He's In The House

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: - 2 Corinthians 5:14

Ephesians 2:4b, 5 says that “…for his [God’s] love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved;” God raised all the dead along with His Son. Christ’s life has now touched every person, though they be blind to it. This is not uncommon. The people around Christ during His earthly ministry did not know that he, the Life of the Ages, was amongst them either.

He openly declares himself as Life incarnate, even to the scribes who diligently searched the scriptures for the very person which was now standing before them, begging to be known of the one’s called by his Father’s name. It is no different now.

He stands at every door and knocks. He is present and near, though unattended and unseen for the closed nature of our minds.

Note the architecture of the ancient Jewish home. For him to knock at the door means that he was already in the structure of the residence, but stood downstairs in the barn, seeking entrance into the upper room of the home where there was communion and mutual enjoyment amongst its residents.

It seems we always relegate him to live in a barn or a manger; rarely, if ever, allowing him entrance into the place where we really live. Therefore, the declaration of every true witness to God’s world must be that Jesus is not far off, as they suppose, but that he is a very present help. In fact, he's already in the house.