THREE KNOCKS AT THE DOOR

ILLUSTRATION:

At the height of his worldwide fame, rock musician Alice Cooper drank a bottle of whiskey a day. But the bottle almost destroyed his marriage to Sheryl, his wife of 25 years. He started heading off to church with her and felt as if God was speaking to him every Sunday.

Now a believer, Cooper takes the opportunity to speak to curious fellow musicians about the reality of the Devil and the change in his life. “I have talked to some big stars about this, some really horrific characters, and you’d be surprised,” he says. “The ones that you would think are the farthest gone are the ones that are the most apt to listen.”

THREE KNOCKS AT THE DOOR

1. OF THE SINNER—WITH SALVATION

Revelation 3:20 KJV (WS)

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.

2. OF THE SAINT—FOR COMMUNION

Song of Solomon 5:2 KJV (WS)

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

3. OF THE SERVANT—FOR REWARD

Luke 12:36–37 KJV (WS)

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.