Hear His Voice, Enter the Open Door
January 7, 2026 · 1:20:57 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Summary
The service opened with Psalm 143:10, where the believer prays, "Teach me to do Your will." The point is not that our obedience earns us a place as God's children, but the reverse: He has already become our God, and so it does not befit a child to live outside the Father's will. We may know Scripture and even preach it, yet knowing it is not the same as doing it, and for that we need the grace of God.
The first message lingered on praise (Psalm 103) and on one recurring command from heaven: "Listen to Him." Moses, though learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, still asked the Lord to teach him; the man born blind received his sight simply by obeying Jesus' word; and Christ's sheep follow because they hear His voice. Not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit who teaches us and reminds us of all He has said.
The second message turned to Noah's ark. People mocked him for years, but God shut the one and only door and saved his household. Christ is that door - the way, the truth, and the life - and as in the days of Noah the gospel still warns while the door of salvation stays open. Those who trust Him are sealed by His blood, their names written in the book of life, and they come to the Father not as strangers but as beloved children.
Key Points
- Knowing God's will and doing it are not the same; obedience itself requires His grace.
- He becomes our God first, and true obedience grows out of belonging to Him.
- "Listen to Him" - the Father's word at the Transfiguration is the pattern for our lives.
- Even Moses, full of wisdom, still prayed, "Teach me"; humility comes before obedience.
- The blind man was healed simply by obeying Jesus' word; obedience opens the door to blessing.
- Christ is the one door of salvation, just as the ark had a single door.
- The door is still open - come to the Father as a child whose name is in the book of life.
Devotional
To this very place the Lord has helped you, so pause and thank Him before you ask for anything else. Then pray not only that He would show you His will, but that He would give you grace to actually do it. Like Noah, who built the ark while no rain had ever fallen, learn to trust God before you can see the outcome. The door is still open tonight; come to the Father as His own child and rest beneath His mighty, nail-pierced hands.
“Knowing God's will is not enough; doing it takes the grace of God.”
“The ark had one door, and Christ is the one door into life.”
“To this very place the Lord has helped us.”
