I Am: The Door

The door is open. Jesus is calling you to walk through the door. Here's what you don't have to do. You don't have to pick the lock. You don't have to strive and work toward getting into that door. The door is unlocked. Jesus just simply says, walk in. Lean on him. What does trust mean? Trust means to lean on Jesus, to trust him, that he did everything that you can't do, that he took the flaming swords that the angels were placed given outside the garden, took those upon himself when he went to the cross so that you might be able to enter in. [00:59:26] (39 seconds)  #WalkThroughJesusDoor

What you and I experience today in this world is not our original home. We were meant for another world. And so what does Mary see when she peeks into the in an empty tomb? Two angels, one at the head and one at the foot. Two angels. What don't they have? Flaming swords. Go with me. Why don't they have flaming swords? Because they don't need flaming swords anymore. Jesus took the flaming swords upon himself when he went to the cross. [00:38:15] (28 seconds)  #AngelsNoSwords

So he got locked in, and he's like, no problem. I'll be out of this in a few minutes. He spends two hours trying to get out of this prison cell. He's about to give up and say, finally, you got me. I can't break out of this prison cell until he leans up against the door, and the door opened. You see, the door wasn't locked. Door wasn't locked. David Jeremiah asked this asked this question. How many of us stay in prison to an unlocked door? [00:58:52] (35 seconds)  #DontStayLockedIn

The shepherd would come back in the morning. So this is the is the pen. What would the shepherd do during the night? He would lay his body across the gates to prevent anything from coming into the pen, to make sure the sheep wouldn't leave the pen. So when Jesus says, I'm I'm the I'm the door, he's talking about the only way in, the only way into back to the garden. The only way into a relationship with the father is through me. [00:41:26] (30 seconds)  #JesusIsTheOnlyGate

There's a tension in scripture that God says that no one is drawn to the father except God drawing him. No one says yes to Jesus unless God is doing a work in them. And yet at the same time, the bible says, whosoever will. Meaning, the invitation's open to everybody. It would be arrogant for me to say, well, I chose God on my own. I came to that conclusion. Nope. God was working in me to draw me to himself. God is working in you as well. [00:54:28] (31 seconds)  #GodDrawsAndWeRespond

Some of us have listened to other to other messages that tell us what we have to do, how we have to behave. We have to follow certain rules. That is a false gospel. Our problem is not that we need to work on our behavior. Our greatest need is that we need a savior. That is the uniqueness of Christianity. Christianity is separate from every other world religion. [00:47:48] (30 seconds)  #WeNeedASaviorNotRules

Jesus says, I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. So where do the offerings of Jesus today offer protection as a shepherd in the sheep pen? With an offer of a full life. A full life. Not a not a rich life, not a wealthy life, not an easy life. Be careful, but a full life. Best way to live life. [00:53:42] (25 seconds)  #FullLifeInChrist

There's the text. Mary saw two angels in white. Where have we heard that before? At the temple courtyard, the symbol outside the holy of holies, guess what was symbolized? Two angels with flaming swords. You go into the holy of holies, and on the altar, right between the altar and the mercy seat, guess what is there? Two angels with flaming swords. It was symbolic of why do we need sacrifice because of the sin that entered the world that kicked us out of the garden. The garden was our original home. [00:37:43] (31 seconds)  #TwoAngelsSymbolOfSacrifice