Statement three.. part 3...

There is one last thing about this Statement that we must cover, and it is one that is not specifically mentioned here, but it is a reality that all will realize as soon as it is spoken.  Something happens inside us as we pass through the Door, receiving both Bread and Light, and acknowledging Christ's ability to overcome and outshine any and all things in this world and beyond: we can hear Him.

"I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture."

John 10:9, HCSB

We enter through Him, and in that moment, we become His sheep.  (Little bit of foreshadowing here, but you get the picture.)  Being His sheep means that we hear His voice, and we know it when we are called back.  I remember as a child hearing my mother's voice over all the noise as she called for my brother and I to return home, sometimes from over a block away.  I could always tell when she was calling us, and when we needed to return to the door of our home. 

This is no different, as we enter through once to become a member of the blessed and saved flock, and then we go out to find pasture that we are supposed to graze in.  When we stray outside our pasture, He calls us home to the proper Gate or Door, which would be a return to Him.  And, like the memory of my mother calling for us for dinner, the voice of Christ is heard above all things, and cannot be ignored or muted or tuned out or silenced or deafened by anything or anyone... because He is FIRST, in all things, and His voice cuts through all the noise and all the distraction to remind us not only of who we are, but also of Whose we are.

Some people today are in need of a return to the Doorstep of grace and mercy, and they can hear Him calling them.  Trust me, it is not difficult to return to that place. Other people today are hearing this call for the first time, seeing this Door as open and inviting.  I pray that those people would boldly cross the threshold into a new and everlasting life of blessed and irreplaceable joy that comes from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, Emmanuel, the Angel of the LORD, the Word, the Bread, the Light... the Door.

God bless you all!!!