John 9-10

Jesus heals a man who had been blind from birth, which was one of the miracles that He did, which had never been done by anyone throughout history.  This man would have had no education, and would have been among the least qualified to become a messenger of the gospel, yet he confounded the experts of the law with nothing more than his testimony, and the logical conclusions that came from what Jesus did.  Like this man, we may not be trained in theology, and we may not know how to find verses in the Bible, yet we each have a testimony of what God did for us, which no one can take away, or dispute.

Jesus then declares Himself to be the Door (to the sheepfold), and also that He is The Good Shepherd.  In old times the shepherd would sleep across the opening of the sheepfold, so that nothing could go in or out without going through him, which is the picture we get from this statement of Jesus.  He was the promised descendant of king David, who was the first shepherd king, and who famously wrote psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd…), and that is who Jesus says He is - The Good Shepherd.  Unlike someone who was hired to watch the sheep, the Good Shepherd is the owner, Who will give His life to protect the sheep.

The Jews again try to stone Jesus for calling Himself the Son of God, but that didn’t work out.