's inside ourhouse and we serve as the
(27:49):
shepherd of our life and ourfamily inside our house, and we
serve as the shepherd of ourlife and our family's life soon.
And just serve as that sense ofprotection.
Love it, amen.
Great.
All right guys Enjoyed it, asalways.
Appreciate it, I'll do it againin a couple of weeks.
Take care, see ya.
Thank you.
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