<TITLE>03. Par 9-14</TITLE>L-9 Now, and in the face of all of it, that isn't my text. Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock. And if any man will open the door, I'll come into him, and will sup with him, and he with me." What an invitation to a--a people that lives in this day to see these horrible sights that we're now looking at and with such a glorious invitation.
"I'll stand at the door and knock. And if any man will hear and open, I'll come into him, and I will sup with him, and he with Me." What a communion. What a privilege. What a fellowship, standing at the door knocking.

L-10 When the great artist (I can't call his name just at this time.) painted the picture of Jesus knocking at the door... Any picture before it can become a famous picture, it has to go through the hall of critics, the--the people who are famous artists who criticize the picture. They find all the flaws that's in it.
So after this famous picture had went through practically the hall of critics, it was asked the man who give the painting... A critic said, "There's just one thing that I can find wrong with your picture." He said, "You have forgotten to put the latch on the door."
And the painter said, "Oh, no. You misunderstand. If the latch was on the outside, He'd raise the latch and go in. But the latch is on the inside. The person inside must lift the latch."
That's the way it is. Jesus with all of His mercy and all of His compassion, yet, you are the person that'll let Him in or keep Him out. You have the latch on your side.

L-11 What would a man knock at another man's door for? What would be the reason? Why, it's to gain entrance. He wants to come in. He wants... He's got something that he wants to talk about or something to show you. When someone knocks [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.] at your door, they're wanting to gain an entrance, or--or a little fellowship, or something to talk to you about. That's the reason Jesus knocks at the door.

L-12 What would you think, that down through the ages the many calls that's come to people's door? Let us go back for just a few moments. Let's think of the great Caesar Augustus in the days of the Roman empire. What if a foot soldier would've been living down in the little shanty somewhere, and Caesar Augustus would've come from his palace and went down to the little shanty where his footman lived and knocked at the door?
What a thrill that would've been to that footman. Why, the great Emperor of Rome was at his door trying to get a word with him. Oh, he would've been happy. He would've opened the door, and fell on his face, and said, "Great Emperor, enter in to my humble abode. And whatever you see that you want, it's yours." Sure, he'd been thrilled to have had such a--a privilege to entertain the emperor of Rome in his day.

L-13 What a privilege it would've been for a peasant in the days of Adolf Hitler in Germany, the Fuehrer of Germany, if he would've went down to a poor man's house and would've knocked at the door. And the man would've went to the door and raised up the curtain and looked and the Fuehrer of Germany, the great Hitler, stood at his door, the ruler, the dictator of Germany.
He'd say, "Well, I'm not worthy that such a man like that would knock at my door. Do you mean that Hitler wants to speak to me, a peasant?" Why, he'd throw the door open, and fell on his face, and said, "Hitler, enter my home. Sure, anything that's here is yours, great Fuehrer of Germany." Certainly, he would've been happy to have done it. Not only that, but he'd have been honored to done it, to think that Hitler would've come to his door.

L-14 And you have to watch the importance of the person that's knocking at your door; that has to do with it. If it was a beggar, you might have a right to close the door or not go to the door, if you had nothing to give him and you felt ill at the beggar. But if he was an important person...


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