{"id":789,"date":"2019-10-30T22:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ge\/?p=789"},"modified":"2020-02-20T22:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T22:17:10","slug":"through-the-gate-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ge\/en\/2019\/10\/30\/through-the-gate-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the gate of life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"It is interesting that the preposition \u2018through\u2019<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is closely linked to all the\u00a0\u2018attributes of life\u2019<\/a>\u00a0as they are presented by Jesus in John\u2019s gospel. The statement:\u00a0\u2018as He is, we are in this world\u2019<\/i>\u00a0(1)\u00a0should likewise always be linked with \u2018through\u2019<\/i><\/b>. If I want to live in this world as He is in this world, I realize that this means a 100% dependency on Him working\u00a0\u2018through\u2019<\/i><\/b>\u00a0me, and I\u00a0\u2018through\u2019<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Him. Any attempt to imitate Him will sooner or later be exposed as fake. He was in this world as a vulnerable human being. So are his followers today. He faced temptations\u00a0(2), grieved his shortcomings\u00a0(3)\u00a0and even asked to be released from his mission if it could be avoided\u00a0(4).<\/p>

The gate as an attribute of the\u00a0\u201cI am\u201d\u00a0<\/i>makes \u2018through\u2019\u00a0<\/i><\/b>even more obvious:<\/p>

\u201cVery truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.\u201d
<\/i>John 10:7<\/p><\/blockquote>

Stop a while; \u2018obvious\u2019 is perhaps not the correct word if we look at the context. Jesus introduced the \u2018gate-image\u2019 in the very beginning of the chapter, and John writes\u00a0\u201cJesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them\u201d\u00a0<\/i>(v. 6).<\/p>

I am not sure that it became clearer for them when Jesus introduced himself as the gate. What is \u2018obvious\u2019 is that a gate is something that you walk\u00a0through<\/i><\/b>. For the sheep it meant a passage to safety. And then Jesus confirms what his speech is all about:<\/p>

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.<\/i>
John 10:9<\/p><\/blockquote>

‘In’ to Him, ‘out’ to live in this world \u2013 every day, every moment. If He is in this world as the gate, then opening the gate for people so that they can enter in to Him and find salvation, should also be an attribute of my life. A very simple picture, so easy to understand, however, so hard to live out. It was hard for Jesus too, but it brought life, and it still does.<\/p>

\u2018Manna\u2019 for today:<\/p>

The gate of life is still open<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>

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Words by Colonel Jostein Nielsen.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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