Behold I Stand At the Door And Knock
Mar 12, 2023
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (Rev 3:20-22).
Word become Flesh, Jesus Himself, standing humbly and patiently at the door to someone’s house, knocking. Why would the Creator, who can do all things if He so desires, not just open the door and enter? Why would He knock and wait for an invitation? This was a letter to the church at Laodicea, yes, but it’s also directed toward any church— indeed any person—who once knew God with zeal but has now become indifferent or otherwise cooled. It is about the salvation of the body of Christ, both individually and as a whole, to be ignited with the flame and fire of the Holy Spirit in a full, beautiful relationship with Jesus Christ our Savior. Jesus knocks with an invitation. He says in this verse that if anyone hears His voice and opens the door, He will come in and eat with that person, and they with Him. Jesus is at the door waiting for us to willing open ourselves to commune with him. Jesus knocking at the door is evident he is not the thief, he desires a relationship with whosoever will. Jesus is saying here that if anyone hears His knock and opens the door, they will have access to an intimate relationship with Him. It doesn’t matter how lukewarm they’d grown—they’re welcomed back into His love with open arms.
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not” (Luke 12:35-40).
WORSHIP IN SONG: BRO JASON MCNABB
AMAZING GRACE 206
LORD I LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH JESUS HOLD MY HAND 258
IF YOU BELIEVE
I’M STANDING ON THE SOLID ROCK
I SAW THE LIGHT
10,000 REASONS (BLESS THE LORD)
POWER OF YOUR LOVE
PRAYER REQUEST: Candace Hensel’s heart problem, Yolanda Garcia, Tim Allen, Judith Weir family, Christine Elisabeth, Jim Partain, Nola
NZ. Kimberly Palmer, Jim Ludwig an aneurism, Pastor Yaqub Sadiq, the youth of this generation, Kaeden Hensel
WORSHIP IN OFFERING: BECAUSE HE LIVES
SPECIAL SONG: AMAZING GRACE (MY CHAINS ARE GONE)
SERMON: BRO JOEL MCNABB
