John 10:6

John 10:6 say, This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.  The people did not understand the parable of the Good Shepherd.  Often today, even we as His followers may fail to understand what Jesus is telling us, so it should be no wonder that the lost world fails to understand.  Verse seven adds, Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  Jesus is the door for the sheep.  Again, in order for anyone to be His sheep, His followers, they must go through the door that only He can provide. To state it once more, Jesus is not a way to salvation, but He is the only way.  Verse eight continues, All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  Jesus said all that came before Him were thieves and robbers, but His sheep didn't hear them.  There had been others who claimed to be shepherds of Israel, but they had sought their own glory. The scribes and Pharisees were supposedly the ones leading people to God, but instead they sought their own position of power.  We are never to feel that we in anyway control salvation and are superior to other people.  We are to be His sheep, His servants, and to reach the lost world with His message.  Verse nine states, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  Jesus said, He was the door: and that by Him if any man enters in, he would be saved, and would go in and out, and find pasture.  We go in and out into the world to witness for Christ, but we rest secure in His protection.  We have our needs met through Him as we find pasture.  Too often, we want more than just having our needs met.  We think another pasture looks better than the one God has provided. That is when the thief steps in.  Verse ten adds, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  Jesus warned of the thieves coming to kill and destroy, but that He came to give abundant life.  When we look to the things of this world to bring satisfaction instead of looking to God in obedience, we have that abundant life stolen.  We sometimes seem to believe that abundant life means material riches, but instead it means a close personal relationship with Christ.  If we go in and out through the door of Christ, we will not be led astray.