Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep,...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 10:7-9).
Christ is the door to the fold of God. Through this door all His children, from the earliest times, have found entrance. In Jesus, as shown in types, as shadowed in symbols, as manifested in the revelation of the prophets, as unveiled in the lessons given to His disciples, and in the miracles wrought for the sons of men, they have beheld 'the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world' (John 1:29), and through Him they are brought within the fold of His grace. Many have come presenting other objects for the faith of the world; ceremonies and systems have been devised by which men hope to receive justification and peace with God, and thus find entrance to His fold. But the only door is Christ, and all who have interposed something to take the place of Christ, all who have tried to enter the fold in some other way, are thieves and robbers" (The Desire of Ages, pp. 447, 448).
A door shuts in and shuts out. Those who enter by Christ, the door, find salvation. They find the more abundant, eternal life.
In the days of George Whitfield, Lady Hamilton once asked the duchess of Buckingham to come and hear the great preacher. The proud duchess refused to go, saying, "It is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the most common wretch that crawls." To find salvation we must come to Christ as sinners. "And thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day" (Ps. 71:15).
Christ is the door to the fold of God. Through this door all His children, from the earliest times, have found entrance. In Jesus, as shown in types, as shadowed in symbols, as manifested in the revelation of the prophets, as unveiled in the lessons given to His disciples, and in the miracles wrought for the sons of men, they have beheld 'the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world' (John 1:29), and through Him they are brought within the fold of His grace. Many have come presenting other objects for the faith of the world; ceremonies and systems have been devised by which men hope to receive justification and peace with God, and thus find entrance to His fold. But the only door is Christ, and all who have interposed something to take the place of Christ, all who have tried to enter the fold in some other way, are thieves and robbers" (The Desire of Ages, pp. 447, 448).
A door shuts in and shuts out. Those who enter by Christ, the door, find salvation. They find the more abundant, eternal life.
In the days of George Whitfield, Lady Hamilton once asked the duchess of Buckingham to come and hear the great preacher. The proud duchess refused to go, saying, "It is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the most common wretch that crawls." To find salvation we must come to Christ as sinners. "And thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day" (Ps. 71:15).
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