Where is the door to the sheepfold?
The door to the sheepfold is ground level. It is not up in some unattainable place, not down in a deep cavern, and not across a raging river. It is right in front of us, accessible, because salvation has already been accomplished and does not require human striving to approach God.
Les explains that the door to the sheepfold is ground level, not up in some unattainable place, not down in a deep cavern, and not across a raging river; it is right in front of us. He contrasts this with the old mentality of trying to 'pray through' or crawl through human suffering to approach God, saying there is nothing to pray through because it has all been done. In the same way, God's mercy has already been accomplished, so we do not have to beg for it. Forgiveness is likewise already provided—'You're already forgiven'—and he turns to Colossians 2:13 to support this.