The Sheep Gate
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The entrance into a sheepfold, the place of safety and protection for weary sheep, was "the door of the sheep." Today, R.C. Sproul considers why Jesus applied this image to Himself.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | In John chapter 10, Jesus says, I am the door. |
| 0:04.3 | Jesus is speaking of heaven, of the kingdom, of the presence of God. |
| 0:10.1 | And he uses a statement that the Pharisees choked on, but I have to say to you, beloved, |
| 0:16.4 | there's probably no time and no culture in the history of the Christian church more offended |
| 0:23.0 | by this kind of teaching by Jesus than the culture in which we live today. |
| 0:33.3 | What is it that the culture finds so offensive? |
| 0:36.9 | Hello, I'm Lee Webb, and welcome to renewing your mind. |
| 0:40.5 | At Ligar Ministries, we conduct a survey called the State of Theology |
| 0:44.6 | to find out what people think about God and the Bible. |
| 0:48.4 | And last year, we learned that 65% of Americans believe that God accepts the worship of all religions. |
| 0:56.0 | Many people reason that since God is love, there are many ways to enter his kingdom. |
| 1:01.5 | That's simply not true, though, and that's not me saying that. |
| 1:04.8 | That's not R.C. Sproles saying that. |
| 1:07.5 | It is Jesus himself. |
| 1:10.0 | This controversial statement of Jesus is unpacked for us as part of Dr. |
| 1:14.4 | Sproul's series, Knowing Christ, a study of the I Am Sayings of Jesus. We'll send you the entire |
| 1:20.9 | series on DVD and unlock digital access to the messages and study guide when you give a donation |
| 1:26.8 | in support of |
| 1:27.8 | renewing your mind at renewingermine.org before midnight tomorrow. So respond now while there's |
| 1:34.5 | still time. Well, here's RC now on Jesus' Words in John chapter 10. We're going to be looking at the so-called I-Ms of Jesus, those pronouncements that he made during his earthly ministry that are extremely important in terms of his own self-consciousness and his own definition of his person and his work. And we've already |
| 2:04.3 | seen that when Jesus uses the I-M formula, he uses the formula of the statement that equates with |
| 2:14.8 | the Old Testament language for God. |
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