Try harder? Try harder to find the door.
"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able." Luke 13:24
John 10
Parable of the Good Shepherd
1"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is (A)a thief and a robber.
2"But he who enters by the door is (B)a shepherd of the sheep.
3"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear (C)his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and (D)leads them out.
4"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know (
E)his voice.
5"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know (
F)the voice of strangers."
6This (
G)figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am (H)the door of the sheep.
8"All who came before Me are (
I)thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9"(J)I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they (
K)may have life, and have it abundantly.
11"(L)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (M)lays down His life for the sheep.
12"He who is a hired hand, and not a (
N)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13"He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
14"(
O)I am the good shepherd, and (
P)I know My own and My own know Me,
15even as (
Q)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and (
R)I lay down My life for the sheep.
16"I have (
S)other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become (
T)one flock with (
U)one shepherd.
17"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I (
V)lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18"(
W)No one has taken it away from Me, but I (
X)lay it down on My own initiative I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again (
Y)This commandment I received from My Father."
"I and the Father are one." John 10:30
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6
"So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." John 8:31-32