Living in Sight of the Open Door

Revelation 4.1 Living in Sight of the Open Door

 Living by faith means to keep your eyes on what John saw when God opened the door to heaven.

A. WE SEE GOD HIMSELF

 1.  God is always in control:  He is on the throne of heaven  [4.2]

      a.  Creator

      b.  Conductor

 2.  God is always with us:  The Spirit of God

      a.  Seven lamps of fire burning before the throne  [4.5]

      b.  Seven horns, seven eyes  [5.6]

      c.  Psalm 139

 3.  God is always for us:  The Lamb of God who was slain, but now standing  [5.5-7]

      a.  Rev 1.17-18

      b.  Acts 2.22-24

B. WE SEE OUR LIFE IN GOD

 1.  Our past:  No regrets!

 2.  Our present:  No worry or frustration!

 3.  Our future:  No fear!

C. WE SEE OUR LIFE IN GOD AND IN THE CULTURE AROUND US

 1.  The Great Commission  [Mat 28]

 2.  The Cultural Mandate  [Gen 1]

 3.  We reign with Christ!  [Rev 5.10]

      In the total expanse of human life
           there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign,
           does not declare, "That is mine!"        Abraham Kuyper