{"id":118074,"date":"2026-05-28T13:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/i-am-the-door\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:35:12","slug":"i-am-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/i-am-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"I am the door"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1337809858\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-20095419\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1127704020\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What should the children remember from this?\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\">Choosing to follow Jesus is the path to salvation, life, and safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"aaed607e-c2a3-5841-9fb4-41037bfa0faf|1\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":&#091;201342446,\"1\",201342447,\"5\",201342448,\"1\",201342449,\"1\",469777841,\"Times New Roman\",469777842,\"Times New Roman\",469777843,\"Times New Roman\",469777844,\"Times New Roman\",201341986,\"1\",469769226,\"Times New Roman\",268442635,\"24\",469775450,\"paragraph\",201340122,\"2\",134233614,\"true\",469778129,\"paragraph\",335572020,\"1\",335559705,\"2057\",134233118,\"true\",134233117,\"true\",469778324,\"Normal\"&#093;}\">There <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">other voices, but they lead to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">misery<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW248754653 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 130%;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193255559 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193255559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"aaed607e-c2a3-5841-9fb4-41037bfa0faf|1\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":&#091;201342446,\"1\",201342447,\"5\",201342448,\"1\",201342449,\"1\",469777841,\"Times New Roman\",469777842,\"Times New Roman\",469777843,\"Times New Roman\",469777844,\"Times New Roman\",201341986,\"1\",469769226,\"Times New Roman\",268442635,\"24\",469775450,\"paragraph\",201340122,\"2\",134233614,\"true\",469778129,\"paragraph\",335572020,\"1\",335559705,\"2057\",134233118,\"true\",134233117,\"true\",469778324,\"Normal\"&#093;}\">When we follow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193255559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">Jesus<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193255559 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">and are obedient, He gives us everything we need.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW193255559 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div id=\"gap-336915969\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-336915969 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-258039949\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1745186142\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Questions for discussion<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-945928765\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1666223766\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-889478491\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1339812498\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2677866101\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>What gives me a sense of safety in life?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2677866101 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-2677866101 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1339812498 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-1339812498 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-889478491 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1898844053\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1113158707\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-342833000\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-4118007374\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>What gives me a sense of safety in life?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4118007374 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-4118007374 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-342833000 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-342833000 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1113158707 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-327950723\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1666950\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-625399158\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1543951515\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-3857006173\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>What did Jesus mean when He said, &#8220;I am the door&#8221;?<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3857006173 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-3857006173 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1543951515 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-1543951515 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-625399158 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-53097655\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#115e67;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1512354707\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1588556846\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-208594411\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{\"ObjectId\":\"aaed607e-c2a3-5841-9fb4-41037bfa0faf|1\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":&#091;201342446,\"1\",201342447,\"5\",201342448,\"1\",201342449,\"1\",469777841,\"Times New Roman\",469777842,\"Times New Roman\",469777843,\"Times New Roman\",469777844,\"Times New Roman\",201341986,\"1\",469769226,\"Times New Roman\",268442635,\"24\",469775450,\"paragraph\",201340122,\"2\",134233614,\"true\",469778129,\"paragraph\",335572020,\"1\",335559705,\"2057\",134233118,\"true\",134233117,\"true\",469778324,\"Normal\"&#093;}\">What might the thieves symbolize<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0for me personally?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" lang=\"NB-NO\" xml:lang=\"NB-NO\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0(Refer<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\"><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"paragraph\">\u00a0to verse 10)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW223018145 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-208594411 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-208594411 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1588556846 {\n  width: 80%;\n}\n#text-box-1588556846 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1512354707 {\n  padding-top: 56.25%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1668274858\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-205937246\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>Bible verses<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Then Jesus said to them again, &#8216;Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">John 10:7\u201310<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-871689213\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1280288332\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>See also<\/h3>\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-2 medium-columns-1 small-columns-1 has-shadow row-box-shadow-1 row-box-shadow-2-hover slider row-slider slider-nav-simple slider-nav-outside\"  data-flickity-options='{&quot;imagesLoaded&quot;: true, &quot;groupCells&quot;: &quot;100%&quot;, &quot;dragThreshold&quot; : 5, &quot;cellAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,&quot;wrapAround&quot;: true,&quot;prevNextButtons&quot;: true,&quot;percentPosition&quot;: true,&quot;pageDots&quot;: false, &quot;rightToLeft&quot;: false, &quot;autoPlay&quot; : false}' >\n\n  <div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-vertical box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:43%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:89%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/the-lost-sheep\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"The lost sheep\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PRBL_S01_E01_Thumbnail_Hovedside-658x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/the-lost-sheep\/\" class=\"plain\">The lost sheep<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the story of the lost sheep, we see a shepherd who had 100 sheep...\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-vertical box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:43%;\">\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:89%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/jesus-parables\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"The parables of Jesus\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PRBL_S01_E01_THUMB_FilmerSerier_Wide-1-711x400.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/biblekids.io\/en\/jesus-parables\/\" class=\"plain\">The parables of Jesus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat did Jesus mean when He told the parable of the prodigal son? 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