The Knock!

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

-Jeremiah 31:3

The Knock!

by Rev. Charles Spurgeon

The Master came one night to the door, and

knocked with the iron hand of the law; the

door shook and trembled upon its hinges.

But the man piled every piece of furniture

which he could find against the door, for he

said, "I will not admit that man."

The Master turned away, but by-and-by He

came back, and with His own soft hand, using

most that part where the nail had penetrated,

He knocked again -- oh, so softly and tenderly.

This time the door did not shake, but, strange

to say, it opened, and there upon his knees the

once unwilling host was found rejoicing to receive

his guest!

“Come in, come in; you have so knocked that my

affections are moved for you. I could not think of

your pierced hand leaving its blood mark on my

door. I yield, I yield, Your love has won my heart.”

So in every case, the love of Christ wins the day.

What Moses with the tablets of stone could never

do, Christ does with His pierced hand!

Such is the doctrine of effectual calling.

Do I understand it experimentally?

"With unfailing love I have I drawn you to myself."

-Jeremiah 31:3