A DOOR KEEPER

Genesis 6:13-16 (KJV) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

HAVE YOU STOPPED TO CONSIDER HOW MANY DOORS SURROUND US?

BIG DOORS, LITTLE DOORS, CABINET DOORS, CAR DOORS, CLOSET DOOR

WE HAVE: FRONT DOORS, BACK DOORS, SIDE DOORS, SWINGING DOORS, SLIDING DOORS, GARAGE DOORS

WE HAVE: WOODEN DOORS, METAL DOORS, GLASS DOORS, (OTHER COUNTRIES ENVOLVED) FRENCH DOORS, SCREEN DOORS

WE HAVE: DOORS ON OUR HOUSES, AND IN OUR HOUSES

JUST TO GET TO CHURCH TODAY YOU HAD TO CONTEND WITH SEVERAL DOORS:

BEDROOM DOOR, BATHROOM DOOR, CLOSET DOOR, REFRIGARATOR DOOR, PANTRY DOOR, BATHROOM DOOR, REFRIGARATOR DOOR, BATHROOM DOOR, REFRIGERATOR DOOR

FRONT DOOR, CAR DOOR, CHURCH DOOR

DOORS ARE EVERYWHERE

GENESIS 6 GOD TOLD NOAH TO BUILD AN ARK

GOD TOLD NOAH:

TYPE OF WOOD TO BUILD WITH

HOW BIG TO BUILD THE ARK

PITCH WITHIN & WITHOUT

300 CUBITS LONG

50 CUBITS WIDE

30 CUBITS HIGH

3 STORIES

BUILD A WINDOW

HOW BIG TO BUILD THE WINDOW

GOD PAYS ATTENTION TO DETAIL

INTERESTING THAT GOD DIDN’T TELL NOAH HOW BIG TO BUILD THE DOOR

THE DOOR WAS THE ENTRANCE OF LIFE ONTO THE ARK

THE ENTRANCE INTO THE CHURCH, OF NOAH’S DAY

GOD DIDN’T GIVE A MEASUREMENT OR CALCULATION FOR THE SIZE OF THE DOOR.

HE LEFT IT UP TO NOAH TO DETERMINE THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE DOOR.

THERE IS SOMETHINGS I CANT PUT A MEASUREMENT ON:

THE WORD OF GOD IS FOREVER SETTELED, I CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

THE DOCTRINE OF HOLINESS IS ALREADY MEASURED OUT

I CANT PUT A MEASUREMENT ON THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST

I CAN PUT A MEASUREMENT ON HOW BIG A DOOR I WANT TO PUT ON THE ARK

I CANT CHANGE THE WORD

BUT I WANT OUR CHURCH TO HAVE A BIG, BIG, BIG DOOR.

NOAH BUILT THE DOOR TO THE ARK SO BIG THAT IT TOOK GOD TO SHUT IT

IMAGINE: NOAH’S THINKING ABOUT BUILDING THAT DOOR

HE SAYS “IT MUST BE BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BIGGEST ANIAMAL ALIVE TO FIT THROUGH IT”

THE CHURCH SHOULD HAVE A DOOR SO BIG THAT THE BIGGEST SINNER IN ALBEMARLE CAN FIT THROUGH IT AND BE SAVED.

I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING ANY DIMENSONS OF DOCTRINE ETC

I’M TALKING ABOUT THE DOOR!

JESUS SAID “I AM THE DOOR”

I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE WORD OF GOD.

I WANT THOSE THAT’S TURNED THERE BACK ON GOD TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR

DRUG ADDICTS—WALK THROUGH OUR DOOR

HOMOSEXUALS—WALK THROUGH OUR DOOR

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MESSED UP YOU WAS WHEN YOU CAME TO CHURCH FIRST TIME

GLAD I FOUND A CHURCH WITH A BIG ENOUGH DOOR I COULD GO THROUGH IT

DOOR—A BARRIER BY WHICH AN ENTRY IS CLOSED AND OPENED

A DOOR IS A BARRIER

Mark 2:4 (KJV) 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

NOTICE: “SICK OF THE PALSY”

WHEN YOU GET SICK OF IT, YOU’LL GET RID OF IT

IF YOUR NOT SICK OF DRUGS, YOU’LL KEEP DOING THEM

IF YOUR NOT SICK OF SIN, YOU’LL STAY IN HOG PEN

IF YOUR NOT SICK OF DEAD CHURCH, STAY RIGHT THERE

IF YOUR NOT SICK OF NOT HAVING THE HOLYGHOST, WONT RECEIVE

MAN WAS SICK OF THE PALSY

FOUR FRIENDS CLIMBED ON ROOF AND TORE IT UP AND LOWERED HIM DOWN TO JESUS

A LOT OF GOOD SERMONS ON TEARING ROOF UP

IMAGINE: HOMEOWNER, PAYING MORTGAGE ON HOME, SOME NUT WITH HAMMER TEARING IT UP

“YOU BETTER GET DOWN RIGHT NOW”

“DON’T MAKE ME COME UP THERE”

“YOU DON’T EVEN PAY YOUR TITHES”

THE ONLY REASON THEY TORE THE ROOF UP WAS BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS TO CROWDED

Mark 2:2 (KJV) 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

DIDN’T SAY THERE WAS NO MORE ROOM IN THE HOUSE

SAID NO ROOM TO RECEIVE “THEM”

WE MAY NOT HAVE TO RIP THE ROOF OFF IF WE WIDEN OUR DOORS

HOW MANY WOULD COME TO THIS CHURCH IF THEY COULD GET IN THE DOOR?

IF THEY DON’T LOOK LIKE ME—DON’T WONT THEM

IF THEY DON’T ACT LIKE ME—DON’T WONT THEM

LETS MAKE SURE THERE IS ROOM AT OUR DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN.

BIBLE WARNS US NOT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF SINNERS

I WANT TO BE “A DOOR KEEPER”

COME ON WE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU

BRING THAT ISSUE IN

BRING THAT PROBLEM IN

BRING THAT SICKNESS IN

COME ON IN

Revelation 3:7-8 (KJV) 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

“OPEN DOOR” GOD DOSENT WANT ANY BARRIERS BETWEEN US AND HIM

GOD WANTS AN OPEN DOOR BETWEEN HIM AND HIS HOUSE

I DON’T KNOCK ON MY DOOR (YOU DO)

GOD SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUST SHOW UP AND BE NO BARRIER FOR HIM TO HELP US

Revelation 3:20 (KJV) 20 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.

WHO CLOSED THE DOOR

WHAT CLOSED THE DOOR

THIS WAS ONE DOOR THAT GOD WOULDN’T OPEN

Matthew 16:19 (KJV) 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

LOOKS LIKE THE CHURCH HAS KEYS

LOOKS LIKE THE CHURCH CAN BIND AND LOOSE

LOOKS LIKE THE CHURCH CAN OPEN OR CLOSE

AS POWERFUL AS GOD IS, IF WE DON’T WONT HIM TO MOVE, HE WONT.

Mark 7:13 (KJV) 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

WOW! WE HAVE POWER TO MAKE THE WORD OF GOD OF NONE EFFECT

Mark 6:5-6 (KJV) 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

UNBELIEF CLOSES THE DOOR TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO

THE WORLD DIDN’T CLOSE THE DOOR

THE CHURCH IS THE ONE THAT CLOSED THE DOOR

ACTS 12 PETER IS IN PRISON BEHIND LOCKED DOORS, CHURCH IS PRAYING FOR HIM

GOD ANSWERS THERE PRAYER AND PETER SHOW UP TO A CLOSED DOOR CHURCH.

A YOUNG PERSON (STOPPED PRAYING ALONG TIME AGO) HEARS PETER KNOCKING

RHODA BE QUIT WERE PRAYING FOR PETER

HE’S AT THE DOOR, KNOCKING

GOD WAS WILLING TO OPEN SEVERAL CLOSED DOORS OF A PRISON TO GET PETER OUT

WASN’T WILLING TO OPEN ONE CLOSED DOOR AT A PRAYER MEETING TO LET HIM IN

FINALLY SOMEBODY HAD TO BE “UNSPIRITUAL” AND OPEN THE DOOR

LETS HAVE A BIG DOOR!

LETS KEEP OUR BIG DOOR OPEN!

Luke 11:5-7 (KJV) 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

THAT’S A LIE, YOU CAN GET UP

DIFFERENCE IN “WILL NOT” AND “CANNOT”

LETS KEEP THE DOOR OPEN!

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