Walk Through the Door
Jesus is the Door to life. In John 10:9 Jesus says, “I am the Gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and out, and find pasture.” Notice that being “saved” allows us to have freedom to “come in and out, and find pasture.” Jesus died so that we might actually be set free. In Galatians 5:1, Paul says, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” I used to think this verse was redundant until I realized the power behind it. Jesus didn’t die to simply save us from the penalty of our sins (though that’s an amazing exchange); He died to save us from our sins– here and now. Too many of us have come to believe that once we cross the line of faith and receive salvation, we’re done. I’ve discovered that the Gospel is much bigger than that. Jesus didn’t die simply to save us from hell. He had something more like a transformation in mind. The Gospel has the power to transform your life, if you’ll walk through the door(s) that He’s calling you through. As we walk with Him He leads us to wide open pastures of grace and selfless living.
During this season of sacrifice and commitment, I’m challenging each of us to consider what doors we need to walk through. The driving story for us this Easter is the Exodus. The BIG story of God is the story of freedom and liberation- saving us from oppression of sin and slavery to self. What’s your story? Tell the world by going to…
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