{"id":6880,"date":"2022-03-13T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=6880"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T10:04:03","slug":"i-am-the-door","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/sermons\/i-am-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"I am the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the series on the &#8216;I ams&#8217; of Jesus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u2018Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.&nbsp;<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognise a stranger\u2019s voice.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore Jesus said again,&nbsp;\u2018Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.&nbsp;<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.<sup>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+10&amp;version=NIVUK#fen-NIVUK-26491a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>&nbsp;They will come in and go out, and find pasture.&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.<\/p><cite>John 10:1-10<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the series on the &#8216;I ams&#8217; of Jesus \u2018Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.&nbsp;2&nbsp;The one who &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[596,604],"ctc_sermon_book":[658,612],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[637],"ctc_sermon_tag":[592,595,624],"class_list":["post-6880","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_topic-faith-2","ctc_sermon_topic-jesus","ctc_sermon_book-john","ctc_sermon_book-matthew","ctc_sermon_speaker-rob-watson","ctc_sermon_tag-evangelism","ctc_sermon_tag-faith","ctc_sermon_tag-salvation-2","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6956,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/6880\/revisions\/6956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=6880"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=6880"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=6880"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=6880"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.twynhamchurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=6880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}