1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

so is the "sheepfold" the church or the Church or what?

One commentary I read said it was the pastorate. I think that's garbage, Jesus didn't talk about 'the pastorate' like that.

I think it's the body. So people can enter through thievery and robbery! No, people can enter another way, and they are a thieves and robbers. The only way into the Body of Believers is through Jesus. How many times to we let someone in to our group because they are friendly or kind or cool or rich, and then overlook their obvious abuses against the Lord. That's where the thievery and robbery comes in, robbing us of the true experience as the Body of Christ.

There were times in the early church that outsiders came and were so struck by the way these people loved each other that they would confess their sins and follow Christ just like that. As far as I know, we lack that in our church today...I'm out of time.

John 10:1