I AM the Gate Sermon Notes

Sermon 4 of our "I AM" series.

John 10:1–6 (NIV) -

1 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.


2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.


3 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.


4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.


5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”


6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.

John 10:7–10 (NIV) -

7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.


8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them.


9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.


10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Am I a Pharisee, living as a __________ and ____________, or am I a __________, living a ________ ________ in Jesus?