I Am the Door

Are Jesus' statements, “I am the door of the sheep” in John 10:7 and “I am the door” in John 10:9 figurative or literal?
They are more literal than most realize. Jesus is now depicting a shepherd's own sheep pen, which was either a cave or a fenced-in area with a gap in the fence. Once the sheep have been brought into the sheep pen for the night, the shepherd lay and slept across the mouth of the cave or the gap in the fence so that no sheep can leave and no predator can enter without stepping on him and thereby waking him up, so he literally served as the door of the sheep pen.

What other door(s) must we pass through besides Jesus?
None.

What do cults and sects tend to claim?
That there is another door besides Jesus, or that there is a door to pass through first in order to get to Jesus.

Who are “all” of the “thieves and robbers” who came but whom Jesus' sheep “did not hear” (John 10:8)?
The false messiahs and others who work for the devil who came “before” (John 10:8) Jesus, and by extension, after Jesus.

What do the sheep have to do to “be saved” (John 10:9)?
“Enter” through Jesus (John 10:9).

What do the sheep do in the “pasture” (John 10:9)?
They feed.

What are we supposed to feed on?
The “Word” (John 1:1) of God - our “bread of life” (John 6:48).

Who is the “thief” who comes to “steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10)?
The “devil,” who “was a murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44).

What did the “good shepherd” - Jesus - do for his “sheep” (John 10:11) - Christians?
He laid “down His life” (John 10:11) on the cross for us.

Jesus' sacrifice separates Him from the 'gods' of what other religion?
All of them. The only true God turns out to be the one who needs nothing from us and instead loved us so much that He gave His life for us.

What “life” are Christians to have “abundantly” (John 10:10) as a result?
Many false prophets claim Jesus is referring to a materialistically abundant life for people to indulge themselves in (after supporting their “ministry”), but that betrays the context of the passage, as well as everything else Jesus said and did. God didn't come to earth and lay “down His life” (John 10:11) to give people bigger houses or nicer cars; He gave His life on the cross to pay the death penalty due for our sins and grant us everlasting “life” (John 10:10), which begins at conversion and abounds with His grace, love, and mercy for the rest of eternity.