Season of Open Doors - Sermon By Pastor Felix Umanah.

Pst. Felix Umanah Snr. Pastor, Redeemed Christian Church of God, New Couryrad Parish, Ebutte-Metta, Lagos. Ministering On The Topic Season of Open Doors At Breach Repairers Assembly, Lagos On Sunday, 24 October, 2016.

Season of Open Doors Is The Sermon Delivered By Pastor Felix Umanah, Snr. Pastor, Redeemed Christian Church of God, New Couryrad Parish, Ebutte-Metta, Lagos on Sunday, 23, October 2016 At Breach Repairers Assembly Lagos.

Bible Reference Rev. 3: 7-8. 

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

  

God has set before us an open door that no man or power can shut. Rev. 3:8.

It is important at this juncture that we look at who this God is, His nature and why He makes promises with such authority.

Let’s take a look at Rev. 3: 7-8 and extract some of God’s attributes that makes Him God which is also reason why we should believe Him whenever He makes such declarations. If someone you’ve never met comes to you and tells you ‘I will give you N10 Million’. It is natural for one to start investigating who this man that made this promise is, if he is capable of fulfilling it and all that. But when God makes a promise, it is final.

Rev. 3: 7-8

• He  is holy:

Holiness is the highest level of purity and perfection. God is holy. It is impossible for God with such highest level of perfection to declare what He will not do. 

• He is True:

Being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false. God cannot lie. Rom. 3:4. let God be true, but every man a liar;

• He holds the key of David:

The key of David signifies authority and power that cannot be contravened

The God with these elaborate attributes has declared an open door that no man can close. The open door is Jesus. John. 10:9.

Conditions to Enter The Open Door Psalm 15: 1-5

• Your personal walk with God must be restored and correct

• Your relationship with others must be right

• Your attitude towards others must be that of love

Biblical Examples of Open Doors By God

• Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son Luke 7:11-47

• Dorcas Acts. 9: 32-42

• Widow of Zarephat. 1 Kings 17:8-15. Sometimes, God brings people your way who will not look like prophets, especially if you are reasoning it out with your head knowledge, you get missed out.

• 1 Sam. 1: 2-17, 1:34-38, 2:21 Many times, we need open doors, we go knocking at other people’s door but she knocked at God’s own door. She tied what brings reproach to her to God.