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Turn please to the Gospel of John. Gospel of John in chapter 10. John 10 reading from verse number 9. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find pasture.
My name is Andrew Kundert. I'm a part of the assembly that meets in Waukesha, Wisconsin. And I'll just take a few minutes here and tell how God reached and saved me. Before I was born, both my grandparents and my parents came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Each of them individually had a time in their life when they came to realize that they were a sinner, but God died for them. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for them. And because of that, I was brought out to assembly meetings, to children's meeting, to gospel meeting from my earliest days.
And if there are some in the audience who have that same privilege, I would encourage you to consider it a privilege and not a drudgery. There are many in this world who have never had the opportunity to hear the gospel, and yet there are some who hear it two, three, four times a week every week.
So, for my earliest years, I attended the meetings. I don't remember what was taught, because it never affected me. However, what did affect me was a song, and it's the song that's based on this verse, John 10 and 9.
One door and only one, yet its sides are two. And I remember when I was young, I would guess I was probably four or five years of age, my mother and I were in the dining room of my parents' home, and she was singing this, and I was singing along.
And I'm sure each of us is familiar with the chorus, but it ends with a question. I'm on the inside, on which side are you? So as we concluded the chorus, I asked my mother, what side of the door are you on?
And she said, I'm on the inside. Wow, great. So I told her I'm on the inside too. And I don't know that it was very easy for her, but she looked at me and said, no, you're on the outside, because you've never trusted the Savior.
That was not a pleasant thought, but it was the truth. Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to the warning, and I just put it away. I ignored it and went on with my life. But God, in his mercy, came in again.
And interestingly enough, it was the same song. On May 10th of 1992, I was sitting in the kitchen, probably only 15 feet from the first conversation. And this time it was a tape of Sunday School Hymns playing on the cassette player.
And when that same song came on, as I listened to it, I realized the truth of it. There is one door. There's only one way to heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ. And because of his door, because of his death on the cross, I can be saved.
He died for me. But the wonderful thing is that John chapter 3 and verse number 16 has that word whosoever in it. He died for me, yes, but he died for you. And as we read here, the Lord Jesus Christ says, I am the door.
By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved. One moment I was outside the door, the next moment I was inside, safe and secure for all eternity. And the same offer of mercy is available to every individual tonight.
May God bless his word.