Revelation 3:20
[20] 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.
Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and come short of God’s glory. But we are not without hope.
Colossians 1:27 says that Christ in us is the Hope of glory.
Revelation 3:20 is an exchange happens at the table.
You wont open the door to God if you think that you don’t need him. Some people think that they don’t need anything, but we all need Jesus.
Revelation 3:17
[17] Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Just because you have things doesn’t mean you are blessed. Sometimes we don’t have stuff, but rather, stuff has us. Money should serve us, not the other way around.
You may have enough money to buy all you want. You may be able to afford the best clothing money can buy… but there is a different type of covering that God wants to give you. It’s the covering of His glory.
Revelation 3:18-20
[18] I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. [19] As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. [20] 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.
We have to see the table as a place of exchange.
2 Corinthians 5:18-21
[18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; [19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Jesus took our sin on the cross and gave us His righteousness when we believed on Him. That’s an exchange.
1 Corinthians 11:28-29
[28] But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. [29] For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
Romans 14:23
It’s at the table we are restored.