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NASB | 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 will dine with him, and he with Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 3:20 'Behold, I stand at the door [of the church] and continually knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me. |
Subject: Make a Decision |
Bible Note: Hi Hoppy: Brother, I’ve been thinking about your response to my post, in which I made an assertion that, that particular part of. Rev, Was a call to salvation. Well, Brother, I believe after reflecting on this for some time, that my answer to you was rather flip, and I’d like to apologize. So, Hoppy, I’m sorry for that, and I’d like to start over if I may. You see I believe that there are many indeed that are sitting in Churches, that are not really saved, and that this was as true in that day as much as it is today. So, though, it may not be an area of Scripture that one would use to evangelize the general public, out in the world. And, I agree with you my friend, in that sense. I do believe, however, that it could, and in some cases, should be used to evangelize those that are in Churches, and only THINK they are saved. Do you see what our Lord is saying here, in Rev 3:17 --'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,"-- Can you see that He is saying that they only think that they are rich and that they only think that they have no need? And that they are poor and not rich, that they are naked before God and not clothed in righteousness, that they, though they think they see, they are blind? And the next verse: Rev 3:18 --"I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see."-- Oh my, my friend, this is indeed a call to salvation, the salvation of the ones that are in many ways in more dire need than the poor sinner lost in the world, for they no that they are sinners. But the poor man that sits Sunday after Sunday, on his blessed assurance, and thinks he is really something, thinking that he is righteous. And he just sits there and nods his head, but the message that we are sinners saved by grace, and that we are not righteous but only that, that the blood of Christ only imparts righteousness to us. Though our sins are as scarlet, He has made then as wool, as white as snow, by the way, and by the blood of the one and the only one that is indeed righteous. The one that is calling those who are neither cold nor hot, the ones that only THINK they are saved.... Jesus Christ is standing at the door of their hearts and He is knocking, if only they would see truth of the condition of their hearts, and open it. Sure thing, and I agree, much of this chapter is a call to renewing of fellowship with Him, but it is also a call those who are not saved. --"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'' --Rev 3:22 Amazed by His wonderful grace, and eternal mercy, John |