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Revelation 3:20  (NKJV)
20 Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.






In this lifetime, God does not force us to do anything including to get saved. Jesus knocks at the door giving us an invitation to know Him.  






It's not a physical knock that we can hear with our ears.  He's talking about the door of our heart. 




That's not only how we get born again, but also how He prompts us to surrender to Him on a moment to moment basis.
  



He's not going to make us do anything.  We should be extremely interested in yielding to Him.  Wouldn't you like the Holy Spirit to find you easy to work with?


I am in awe of God's patience.  God will say something and it will come to pass 1,000 years from now. 


Some people write others off their list after two weeks.  Our God is slow to anger.  We are to be like Him.


Being quick tempered is devilish.  It's being lead by wrong spirits.   We must stop it.  


Revelation 3:20  (NKJV)
20 Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.






If we do this, it's going to happen.  If we don't do this, it's not going to happen.  






We are to respond to his voice.  Jesus knocks using His voice and not by pounding on the door with his fist.  




How do we open the door?  We respond to Jesus's voice which is a thought that we recognized has come from Him. We invite Him in with our voice. 






Hebrews 13:5  (NKJV)
For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 






When Jesus comes in, He doesn't leave us whether we feel Him or not.  We know He is here because He doesn't lie. 




He's in us by the grace of God.  We let Him in.  We opened the door. 
      



After we've opened the door, it's He's move. We want the ball in His court.  We've got to do our part and open the door. 






When we open the door, we'll be born again (John 3).  






For Jesus to eat with us, that's means we're eating the same things and sharing the same thoughts.  It means what's in Jesus.  Will be in us.  






Matthew 4:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 But He (Jesus) answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”



Revelation 3:20  (NKJV)
20 Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.



Keith Moore, Faith Life Church
https://flcmedia.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/productvideo/0330-YieldYourself-01-HD.mp4 

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