GUESS WHO IS AT THE DOOR?

1. GUESS WHO IS AT THE DOOR? I will be shocked if you get it, he's probably the last person on your guest list, for reasons well known to you. However, there He is. Before you slam the door in His face, permit me to make a proper introduction. His name is JESUS CHRIST and contrary to what you think, He has not come to CONDEMN you or your lifestyle, "When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? he said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, NEITHER DO I CONDEMN THEE ..." [John 8:10-11] JESUS CHRIST is at your door as a FRIEND more reliable than a sibling, a FRIEND who has gone through the worst this world has to offer, even death and overcame. He comes in PEACE, "... that IN ME YE MIGHT HAVE PEACE. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" [John 16:33] He is a GENTLEMAN, JESUS won't force Himself on you, "Behold, I STAND AT THE DOOR, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" [Revelation 3:20]

2. You may be wondering, who is JESUS CHRIST? JESUS CHRIST is God revealed in the frame of Man as SAVIOUR of the world. I perceive your next query to be as follows; why does the world need a SAVIOUR? The answer is SIN, the corrupted nature of Satan, brought man into collision with God and untold suffering on earth, "For we know that the WHOLE CREATION GROANETH and TRAVAILETH IN PAIN together until now" [Romans 8:22] I should let you know, SIN is much more than fornication, robbery, lying, drug addiction, drunkenness, etc. SIN is essentially who you are without JESUS,  a slave to Satan, working DISOBEDIENCE against God, "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME" [Romans 7:19-20] SIN is the reason you are unable to break that bad habit, fulfil your new year resolutions or turn a new leaf. JESUS CHRIST is at your door with GOOD NEWS of His VICTORY over SIN and DEATH, through His DEATH on the Cross and RESURRECTION. He is at your door with offers of VICTORY over SIN and ETERNAL LIFE,  "For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. ... For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" [Romans 6:10,23]

3. I see many locks on your door and understand, your past experience with wolves masquerading as servants of God are unpalatable. JESUS is aware of all these and mourns the sad reality of false preachers, "Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves" [Luke 19:46] He is knocking at the door of your heart for reconciliation, bereft of intermediaries. It does not matter what you've done with your life; thieves, drug addicts, idolaters, murderers, etc., are welcome, "All that the Father giveth me shall COME TO ME; and him that cometh to me I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT" [John 6:37] JESUS is at the door with offer of a new beginning for you, a clean slate, if you will receive Him, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; behold, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW" ["2 Corinthians 5:17] Your "NEW BEGINNING" breaks with REPENTANCE; acknowledging and confessing your SIN to JESUS not to any man. Follow up with FAITH in Him; ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST with all your heart as your God and SAVIOUR, "For IN HIM DWELLETH ALL THE FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power" [Colossians 2:9-10]

4. JESUS is at your door with the package for ABUNDANT LIFE, "The THIEF cometh not, but for to STEAL, and to KILL, and to DESTROY: I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, and that they might HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY" [John 10:10] ABUNDANT LIFE is the LIFE of God which JESUS gives to those who accept Him as LORD and SAVIOUR. We have a "TASTE" of it  in this world and the fulness hereafter, "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM" [1 Corinthians 2:9] My dear Friend, our FAITH and HOPE in CHRIST are not determined or tied to earthly things,"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable" [1 Corinthians 15:19] We have our full INHERITANCE awaiting us at the appearance of JESUS CHRIST to receive us to Himself, "... and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure" [1 John 3:2-3] Having this HOPE, let us prepare ourselves with all diligence as BRIDE waiting for the BRIDEGROOM, "And, behold, I COME QUICKLY; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be" [Revelation 22:12]