Unlocking Spiritual Doors: Trust, Witness, and Relationship
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1) "This picture of God's sovereignty is a picture of God's past and present faithfulness. When we think about his past faithfulness, we think about his plan before the foundation of the world that he would send his one and only son to die a death on the cross for you and for me. You see, God's sovereign will is about his purpose and plan. And it allows us to have patient endurance. Understand this. Without God's sovereignty, without us knowing that God has a purpose and a plan, we could not claim the promises that we so much want to claim in Romans 8, 28. We could not claim that everything is going to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purposes unless God is sovereign. He can't just be good. He must be sovereign." [28:32] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2) "What is patient endurance? Wrapped into this Greek word is the sense of remaining with, or abiding with. This is a very important word in the book of Revelation. It's a very important word in the New Testament. Endurance or perseverance is about remaining with or abiding with Jesus. You see the temptation is when we're faced with things that seem insurmountable, the temptation is to be angry and to go away from him. When we face a new diagnosis or a new brokenness in relationship, the tendency is not to remain with, but to run from. And the calling for us as believers is to patient endurance. It's to a place of abiding with Jesus, of knowing that there is a call." [33:24] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "The third door is the door of eternal life. He begins that section there in verse 11 by saying, I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have so that no one may seize your crown. This is Jesus being patient and encouraging the church. They're in the midst of persecution. They're in the midst of difficulty. And he says, hold fast, hold on, so that no one may seize your crown. And then he gives them a picture of a future door. He gives them a picture of a future that allows them to patiently endure in the presence. And that picture is where he says, the one who conquers, the one who patiently endures, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God and never shall he go out of it." [33:24] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "These doors are open because Jesus himself has the keys. The keys have not been lost. But there is one final door, and it's a door that we must open. I don't know if you're aware of the painting by Holman Hunt, an English painter called The Light of the World. It's a picture of Revelation 3, Jesus is standing in a long robe. He's got a lantern in one hand. He's knocking on the door with the other hand. The door is slightly ajar, just so you can see that there's no handle on the side that Jesus is on. There's only a way to open from the inside. Now, much has been made about the lack of a handle on the outside, but we know that before the foundation of the world, God chooses us first. But the truth of the matter is we must also open. We must also open ourselves to him as well." [38:12] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2) "What is patient endurance? Wrapped into this Greek word is the sense of remaining with, or abiding with. This is a very important word in the book of Revelation. It's a very important word in the New Testament. Endurance or perseverance is about remaining with or abiding with Jesus. You see the temptation is when we're faced with things that seem insurmountable, the temptation is to be angry and to go away from him. When we face a new diagnosis or a new brokenness in relationship, the tendency is not to remain with, but to run from. And the calling for us as believers is to patient endurance. It's to a place of abiding with Jesus, of knowing that there is a call." [33:24] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3) "The third door is the door of eternal life. He begins that section there in verse 11 by saying, I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have so that no one may seize your crown. This is Jesus being patient and encouraging the church. They're in the midst of persecution. They're in the midst of difficulty. And he says, hold fast, hold on, so that no one may seize your crown. And then he gives them a picture of a future door. He gives them a picture of a future that allows them to patiently endure in the presence. And that picture is where he says, the one who conquers, the one who patiently endures, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God and never shall he go out of it." [33:24] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4) "These doors are open because Jesus himself has the keys. The keys have not been lost. But there is one final door, and it's a door that we must open. I don't know if you're aware of the painting by Holman Hunt, an English painter called The Light of the World. It's a picture of Revelation 3, Jesus is standing in a long robe. He's got a lantern in one hand. He's knocking on the door with the other hand. The door is slightly ajar, just so you can see that there's no handle on the side that Jesus is on. There's only a way to open from the inside. Now, much has been made about the lack of a handle on the outside, but we know that before the foundation of the world, God chooses us first. But the truth of the matter is we must also open. We must also open ourselves to him as well." [38:12] (56 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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