May 12, 2012 – John 9:35 – 10:21

Christ is the shepherd and also the gate that we must enter through.  When you hear “enter through” it brings to mind the language that is used to describe Baptism.  When you are Baptized it is said that you are “entering into the Church”. 

There is also language here about sheep “not of this flock”.  If he was talking to the Jews, it seems pretty apparent that He was talking about the Gentiles.  This becomes even more obvious when you know how quickly Gentiles became Christians and what happens in Acts.  But even though they are under different flock, there is to be one Shepherd and one flock.  There was never suppose to be the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians.  Similarly, today there are not suppose to be Catholic and Lutheran and Episcopalian or (insert one of the 30,000 plus names.)  ONE SHEPHERD, ONE FLOCK.