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Fence Post Devotionals “The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”

The Gatekeeper

“So Jesus told `em straight out. ‘C’mon, y’all listen up; I’m shootin’ straight with ya. I am the gate to the sheep’”—John 10:7 (“The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”).

My father and a couple of other guys were hauling some cattle to our home place that he had purchased in an auction from the local sale barn. His plan was to unload the cattle into the corral to examine them before letting them loose into the pasture. Because I was the youngest (about 10 at the time) I was selected to hold the gate open while they unloaded and pushed the cattle into the corral.

At first, it was working great and I might add that  I was doing a really good job. The cattle were stumbling off the back of the trailer and the men were Continue reading “Fence Post Devotionals “The Gospel of John Cowboy Style””

Fence Post Devotionals “The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”

The Narrow Way

“But Thomas said, ‘Boss, we don’t know the trail You’re takin’ and no idea what direction You’re headed; so how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life; there is only one trail to the Father and it’s through Me’” John 14:5-6 (“The Gospel of John Cowboy Style”).

A number of years ago I had the privilege of preaching in an evangelistic crusade in Seoul, South Korea. One day on a tour of the city, my host took me to what he described as one of the most historical places in South Korea, a place that was popularly known as “South Gate.”

South Gate was one of eight gates in an ancient wall that was built to serve as a protective fortress around the city. This one gate was significant in that when Seoul was under siege, it served as the only entrance into the city. I clarified with my Korean Interpreter, “this was the only way into the city?” He said, “It was the one and only way!”

That night I used John 14:6 as my sermon text. When I talked about Jesus being the only way to salvation, I said, “Jesus is South Gate!” Eyes of understanding were opened and many came to respond to Jesus as the one and only way to eternal salvation.

Folks through the centuries have tried to find other ways to heaven other than through the “One Way.” They have tried good works, religious rituals, church alliances; some have even tried to buy their way in. But all to no avail. It is as futile to try to be saved by our own way as it would to have tried to enter the City of Seoul when under attack by any other way than through “South Gate.”

The Bible says that the way to salvation is narrow (Matthew 7:13-14). No one can come to the Father except through the shed blood of Jesus.

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (sacrifice) for our sins” (1 John 4:10).