Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me (Rev. 3:20, ESV). Do you understand the context of this verse? That is, “Who was it originally spoken to?” It was written to a church, as in the church of Laodicea. This is one of seven churches described in the book of Revelation as recipients of either praise or condemnation from Jesus Christ. Remember, in this discourse, Jesus was objec

"I became a servant of this Gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power" (Eph. 3:7). The word translated here as “servant” could be translated as minister. In the New Testament, the word translated here as “servant” usually refers to the Lord inspiring His servants to carry out His plan for His people – i.e. as His "minister" (like a deacon serving Him in a local church). In Paul's eyes, this call is for every believer! He is talking about here

Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mk. 2:27, NIV). They are draining the pool in my subdivision today even though the temperature is going to be close to 100-degrees. Somehow, somewhere, it became a “tradition” that the swimming pools opened on Memorial Day and then closed on Labor Day (unless of course you live in Florida or California). Oh, I know that a number of pool operators don’t follow that “rule,” but it seems to set the to