Introducing the #relentlesspursuit of opportunity series is the lesson, "God's Open Doors" by Wayne Cornwell with Highland Heights church of Christ on Sunday morning, October 5 2014.
3. 1Corinthians 16:5-9
5 Now I will come to
you when I pass
through Macedonia (for
I am passing through
Macedonia).
4. 1Corinthians 16:5-9
6 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.
5. 1Corinthians 16:5-9
7 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.
6. 1Corinthians 16:5-9
8 But I will tarry in
Ephesus until
Pentecost. 9 For a
great and effective
door has opened to
me, and there are
many adversaries.
7. God’s Open Doors
• He opens the door of
opportunity to all
nations
8. 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.
9. Romans 1:5,6
5 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;
10. Luke 24:46,47
46 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,
11. Luke 24:46,47
47 and that repentance
and remission of sins
should be preached in
His name to all
nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.
12. 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
13. 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.”
14. 1Corinthians 16:8,9
8 But I will tarry in
Ephesus until
Pentecost. 9 For a
great and effective
door has opened to
me, and there are
many adversaries.
15. 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.
16. 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
17. Luke 12:35,36
35 “Let your waist be
girded and your lamps
burning;
18. Luke 12:35,36
36 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.
19. 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.
20. 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