Transcript Knocking on the Door “7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened.

Knocking on the Door
“7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8: For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened….
20: 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”
(Matt. 7; Rev. 3).
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“Door” stands for:
Opportunity (Rev. 3: 8; Matt. 25:
10).
Means of entrance (John 10: 9;
14: 6).
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Jesus is the door:
“9: I am the door: by me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and find pasture” (John
10).
“6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me” (John 14).
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Man is the offending party. As such, it is
up to man to return:
“19: To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and
hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
20: Now then we are ambassadors for
Christ, as though God did beseech you by
us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye
reconciled to God” (2 Cor. 5: 19, 20).
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Jesus is knocking:
1. Rev. 3: 20, cp. 22: 17.
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Jesus is the only door:
1. John 10: 1-5.
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Man must knock:
1. Matt. 7: 7, 8.
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Man and God, the
happy combination!
1. Matt. 7: 7, 8; Rev. 3:
30.
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How man knocks:
Preaching
Pentecost
Samaria
Eunuch
Saul
Cornelius
Jailer
Lydia
Preaching
Rom. 1: 16
Believed
Believed, 2: 36
Believed, 8: 12
Believed, 8: 37
Believed, 10: 43
Believed, 16: 31
Believed, 16: 14
Faith
Rom. 10: 17
Repented
Confessed
Baptized
Repented, 2: 38
Baptized, 2: 38
Baptized, 8: 12
Confessed, 8: 37 Baptized, 8: 38
Baptized, 22: 16
Baptized, 10: 48
Repented, 16: 33
Baptized, 16: 33
Baptized, 16:15
Repentance
Acts 17: 31
Confession
Rom. 10: 9, 10
Baptism
Gal. 3: 27
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Believe, repent,
Confess, baptism
Cannot break open
the door!
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Man must persevere:
1. Luke 11: 5-10.
A. Luke 12: 36-40, cp. Jas. 5: 9.
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Conclusion:
The open door opportunity can
leave: Matt. 25: 10; 2 Cor. 6: 1.