Revelation 3:20 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… I. WHO IS HE? 1. It is clear that He is some one of importance. "Behold," He says, "I stand at the door; I who could never have been expected to stand there." He speaks, you observe, as though His coming to us would surprise us; just as we might suppose a monarch to speak at a beggar's door. And there is a reason for this. It is the glorious Redeemer who is here, the Monarch of earth and heaven. See then how this text sets forth at the very outset of it the Divine mercy. We think it a great thing that God should sit on a throne waiting for sinners to come to Him, but here He describes Himself as coming to sinners. II. WHAT IS THE LORD JESUS DOING AT OUR DOOR? 1. On our part, it implies this mournful fact, that our hearts are all naturally shut against Christ, yea, fastened, bolted, and barred, against Him. 2. On Christ's part, this expression implies a willingness to enter our hearts; and more than a willingness, an earnest desire to enter them. III. WHAT DOES THIS GRACIOUS STRANGER AT OUR DOOR WISH US TO DO? IV. WHAT WILL THIS EXALTED BEING AT OUR DOOR DO FOR US, IF WE LET HIM IN? 1. "I will come in to him." There His presence is promised, and with it the light and comfort and bliss and glory of it. 2. "I will sup with him, and he with Me." This implies a manifestation of Christ in the heart He dwells in, and intercourse and communion with it. (James Hamilton, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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