JESUS AT THE DOOR by H. A. St. John

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 17, 1906

JESUS AT THE DOOR.

By H. A. St. John

BY H. A. ST. JOHN.

"Behold the Saviour at the door! He gently knocks, has knocked before, Has waited long, is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill."

"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." Rev. 3:20. This language has a present application. It is thus, that Jesus comes to every heart before He comes in the clouds of heaven. And unless backsliders and lukewarm professors shall hear and heed the Saviour's voice and open the door of the heart by zealous repentance, and thus constrain the dear Saviour to come in and sup with them and they with Him; unless the soul shall experience this blessed, wonderful, and glorious feast, fellowship and walk with Jesus, they can not be sanctified wholly—body, soul, and spirit—and preserved blameless unto His coming in glory.

Jesus' coming in the clouds of heaven draws near. But unless we welcome the Saviour into the soul and feel the blessedness of His loving spirit, sad will be the day of His coming in glory to reap the harvest of the earth. Our disappointment and distress will be inconceivable. If we let Him in now, the Day-star will have risen in our hearts as the harbinger of the perfect and eternal day to us. It is the coming of Jesus into our hearts and lives, that demands our first and most earnest attention. By a zealous compliance with the conditions, let us claim this wonderful promise here and now, and hold on by faith until the radiant presence of Jesus fills the soul all the time. Then, and not till then, will our works be wrought in God, and we be all ready to hear the "well done" from the lips of our glorious King when He comes in power and great glory, to gather unto Himself His own.

"The coming King is at the door, Who once the cross for sinners bore, But now the righteous ones alone, He comes to gather home."

"So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors." Matt. 24:33.

When the heavens above us shall roll back as a scroll when it is rolled together, and thus the great door of the heavens be opened, revealing the personal coming of our glorified Lord with all His holy angels, what a glorious and thrilling sight to all those in whose hearts the Morning Star has risen, who are filled with His love, who are ready and looking for Him! They will look up and exclaim, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us." And only such will be saved then.

Reader, be not deceived. Sing not the songs of Jesus' coming as King of Kings to reap the harvest of the earth until He has come into your soul with all His heavenly graces, and you have sweet fellowship with Him in all the walks and work of life. Then, and not till then, can you sing with the Spirit and understanding the beautiful songs of His coming again to be glorified in all His saints, and to be admired in all them that love Him.

"Welcome, welcome, my Redeemer, Welcome to this heart of mine. Lord, I make a full surrender, Every power and thought be Thine— Thine entirely, Thine entirely, Through eternal ages Thine."