Walking Through

(Revelation 3:7-8) “What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.” 


FINDING THE RIGHT DOOR 

 God’s moral will. What God has already said in His Word. 

 God’s sovereign will. What God is doing on the earth. 



WALKING THROUGH 


(Acts 20:22-24) “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” 


1. The prompting of the Holy Spirit. 


(Acts 20:22) “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem…” 


(Job 32:18-19) “For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me; inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wine skins ready to burst.” 


2. Certain uncertainty. 


(Acts 20:22) “…I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.” 


(1 Corinthians 16:5-9) “After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you-for I will be going through Macedonia. Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.” 


(2 Corinthians 5:7) “We live by faith, not by sight.” 


3. Predictable resistance. 


(Acts 20:23) “I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.” 


(1 Thessalonians 2:18) “For we wanted to come to you--certainly I, Paul, did, again and again--but Satan stopped us.” 


4. Focused determination. 


(Acts 20:24) “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus Christ has given me– the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” When vision increases, options decrease, making it easier to walk through the right door."


Video
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Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands