John 10:9 I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and goi out, and find pasture.

A Jewish survivor of the Dachau concentration camp related this story. He was a university professor in Berlin during the early years of the Nazi regime. He had always considered himself a German first and had served proudly in the military during World War I. He had never dreamed that the Nazis would come for him.

On the night when he was arrested, a friend of his who was still an officer in the military sent him warning that his family was going to be arrested that night. He hurriedly packed his family up and sought refuge at the American Embassy in Berlin. But when he got there, the gate was locked, and he was arrested on the road out front while diplomats looked on from behind the gate. He never saw his family again after that night.

Many years later he tracked down a friend of his who had worked with him at the university. He was surprised to find out that his friend was now a Christian. His friend, also being hunted by the Nazis, had managed to make it to the gates of the church, which he found open. The church, through the underground, helped his friend to safety. And this church proclaimed the truth of Jesus to him. In this church, his friend found life, both on earth and forever.

Jesus is the gate, and the gate is never locked. We are often chased by the minions of the devil. Sin, temptation, greed, and lust seek to consume us. But in Jesus, we know that we have safety from these soldiers and that through the gate is salvation.
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Helping people live life with Jesus everyday,

Rev. Dr. Brent L Parrish