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20 is to me one of the most pitiful pictures in all the Bible. But the startling reality, introduced by the arresting word behold, was that Christ stood at the door of the Laodicean church and knock ed if anyone in the church would hear His voice and open the door, He would come in to him and dine with him, and he with Christ. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Laodocea was the church of the closed door. The apostate Laodicean church could only have expected Christ to come in judgment. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked- I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
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If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.' This verse is commonly used as an example of Jesus seeking out non-believers, which He certainly does: 'For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost' ( Luke 19:10 ). (Rev 3:19-21) There are many Scriptures that are commonly misquoted and taken. Revelation 3:20 says: 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock. He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. Christ said, I stand at the door and knock for He promises to share our experiences and invites us to share His. He says, Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Behold I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and dine with him and he with Me. Christ is knocking today at the door of your heart through the Holy Spirit. Behold, I stand Or, I have stood, as literally signifies, namely, for a long time and I still stand, even at this instant at the door Of men’s hearts and knock Waiting for admittance: if any man hear my voice With a due regard, namely, the voice of my providence, word, and Spirit and open the door Willingly receive me, or welcome me. ““And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot.