The Door

A good friend of mine was taken one night to see a man who was living a life that was on the wild side. While there my friend began to tell him about what the Lord could and would do for him. After a very short time that man got up walked across the room and opened his front door and asked my friend to leave. As I was thinking and remembering about that night on yesterday I had this thought that I would like to share with each of you this morning. That man opened the door to let my friend out and my friend got up and left; he walked right out the front door and went home. If you were to take the word “door” and run it with your computer you would find that it is mentioned 189 times in the Bible. You will find that the first time it is mentioned is in the fourth chapter of Genesis and verse seven:  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Cain’s offering had been rejected and because of that Cain got angry and disappointed. In the next verse God tells Cain if he was to do well would he not be accepted? On the other hand if you decide not to then sin is lying outside your door ready to attack, for sin wants to control you. Cain decided to allow the sin outside the door to master him and in the next verse we read of him killing his brother.

Genesis 4:8  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Cain allowed sin to master him instead of him mastering sin. In John Chapter 10 and verse nine we read of Jesus saying that He was the door. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Here we are told of a door that we need to enter. We then read of a door in Revelation chapter three and verse twenty 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. Here we read of a door that is being knocked on with a voice that is saying open the door for if you do I will come in. This morning we have looked at three doors one where there is sin just outside that needs to be mastered. Another where Jesus is saying that He was the door and that we can enter in. Then we read of a door that is being knocked on. It is closed and must be opened from the inside and once the door is opened then the visitor which is Jesus Christ will come in. In other words Jesus is the door to heaven and happiness and all you and I have to do is open the door of our hearts and let Jesus come in. So that night when my friend was asked to leave with an open door he did. We have read of an open door that anyone who will can enter; not leave but enter and if we fail to enter in the results will be awful. Those who have entered the change will be noticeable.

2Corinthains  5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Are the old ways of life passing away? Are things becoming new or is sin just outside the door waiting to master you?