1. Isaiah 56:1-8 The Lord Opens The Door

2. The School Doors The Church Doors The Lord’s Door to Salvation

3. Isaiah's three Parts: First Isaiah - Chapters 1-39 - Pre- exilic Second Isaiah - Chapters 40-55 - Exileic Third Isaiah - Chapters 56-66 - Post- exilic

4. Three Steps to The Lord's Door A. The First Step to the Lord's Door is Revelation B. The Second Step to The Lord's Door is A Choice We Make C. The Third Step to the Lord's Door is A Joyful Experience

5. The Lord's Door is Revelation Isaiah 56:1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. Revelation means the disclosure of something that was unknown.

6. Romans 1:17 Paul makes this the ground of his glorying in it. …therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith.

7. Matthew 7:12 "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." or "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you,…"

8. The Lord's Door is A Choice We Make Isaiah 56:3-5 Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will surely exclude me…the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant— to them I will give within my house THEY choose what pleases me and hold fast to His covenant—

9. Choices and Responsibility The words of Eleanor Roosevelt ring true: In the long run… the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.

10. The foreigners who bond themselves to the Lord were Gentiles were: strangers strangersaliens They choose those things that please God. God included them in Gospel church God made some of them spiritual priests They became citizens of God's Kingdom.

11. Stepping to the Lord's Door is A Joyful Experience Isaiah 56:8 The Sovereign LORD declares “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered…these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.

12. Story of John Wesley at Aldersgate Street A minister in Savannah, Georgia, 1730’s. Aldersgate Church in London. "I felt my heart strangely warmed." I found all my strength lay in keeping my eye fixed upon Jesus and my soul waiting on Him. I could taste the good word of God with my mouth. Revelation A Choice Made A Joyful Experience

13. The Faith of a Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15:21-28 “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” Disciples urged- “Send her away… She said (prayed). “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed…. Revelation A Choice Made A Joyful Experience

14. The Lord Opens The Door for You Your First Isaiah - Pre-exile Your Second Isaiah - Exile Your Third Isaiah - Post-exile Revelations 3:20 Jesus… Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: John 10:7-10 … Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, truely, I say unto you, I am the door

15. Three Steps to The Lord's Door A. Your First Step to the Lord's Door is Revelation B. Your Second Step to The Lord's Door is A Choice We Make C. Your Third Step to the Lord's Door is A Joyful Experience