The Door to True Life

In the hills outside Jerusalem, shepherds gathered their flocks into stone enclosures

at night. A single narrow opening served as the only entrance —

the only way in, the only way out. Jesus looked at His disciples and used this familiar

scene to reveal a deep truth: “Truly, truly, I say to you,

I am the Door of the sheep.” The disciples listened closely. He explained:

A thief climbs over the wall. A stranger slips in by another way. But the shepherd

enters through the door — the rightful, trusted path. And Jesus said:

“All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.”