Jesus the Door

 

I am the door

Says the Lord, Jesus Christ,

The salvation of every human being

Hangs on his sacrifice.

 

No other door is available

Whereby a man can be saved,

It matters not your denomination

Or how well you behave.

 

No merit has anyone

Other than Jesus Christ in him,

Jesus the door, is the only deliverance

From the wages of sin.

 

The door to life abundant

Thus, the door to escape death,

The door to life everlasting

And God’s eternal rest.

 

 

Not just cracked open

That only a few can get in

But the door for the whosoever,

All can come to him.

 

All that came before Jesus

Were robbers and thieves

That took advantage of the sheep

And did as they pleased.

 

Their door was ineffective

And only scattered the sheep,

The sheep for whom Jesus died:

The sheep he still doth seek.

 

A great door and effectual

Declared the Apostle Paul,

This door was for them as well as us,

Jew, Gentile and all.

 

 

 

Knock and it will open

Meaning the door of salvation,

All that come, he will not refuse

Is his call to every nation.

 

The Jews first then Gentiles

Making them both one in Christ,

Baptized into one Holy Spirit

Via one atoning Sacrifice.

 

One sheep fold, not two

As some are wont to believe,

Just as Jesus said, “I am the door,”

It’s for all who will receive.

 

 

The Kingdom and the Church

Both rolled into one,

A people, neither Gentile nor Jew,

But only the reborn.

 

A new Israel, as it were,

But with a heavenly city,

The new Jerusalem that John saw

Coming in AD 70.

 

The destruction of the first

Was the initiation of the second,

No longer a door to a physical temple

But Jesus that now beckons.

 

“Come on to me,” he says,

And I will give you rest,”

Jesus is that door to that one fold-

Choose life rather than death!

 

Buried with Christ in baptism

Risen with Christ through faith,

The operation of God the Father

Delivered to us by His grace.

 

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

One door which is Jesus Christ,

He is the way, the truth and the life,

No other door will suffice.

 

Stewart Russell © March 30, 2024

 

The Trinity’s Operation in Ephesians

 

“In one hope of your calling”; it’s in the Bible do read it

“Even as ye are called” there’s “one body and one Spirit”,

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all”

“Who is above all and through all and in you all” the apostle recalls.

Verses 4 through 6 of Ephesians chapter four

Show three in operation; no less and no more,

One God, one Lord and one Holy Spirit that are co-equal

And are involved in much activity throughout the Bible.

The letter to the Ephesians is profoundly doctrinal

Written not only for them but also for us modern day people,

Throughout this epistle there is the Holy Trinity

Frequenting its message with unmistakable clarity.

Now turn with me to Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 18,

Time and again you’ve read this but had not really seen

That through Christ we have access by one Spirit to the Father

So that Father, Son and Spirit are prominently the theme.

 

Let’s look at other references for the Father, Son, and Spirit,

Ephesians chapter 1 verse 17 is a verse of such merit,

Paul prayed that the God of Jesus, the Father of glory

May give revelation and knowledge in the wisdom of the spirit.

He also prayed to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

That he would strengthen us inwardly with might by His Spirit,

And that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith

Being filled with the fullness of God would be the believer’s limit.

Go and check verses 14 through 19 of Ephesians chapter 3

And you will see the Divine three-in-one operate in unity;

The Father grants that the Spirit would strengthen the inner man

And that Christ may dwell in our hearts; this completes God’s plan.

Consider “whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption”

So “grieve not the Holy Spirit” as in Ephesians 4: 30 and 32

But “be ye kind one to another tenderhearted and forgiving

Even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”.

“Be not drunk with wine”…”but be filled with the Spirit”

“Giving thanks for all things unto God and the Father” commit,

All this “in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” submit

Accordingly as Ephesians chapter 5 verses 18 and 20 depict.

  

The conclusion of this triune matter is so very clear to me,

It indicates God’s tri-unity in us and in Him our unity,

In the word of God we read of a magnificent mystery

But in our hearts, right there lives out a wonderful reality.

“One God, Father of all, above all” speaks of the Father above,

“He that is through all” speaks of the Son, God’s expression of love,

“He that is in you all” the Spirit once descended like a dove,

And there you have the Trinity indwelling us yet in heaven above.

Stewart Russell © 2015