Bible Doors

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Previously Looked At

• DOOR OF SIN
• DOOR TONOAHS ARK
• DOOR OF PASSOVER
• DOOR OF HOPE

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DOOR TO DENIAL(Jn. 1812-18)

• THE DOOR TO DENIAL IS SEEN IN THE WAY PETER
  FOLLOWED JESUS
• LUKE 2254, Having arrested Him, they led Him
  and brought Him into the high priests house. But
  Peter followed at a distance.

• the high priests house. But Peter followed at a
  distance.

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Following Afar Off

• IS ALWAYS THE FIRST STEP OF APOSTASY
• IN THE COURTYARD PETER WAS WARMING HIMSELF WITH
  THE WORLD RATHER THAN BEING NEAR HIS LORD (Jn.
  1818)

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Do We Follow Afar Off?

• DO WE LEAVE JESUS AT THE DOOR OF OUR HOUSES WHEN
  WE GO TO WORK, SCHOOL, VACATION, ETC.?
• DO WE LEAVE JESUS AT THE CHURCH BUILDING WHEN WE
  GO HOME?
• HOW DISTANT ARE WE FROM CHRIST?
• WOULD THE WORLD RECOGNIZE US AS DISCIPLES?

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HOW WOULD WE ANSWER?

• IF ASKED IF WE WERE A DISCIPLE OF JESUS?
• I AM NOT (Jn. 1817)
• I AM HE (Jn. 185, 6, 8)
• JESUS WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE (v. 22)
• PETER STRUCK OUT
• PRESENTED AS IF PETER AND JESUS WERE BOTH ON TRIAL

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LUKE 2231-34

• 31 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed,
  Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as
  wheat.
• 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith
  should not fail and when you have returned to
  Me, strengthen your brethren."
• 33 But he said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go
  with You, both to prison and to death."
• 34 Then He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster
  shall not crow this day before you will deny
  three times that you know Me."

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OVERCONFIDENCE(a sign of weakness)

• COMMITMENT EXPRESSED DOESNT EQUATE A FIRM FAITH
• WE CAN FALL LIKE PETER DID
• Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed
  lest he fall (1 Cor. 1012)

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SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS TODAY

• IM GONNA BE A LEADER FOR CHRIST
• BUT TOO EMBARRASSED TO TEACH FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
• ILL FOLLOW THE LORD REGARDLESS OF ANYONE ELSE
• BUT THEN RARELY FOLLOWS THE LORD TO REGULAR
  WORSHIP?

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SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS TODAY

• SOME SAY, ILL FOLLOW JESUS TO THE CROSS
  DEATH
• BUT REFUSE TO FOLLOW HIM TO THE WATER TO BE
  BAPTIZED AS HE COMMANDED (Mk. 1615, 16)?

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PETER

• SINNED (cf. Matt. 1033)
• SORROWED OVER IT (Lk. 2262)
• SURVIVED SATANS SIFTER
• RESTORED TO CHRIST (Jn. 2115-19)
• BECAME A PILLAR (Gal. 29)
• DIED GLORIFYING GOD (Jn. 2118, 19)

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THE DOOR TO DEATH(Acts 51-11)
"Look, the feet of those who have buried your
husband are at the door, and they will carry you
out" (Acts 59)
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THE DOOR TO DEATH(Acts 51-11)

• WAS A DOOR WAY OF DEATH BY DECEPTION
• ANANIAS CONSPIRED WITH WIFE TO APPEAR TO GIVE
  MORE THAN WHAT THEY DID
• LIED TO THE SPIRIT (GOD)
• BUT GOD IS NOT DECEIVED ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA WERE
• SHOWS THE SEVERITY OF SIN

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WARNING!

• DOING A GOOD WORK IN THE WRONG WAY OR MOTIVE IS
  SIN
• WE ONLY DECEIVE OURSELVES

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DECEPTION DEATH

• OFTEN LINKED TOGETHER
• EVE WAS DECEIVED (2 Cor. 113) GAVE TO HER
  HUSBAND THEY DIED!
• You are of your father the devil, and the
  desires of your father you want to do. He was a
  murderer from the beginning, and does not stand
  in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
  When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
  resources, for he is a liar and the father of it
  (Jn. 844)

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TODAY

• THE MASSES ARE DECEIVED IN RELIGION, BUT
• IT IS NOT BECAUSE GOD LIED TO THEMGod is not a
  man, that He should lie. . . (Num. 2319)
• IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS TOO DIFFICULT TO
  UNDERSTANDWhereby, when ye read, ye may
  understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ
  (Eph. 34)

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TODAY

• THE MASSES ARE DECEIVED IN RELIGION, BUT
• IT IS NOT BECAUSE MEN WERE BORN SINNERSTruly,
  this only I have found That God made man
  upright, But they have sought out many schemes
  (Eccl. 729)

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TODAY

• THE MASSES ARE DECEIVED IN RELIGION BECAUSE
• mans imagination is evil from youth (Gen. 821)
• people do not prepare their heart to seek God (2
  Chron. 1214 Matt. 633)
• people do not rightly divide the word of truth (2
  Tim. 215)

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ARE THE YOUNG MEN AT THE DOOR?
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AN OPEN DOOR

• And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
  write, These things says He who is holy, He who
  is true, He who has the key of David, He who
  opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one
  opens. I know your works. See, I have set before
  you an open door, and no one can shut it for you
  have a little strength, have kept My word, and
  have not denied My name (Rev. 37, 8)

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An Open Door

• THE DOOR WAS OPEN
• THE DOOR WAS GIVEN BY GOD
• WE OUGHT TO VIEW ALL DOORS OF ADVANCEMENT AS
  BEING OF THE LORD
• ALL REAL GROWTH COMES FROM HIM

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LITTLE STRENGTH (v. 8)

• PHILADELPHIA HAD LITTLE STRENGTH BECAUSE
  THEY WERE SMALL
• BUT THEY WERE FAITHFUL TO THE WORD OF GOD
• EVEN IF WE HAVE LITTLE STRENGTH GOD CAN DO
  WONDERS FOR US IF WE REMAIN FAITHFUL!

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LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE!

• CONVERSIONS
• RESTORATIONS
• A MEMBERSHIP
• RESPECTS THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURE
• SUFFICIENT FACILITY
• FREE WRITING OPPORTUNITIES IN NEWSPAPER
• WEB SITES
• POWERPOINT SYSTEM

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WE CAN EXPECT
And when they were come, and had gathered the
church together, they rehearsed all that God had
done with them, and how he had opened the door of
faith unto the Gentiles (Acts 1427)

• MORE OPEN DOORS
• MUST BE WILLING TO WALK THROUGH THEM
• MORE CHALLENGES
• MUST REMAIN FAITHFUL

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KNOCKING AT THE DOOR

• REVELATION 319, 20

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LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS
MUST

• REPENT
• REKINDLE
• REOPEN THE DOOR FOR CHRIST

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OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE GOODNESS OF GOD
Proverbs 2013, Do not love sleep, lest you
come to poverty Open your eyes, and you will be
satisfied with bread.
Romans 24, Or do you despise the riches of His
goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not
knowing that the goodness of God leads you to
repentance?
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WILL YOU DINE WITH THE LORD BY OBEYING?
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how
is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us,
and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and
said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words and my Father will love him, and we will
come unto him, and make our abode with him.
JOHN 1422, 23