What do you think Jesus means here?

 

John 10:11-18(NKJV)

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 

But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 

The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 

I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 

As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

I know that some use this verse as a way to explain how believers in other religions can get to Heaven.  That Muslims for example are some of the "other sheep which are not of this fold" that Jesus will bring along. 

I reject that line of reasoning and I'll tell you why.  Notice that after Jesus says that He has others to bring along He says that "they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd."  In other words to be included at some point they have to believe that Jesus is who He says He is.  At that point they are no longer Muslims; they have become Christians.  Make sense?

In addition we know that elsewhere Jesus has said that a "house divided against itself cannot stand".  In the verse above Jesus tells us that we will be "one flock".  In other words united, not divided.  So once again one side had to bring their beliefs into alignment with the other side.  I don't know about you but I don't see Jesus changing His beliefs in this scenario!  :)