The Good Shepherd John 10:9-11
• Now the Subject Moves to Security Within the Sheepfold (V9)
• I am the door-Not Literal, But Exclusive
• One Way Door That Shuts Behind Us
• Saved (sozein)-Deliver From the Penalties of the Judgment (Lk 19:10)
• By me-By Living Relation to Christ
• If any man-Either Shepherd or Sheep
• Enter-We All Begin on the Outside
• Shall be saved-Delivered from Judgment & Granting of Eternal Life
• Shall go in and out-An Expression to Refer to all of One’s Daily Activities (Deut 28:6; Ps 121:8; Acts 1:21)
• Find pasture-Needs of Life (Spiritual and Physical)
• The Use of Three’s is a Biblical Way of Emphasizing Qualities
• Here the Three’s Emphasize the Powerful Nature of Evil Opponents
• Contrasting the Positive Effect on the Sheep with the Negative
• Have it-Have it and Hold it
• More abundantly (perisson)-Means That Which Goes Way Beyond Necessity
• Good (Kalos)-Good Without Limitation or Qualification
• The-Many Worthy of the Name, But Jesus Alone Justifies the Designation
• Prophesy Declares Him to be The Shepherd (Gen 49:22-24; John 11:49-52)
• Giveth his life-Layeth Down or Die Voluntarily
• For the sheep-The Shepherd Dies That the Sheep May Live (1 Jn 3:16; Matt 20:28)