A Promise of Salvation
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PRECIOUS PROMISES FROM GOD’S WORD
TEXT: Revelation 3:20
TOPIC: A Promise of Salvation
Revelation 3:20 tells us three things.
1. It teaches us about my Savior.
1. It teaches us about my Savior.
“I stand at the door and knock”......“I will come in”
A. Jesus is a Seeking Savior,
“The Son of man has come to seek and save that which is lost”
2. It tells us about my Situation.
2. It tells us about my Situation.
That I am in need. That I need a savior. That it is up to me.
A. Holman Hunt’s picture of Christ knocking at the door. The latch is on the inside.
B. “knock” a persistent knock. A persistent voice.
There are several ways He knocks on your heart’s door.
1. Through the Bible, the reading of God’s word.
2. Through music
3. Through a personal desire to better ourselves
4. Through prayer
5. Through our stinging conscience
6. Through the memory of a better day in our past
7. Through misfortune and tragedy
8. Through the good providence of God
9. Through our disappointments and discouragement
10. Through church services
11. Through the teaching and the preaching of God’s word
12. Through the faithful witness of a caring Christian
3. It teaches me about my Salvation
3. It teaches me about my Salvation
Beautiful pictures of salvation:
A. It’s like opening a door, Rev. 3:20 and John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (KJV)
B. It’s like taking a drink of water, John 4:14 “but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.””
C. It’s like receiving a gift, Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
D. It’s like coming home, Luke 15 “1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. 8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, …”
E. It’s like accepting an invitation, Matthew 11:28 “28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
F. It’s like putting money in the bank, II Timothy 1:12 “12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.”
G. It’s like eating a meal, John 21, 15-17 “1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will …” “Come and dine”
I John 5:13 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”