I am the door
Says the Lord, Jesus Christ,
The salvation of every human being
Hangs on his sacrifice.
No other door is available
Whereby a man can be saved,
It matters not your denomination
Or how well you behave.
No merit has anyone
Other than Jesus Christ in him,
Jesus the door, is the only deliverance
From the wages of sin.
The door to life abundant
Thus, the door to escape death,
The door to life everlasting
And God’s eternal rest.
Not just cracked open
That only a few can get in
But the door for the whosoever,
All can come to him.
All that came before Jesus
Were robbers and thieves
That took advantage of the sheep
And did as they pleased.
Their door was ineffective
And only scattered the sheep,
The sheep for whom Jesus died:
The sheep he still doth seek.
A great door and effectual
Declared the Apostle Paul,
This door was for them as well as us,
Jew, Gentile and all.
Knock and it will open
Meaning the door of salvation,
All that come, he will not refuse
Is his call to every nation.
The Jews first then Gentiles
Making them both one in Christ,
Baptized into one Holy Spirit
Via one atoning Sacrifice.
One sheep fold, not two
As some are wont to believe,
Just as Jesus said, “I am the door,”
It’s for all who will receive.
The Kingdom and the Church
Both rolled into one,
A people, neither Gentile nor Jew,
But only the reborn.
A new Israel, as it were,
But with a heavenly city,
The new Jerusalem that John saw
Coming in AD 70.
The destruction of the first
Was the initiation of the second,
No longer a door to a physical temple
But Jesus that now beckons.
“Come on to me,” he says,
And I will give you rest,”
Jesus is that door to that one fold-
Choose life rather than death!
Buried with Christ in baptism
Risen with Christ through faith,
The operation of God the Father
Delivered to us by His grace.
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One door which is Jesus Christ,
He is the way, the truth and the life,
No other door will suffice.
Stewart Russell © March 30, 2024
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