Knock, Knock! Who’s There?

Blessings to my Christian siblings! The title above is not introducing a knock-knock-joke. It’s truly asking a relationship question introduced in the book of Revelation.

* “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” (Revelation 3:20 NIV)

Christians believe that those red-letter words are from Jesus as God. But who do the Jews say that Jesus is/was? In the Jewish religion, Jesus is not accepted as God. Like the Triniterians, the Jews do not understand the divinity of Jesus. The Jews long for the third temple to be built because they do not believe that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. Some Jews even expect for there to be a return to animal sacrifice or burnt offerings when the third temple is constructed in Jerusalem.

So who do you pray to? Who do you say that Jesus is? Do you believe that Jesus is the one and only God or do you believe that Jesus is 1/3^rd God in a trinity of other 1/3^rd Gods? Do you believe like the Jews that Jesus is not God? Who is Jesus to you? Knock, knock! Who’s there?

* “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9 NIV) Is this Scripture about prayer? 1) Ask for forgiveness, and it will be given to you. 2) Seek God’s will and you will find it. 3) (Figuratively) knock and the door will be opened to you to be invited in for sweet fellowship with Him which includes hearing His voice in prayer.

* “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” (John 10:27 NIV)

Attached are the two remaining pages of the four pages that are the Mark of Excellence Newsletter, dated September 2021, “Prayer” Edition. Please seek God for His wisdom and discernment.