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Seven Things Doors Represent in Scripture


I Corinthians 16:9 – “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.”
          
           This is our time to move through the doors God is opening.  Revelation 4:1 says, “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
            Doors represent the following seven things in the Scriptures:
  1. Entrance – Genesis 4:7 – “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
  2. Access - John 10:7, 9 - Verse 7 says, “Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.” Verse 9 continues, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”
  3. Opportunity – 2 Corinthians 2:12 – ““Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord.”
  4. Revelation/Invitation – Revelation 4:1 – “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
  5. Power - Acts 14:27 – “Now 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.” 
  6. Deliverance – Acts 5:19 – “But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out,”
  7. Protection – Exodus 12:7 – “And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.”
          When God desires to bless us, He opens a window.  Malachi 3:10 refers to the windows of heaven being opened and blessings flowing to those who are obedient to God’s Word.  When God desires to promote you, He opens a door.  I believe we are entering into a year of open doors.  We must pray for open doors to expand the influence and ministry of the Kingdom of God in our family, church, region, and the nations of the earth.

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