Today we come to the fourth "I am" statement of our Lord found in the gospel according to Saint John. Last week we examined the great claim of Jesus "I am the Door" or gate. We learned that it makes all the difference on what side of a door you are standing. We can be in or out--we can be safe and secure--or facing great danger. We saw that Jesus moved from using the image of a shepherd to the image of a door. It was a shift from an agricultural symbol to an architectural symbol. However, both symbols were known to the people then--and they are still known to us today. In our text today Jesus goes back to the image of a shepherd. As a matter of fact, he is bold enough to say "I am the Good Shepherd." This would lead me to believe that if he is the Good Shepherd, then there must be a shephe…