III. Rev. 3:20. “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock”
1. GOD cannot enter our hearts unless we open to receive Him.
Sin has closed our hearts.
Repentance alone can open them.
2. JESUS stands knocking.
He stands to show His power to help, as He stood at GOD’S right hand to help S. Stephen.
But we must unbar the door ourselves before He will help us.
And yet even repentance itself is GOD’S gift, and we must ask Him for it.
3. JESUS knocks
By His holy Word;
By His ministers;
By various events in our lives, such as sickness, death of friends, special mercies, etc.
4. If He were to enter He would bring our souls health, strength, happiness, and at last, to soul and body too, eternal life.
Surely it is worth while to take some trouble to let Him in.
Resolutions.—I will make more real efforts after a true repentance.
I will be more careful about daily self-examination.
Text.—“LORD, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof.”
H. M. BENNETT (1881). Short Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas.
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