December 17

“/ am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall he saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” — John x. 9.

^ESUS, the great I AM, is the entrance into the true
church, and the way of access to God Himself. He
gives to the man who comes to God by Him font
choice privileges.

1. He shah be sated. The fugitive manslayer 1 the gate of the city of refuge, and was safe. Noah entered the door of the ark, and was secure. None can be lost wao take Jesus as the door of faith to their souls. Entrance ♦.hrougb Jesus into peace is the guarantee of entrance by the sa ne door into heaven. Jesus is the only door, an open dooi, a widfl door, a safe door; and blessed is he who rests all ‘As hopi of admission to glory upon the crucified Kedeemer.

2. He shall go in. He shall be privileged to go ;n &mon the Jivine family, sharing the children’s bread, an;l participating in all their honors and. enjoyments. He shall go in to the chambers of communion, to the banquets of love, to the treasures of the covenant, to the storehouses of the promises. He shall go in unto the King of kings in the power of the Holy Spirit, and the secret of the Lord shall be with him.

3. He shall go out. This blessing is much forgotten. We go out into the world to labor and suffer, but what a mercy to go in the name and power of Jesus! We are called to besj witness to the truth, to cheer the disconsolate, to warn the careless, to win souls, and to glorify God; and as the angel said to Gideon, “Go in this thy might,” even thus the Lord would have us proceed as His messengers in His name and strength.

4. He shall find pasture. He who knows Jesus shall novei want. Going i;i and out shall be alike helpful to him: in fellowship with God he shall grow, and in watering others he shall be watered. Having made Jesus his all, he shall find all in Jesus. His soul shall be as a watered garden, and a# well of water whose waters fail not.