I Stand At The Door And Knock
Here I Am
REVELATION 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”
Revelation 3:20 NKJV
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The Laodicean church had become rich and complacent, yet Christ presence was not among them.
Much like many churches of today, they are run like businesses and have become self-sufficient as have the people, who are the church, the body of Christ.
Worship, feels good, but the signs and wonders of Christ are not seen.
Christ is knocking at the door of our hearts today, as He did those of the Laodicean church, but like the people back then, many are too busy enjoying worldly pleasures that they don’t notice that Christ is calling them out.
The temporary pleasures of this world such as money, status, material possessions, give a false sense of security, and have made many slack and complacent in regard to our eternal future. Many have forgotten we have no future without Christ.
Lockdown was an eye-opener: whether deliberate or not, world leaders and scientists took us on an evil path that was designed to bring more control over the people’s lives and bring devastation to our world.
What is apparent is that the virus was man made; this was not a natural virus.
Today, many are dying and suffering, not so much of the virus, but more the vaccines which continue to damage many people’s immune systems and we are seeing sudden death in every age group, yet we still see world leaders and the media encouraging people to take more and more of these so called vaccines.
Furthermore, the world economies, job losses and increasing debt is bringing poverty like never before. These are the signs of the times.
Jesus is to soon return and our eternal future is at stake.
Today is the time to submit to Christ in repentance.
Open the door of your hearts, invite Jesus in. He loves you and wants to help you. He wants no one to perish, but for all to turn to Him in repentance (PETER 3:9).
My brethren, He gave up His life that regardless of your sinful past, you might live.
Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10 NKJV
The “thief” is very present in our world today, his purpose is to separate you from God and to destroy your eternal future with Him, and he is working very hard with anger, for he knows his days are numbered (REVELATION 12:1-12).
The devil is a master of deception, and has infiltrated the church from the beginning, manipulating the leaders and taking many of them far from God.
Jesus said, ““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
Matthew 7:21-23 NKJV
My beloved, God used the old man made church for two thousand years, but it was built by the likes of the Pharisee who tried desperately to keep the Law with religious acts, Lording over the people, becoming powerful and prosperous, but rejected Christ.
“Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
Mark 12:10 NKJV
However, God used the old man’s church for over two thousand years, but today it is finished, the old wine is depleted and the new is here (JOHN 2:1-12).
With the new wine comes new powers and freedoms for Jesus saved the best unit last (JOHN 2:10).
My beloved, don’t be deceived; elaborate buildings and religious acts are not necessary, for each and every Spirit filled believer is a temple of the living God (1 CORINTHIANS 6:18-20).
Man’s church has gone and Jesus church is here.
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”
Ephesians 4:11-24 NKJV
Sadly, many are trying to hold on to the old, for they believe that the old is better and for some, religion has is a career and not easy to give up.
Some leaders claim to operate in the five fold ministry of Christ, but continue to reject the apostles and prophets because their prophecies don't fit in with the church projects often designed to bring funding. They are by their actions rebellious and reject Christ.
Jesus said, “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ””
Luke 5:36-39 NKJV
My beloved, submit to Christ today and have life more abundantly. Put your trust in Him who loves so much that He died to save you.
Let go of the old, and embrace the new, for He really did save the best until last.
This life, whether in poverty, sickness and sorrows, or riches and joy is temporary.
But whatever your lifestyle, for all those in Christ, the best is yet to come. “And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.””
Revelation 21:3-4 NKJV
Meanwhile my beloved, don’t be complacent, Jesus said to the Laodicean Church and is saying to you today, ““I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ””
Revelation 3:15-22 NKJV
My beloved, invest in Jesus Christ, purchase His gold which is pure and true, for unless it is Christ five fold ministry, it shall profit you nothing.
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
