The sheep are the saved, the goats the unsaved standing for eternal judgement
Yes He does say that Wag..
:John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me
,John !0 25 Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name of my Father, they give testimony of me.
26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. 30 I and the Father are one.
What of a person who does good deeds just to do them and had NO KNOWLEDGE that Christianity even existed? I realize that this is not very possible now, but could have been the case centuries ago.