often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small wordsĪ conditional particle in case that, provided, etc. The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)Ī portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)Īnd, also, even, so then, too, etc. of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc. Properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc. To stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively) I will be found of you…. Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Then you will (be able to) call upon Me, and I will listen to you. Jeremiah 29:10-14“…I will visit you…I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope. He loves you and wants to make wonderful changes in your life. Remember, God’s knock-knocks, are no joke. He is wanting to do a new work in our lives. God’s knock-knocks are not just reserved for when we do wrong, but most times, it’s when: Peter echoes this principle (1Peter2:21) when he speaks of the lost having a day of God’s visitation. In essence, He was saying, you heard the knock-knocking, but refused to get up and answer the door! Jesus told the people of Jerusalem (in Luke 19 at the Triumphant Entry) because they did not know the time of God’s visitation, they would suffer horribly. She desperately searches for him, calling out to him, but is unable to find him. He has judged her response and has departed to find other lodgings for the night. It is obvious her husband has given up trying to get in. However, as she unlocks and opens the door, she finds the doorway empty. As she places her hand upon the door latch, residue of the cologne he has anointed himself with is still upon it, and it coats her fingers, only making her more anxious to let him in. Finding his entry still prevented, he stops knocking, and leaves.įrom her bed (after a moment of hesitation, then reflection on her initial responses) the wife, her heart now flooded with love and emotion for her husband, rises up to open the door. The husband places his hand upon the door handle once more to see if she will go ahead and open the door. She stays in bed complaining of the trouble she has taken to get ready for bed, and the disruption it will cause her to get up. He calls out to her in a kind, and longing voice. The husband, who has been away, arrives late in the night and finds the door locked, and he has no key, so he knocks upon the door, to get his wife’s attention, to come and open the door. Song of Solomon 5:1-6 Titled in my Ryrie Study Bible as “The Honeymoon Is Over”. The Lord, He just never stops knock-knocking! However, I want to touch on the Knock-knock of the Holy Spirit after our salvation experience. When we finally acknowledge the knock-knock of God and open the door, He comes in, and through forgiveness of our sins, through His precious blood, we begin the have fellowship with Him (which has been His plan all along!). Then comes the day when we hear the Gospel message (for the first time, or the 1000th time) and we feel the heavy hand of the Lord knocking hard upon the door of our heart.
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Learning how to ignore God’s “knock-knocks”. They are still too young, and innocent to ignore the Holy Spirit’s knock-knocking. What is precious to me is seeing the affect the Lord’s “knock knock” has on them. I can already see God’s “knock, knock” on the conscience, or the heart’s door of my grandchildren. The “knock, knock” of the Lord begins early in our childhood. The truth is, it’s the knuckles of God rapping, tapping, knocking, and sometimes pounding upon the door of our heart with conviction.
In the world, they would rather call it our “conscience”. We all know the “knock, knock” of the Lord. The “knock, knock” that I want to address this morning is the knocking the Holy Spirit does on our heart’s door. Dwayne, who? Dwayne the pool I’m dwowning! If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”