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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. |
Bible Question: where in the bible does it say that god knock on our door for so long and then he will stop? |
Bible Answer: Hi, uuf170b... Welcome to the forum! You might have in mind Revelation 3:20. This is a passage often used as an evangelical call to unbelievers by proponents of decisionalism, at least since the days of Charles Finney. However, the context is not a call and warning to the lost, but rather to believers (see Revelation 3:14). Furthermore, the phrase “at the door” is an idiom signifying the coming soon coming of judgment (cf Matthew 24:33; Mark 13:29; and James 5:9). The Christians at the church in Laodicea had lost their zeal in Christ (Revelation 3:15-17). Our Lord is calling them to pursue Him with sincerity and verve (v18), placing the true value on Him, that they might be clothed in His righteousness and granted eyes to see His truth. For, as He says, “Those I love, I reprove and discipline” (v19a). Only His adopted sons are reproved and disciplined (cf Hebrews 12:5-8). In Him, Doc |
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