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lacknothing said:
Salvation is a gift form God that is free to us but we have to accept this frees gift. It is not just given to us without our accepting it.

"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Rev 3:20.

Jesus stands at the the door and knocks (offering himself) and if any man hear my voice (have faith) and open the door (Repent) I will come in to him.

Jesus doens't say here that I stand at the door and knock and when you hear my voice and my Father opens the door then I will come in to him, NO he say IF any man HEAR my voice and OPEN the door. The infamous big little word "if" is there because there is a choice involved in this. And also you might see the word "any" there pretaining to the following word "man" and when you put these together you get "any man" meaning any person. So by this Jesus is saying that I will knock and ANYBODY who hears me and opens the door I will come in to them.
Rev. 3:20 does not speak about salvation. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/nono.gif" alt="" />

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Rev 3:19-20 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
This is an invitation not for the readers to be converted but to renew themselves in a relationship with Christ that has already begun. Verse 22 says, He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches ... Note whom the Spirit is addressing -- the churches. Compare "reprove and chasten" to Hebrews 12.

Reformed and Always Reforming,