<TITLE>03. Par 7-9</TITLE>L-7 That's the way it is with the Church. God is painting a picture of a beautiful, holy Church. And before it can ever be taken from the earth to the hall of fame in the palace of God, it first must pass down the line of the critics.
"All that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions. Blessed are you when men shall say all manner of evil about you, falsely, for My Name sake."
And this artist painted the picture of Jesus knocking at the door. When it went through the critics, one rose said, "Sir, there's just one thing that I can find wrong with the picture; that is, you do not have any latch on the door."
And the artist said, "Oh, no, I painted it that way." He said "That door is the door to the heart. And the latch is on the inside. You have to open the door."

L-8 And we would wonder as we see knocking at the door. What does a man knock on the door for? He's trying to gain entrance. He wants to come in. That's his reason for knocking.
Many great men in this great wide world and in its years that it's existed, has knocked on doors. And I'm thinking now. What would take place if the great Caesar would've come down to the door of a peasant and knocked at the door. When the peasant opened the door and could've seen who it was, knocking, he would've probably prostrated himself on the floor and said, "Welcome, great Caesar. Just come into my house and honor me by coming into my humble abode. And whatever you find in here, that your heart desires, take it, for it's yours."
What would've took place if the late Adolf Hitler would've come down to the door of one of his soldiers, and would've knocked at the door? And the soldier, looking out and would've seen that it was the great Fuehrer of Germany? The soldier would've swung open the door, and stood at attention, and the saluted the great German Fuehrer and ask him to come in. "And anything you want in my house, take it. It's yours."
If Hitler would've said, "I'll take that golden clock setting on the wall for a souvenir." Though no matter how valuable it would've been, the soldier would've been honored to have given such as that to the German Fuehrer.

L-9 You know, the reason, it's the importance of the person at your door. When an important person comes to visit you... There's not a good democrat in all of Chicago tonight but what would feel highly honored, if President Dwight Eisenhower knocked on his door. Though he different with him in politics, yet he is the President of the United States of America. He's an important man. And just any good democrat would appreciate that, the honor of having the President of the United States, President Dwight Eisenhower to knock at his door. He would say, "Come in, sir. And anything that I can do to make you comfortable while you're here. Enter in." His heart would've been thrilled to know that the President of the United States was knocking at his door. For he would know that the President had a mission for him, or to--something to tell him, or he wouldn't be knocking at the door.


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