John 10:9-11
What is written? (ESV)
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
What does it say?
I am the door, the only way by which someone can be saved and find spiritual solace. The imposter comes only to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to give abundant life. Jesus is the good shepherd, who will always lay down his life for the sheep.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus has just healed the man blind from birth and gives His great dissertation of the good shepherd.
How John 10:9-11 is applied across Bible answers
Top 5: Images of the church?
Jesus is the metaphorical shepherd that protects and sacrifices for the sheep (His followers that are saved).
"The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out." (vs 2)
What was Jesus’ mission on earth?
Jesus came to give life, spiritual life, to those who otherwise would be dead.
