god's open doors

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God’s

Open

Doors

1Corinthians 16:5-95 Now I will come to

you when I pass

through Macedonia (for

I am passing through

Macedonia).

1Corinthians 16:5-96 And it may be that I

will remain, or even

spend the winter with

you, that you may send

me on my journey,

wherever I go.

1Corinthians 16:5-97 For I do not wish to

see you now on the

way; but I hope to stay

a while with you, if the

Lord permits.

1Corinthians 16:5-98 But I will tarry in

Ephesus until

Pentecost. 9 For a

great and effective

door has opened to

me, and there are

many adversaries.

God’s Open Doors

• He opens the door of

opportunity to all

nations

Acts 14:27Now when they had

come and gathered the

church together, they

reported all that God

had done with them,

and that He had

opened the door of

faith to the Gentiles.

Romans 1:5,65 Through Him we have

received grace and

apostleship for

obedience to the faith

among all nations for

His name, 6 among

whom you also are the

called of Jesus Christ;

Luke 24:46,4746 Then He said to

them, “Thus it is

written, and thus it was

necessary for the

Christ to suffer and to

rise from the dead the

third day,

Luke 24:46,4747 and that repentance

and remission of sins

should be preached in

His name to all

nations, beginning at

Jerusalem.

God’s Open Doors

• He opens the door of

opportunity to all

nations

• He will open the door

of opportunity for us

to teach others

Revelation 3:8“I know your works.

See, I have set before

you an open door, and

no one can shut it; for

you have a little

strength, have kept My

word, and have not

denied My name.”

1Corinthians 16:8,98 But I will tarry in

Ephesus until

Pentecost. 9 For a

great and effective

door has opened to

me, and there are

many adversaries.

Colossians 4:3

…meanwhile praying

also for us, that God

would open to us a

door for the word, to

speak the mystery of

Christ, for which I am

also in chains.

God’s Open Doors

• He opens the door of

opportunity to all nations

• He will open the door of

opportunity for us to

teach others

• We must open the door

of our heart

Luke 12:35,3635 “Let your waist be

girded and your lamps

burning;

Luke 12:35,3636 and you yourselves

be like men who wait for

their master, when he

will return from the

wedding, that when he

comes and knocks

they may open to him

immediately.

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the

door and knock. If

anyone hears My

voice and opens the

door, I will come in to

him and dine with

him, and he with Me.

God’s Open Doors

• He opens the door of

opportunity to all nations

• He will open the door of

opportunity for us to

teach others

• We must open the door

of our heart

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