True and False Shepherds

True Shepherds Enter by the Door "He that entereth in by the door is the (literally, a) shepherd of the sheep" (John 10:2). In the previous article we pointed out that most commentaries in their exposition apply this verse to Jesus. But this, we believe, results in a faulty exegesis. It is a shepherd who enters in by the door of the sheep. This shepherd represents the teaching and preaching elder of the church. To this person, "the doorkeeper openeth." The spiritual shepherd of the sheep does...