“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9)

Christ, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true Church, and the way to God Himself. He gives the man who comes to God by Him four choice privileges:

1. He will be saved. Everyone who takes Christ as the door of faith to their souls are saved. Entrance through Christ into Life in this world is the guarantee of entrance by Him into the next. He’s the only door, an open door, a wide door, a safe door; and blessed is he who places all his hope of admission into Heaven on the One who was crucified for him.

2. He will go in. He’ll go in among the divine family, sharing the children’s bread, and participating in all their honors and enjoyments. He’ll partake of the Lord’s Supper, the treasures of the covenant, the storehouses of the promises. He’ll go into the King of kings in the power of the Holy Spirit, and the secret of the Lord shall be his.

3. He will go out. Unfortunately, this is often neglected. We go out into the world to labor and suffer, but what a mercy to go out in the name and power of Christ! We’re called to bear witness to the Truth, to cheer the downcast, to warn the careless, to win souls, and to glorify God.

4. He shall find pasture. He who knows Christ will never want. Going in and out will be helpful to him: in fellowship with God he’ll grow, and in watering others he’ll be watered himself. Having made Christ his everything, he’ll find everything he needs in Christ. His soul will be as a watered garden, and out of his heart will flow rivers of Living Water.