The Lord Jesus is the Door. He does not say “a” door, for there is no other door. The church is not the door; the Ten Commandments are not the door, neither are reformation nor good works the door, as many would like to believe. Jesus is the only door; and a sinner must have to do with Him to have his sins forgiven and washed away, before he can enter in.
The preacher’s good living didn’t get him in, nor did the poor won’s bad life keep her out. Both were sinners—“for all have sinned"—and as such they entered through the same Door to life and peace, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
One door, and only one
And yet its sides are two:
Inside and outside.
On which side are you?
ML-04/13/1969