The main theological question is what is the door that Jesus is knocking on?
If you are a Calvinist you will probably dismiss this scripture completely because it implies that man has a free will. They believe that the God of Calvinism is far greater than the God of the scriptures.
What is the door that Jesus is knocking at? It is the door of our intellect. Isaiah also said, "come let us reason together though your sins be as scarlet they can be as white as wool" Isaiah 1:18. I have heard it taught that Jesus wants us to open the door of our heart so that he can come in and make us pleasing to God. This is Catholic Romanism and is not according to the Bible.
Jesus is knocking at the door of our intellect, and of course you have the power to open the door, if God didn't give you a free will to open the door Jesus would not be knocking. Some will say that Jesus is only knocking on the door of the elect. If that were true, which it is not. Then Jesus is unjust. An unjust Jesus Can't save anyone.
The Holy Spirit is in the world and is knocking on every ones door. Some hear the knock and walk away because they love their sins more than they love Jesus. Some hear the knock and jamb a chair under the door knob so that it can never be opened. Others hear the knock and open the door and invite Jesus to come into their lives, their intellect and their heart.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John 1:12.
To receive Jesus is to receive his Gospel. If you do not receive his Gospel you have not received Jesus as your savior. In the Gospel Jesus comes into the world as our new Adam and representative. His mission is to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves because we are sinners. By his holy sinless life he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law, Matthew 5:18.
That was not enough, something had to be done about our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. "For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Because of the doing and the dying of Jesus we now stand as perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10. Not only have we been reconciled unto God, the whole world has been reconciled unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. To believe and to embrace Jesus Christ as your only means of salvation is to open the door that Jesus is knocking on and receive him as your savior.
If you are a Calvinist you will probably dismiss this scripture completely because it implies that man has a free will. They believe that the God of Calvinism is far greater than the God of the scriptures.
What is the door that Jesus is knocking at? It is the door of our intellect. Isaiah also said, "come let us reason together though your sins be as scarlet they can be as white as wool" Isaiah 1:18. I have heard it taught that Jesus wants us to open the door of our heart so that he can come in and make us pleasing to God. This is Catholic Romanism and is not according to the Bible.
Jesus is knocking at the door of our intellect, and of course you have the power to open the door, if God didn't give you a free will to open the door Jesus would not be knocking. Some will say that Jesus is only knocking on the door of the elect. If that were true, which it is not. Then Jesus is unjust. An unjust Jesus Can't save anyone.
The Holy Spirit is in the world and is knocking on every ones door. Some hear the knock and walk away because they love their sins more than they love Jesus. Some hear the knock and jamb a chair under the door knob so that it can never be opened. Others hear the knock and open the door and invite Jesus to come into their lives, their intellect and their heart.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John 1:12.
To receive Jesus is to receive his Gospel. If you do not receive his Gospel you have not received Jesus as your savior. In the Gospel Jesus comes into the world as our new Adam and representative. His mission is to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves because we are sinners. By his holy sinless life he offers to God the Father a life of perfect obedience according to his holy law, Matthew 5:18.
That was not enough, something had to be done about our sins and the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2. "For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Because of the doing and the dying of Jesus we now stand as perfect and complete "In Christ" Colossians 2:10. Not only have we been reconciled unto God, the whole world has been reconciled unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19. To believe and to embrace Jesus Christ as your only means of salvation is to open the door that Jesus is knocking on and receive him as your savior.
