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Well, I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU about NO VACANCY.
Now, those two words are tough words to be welcomed with. Just ask Jesus.
Our word for today from the Word of God comes from John 1:12 where it says "Jesus came to His own, but His own did not receive Him." Jesus comes to people HE created and they have no room for Him in their lives. That started the night He was born - His father and about-to-deliver mother were desperate for a room - but the innkeeper put out that sign that said, "No vacancy." Well, that sign has greeted Jesus many times when He has knocked on the door of a human heart . . . maybe yours.
This verse says, "His own did not receive Him." He has a double claim to our heart. First, because He made us - the right of creation. Secondly, He PAID for us. The Bible says there is an eternal death penalty hanging over each of our heads. The Bible says, "The soul that sins, it will die." We are ALL the soul that sins. We've all taken charge of a life that God gave us and He was supposed to run. We have earned that death penalty for that sin - and God could have left it that way. But instead - in an incredible act of His total love for you and me - in the Bible's words, "God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not die but will have eternal life."
And now the One who died for you knocks on the door of your heart - again . . . but not forever. One day you will, in a sense, be knocking on the door of heaven - and if you have never opened your heart for Jesus to become your own Savior from your own sin - well, - no vacancy there for those who had no vacancy for Him here.
I pray the rest of this verse in John. 1:12 will be about you - today - "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His Name, he gave the right to become children of God." If you have left Jesus outside - and you don't want to risk turning Him away one more time - please call us at the number I'm about to give you - let me send you material that will help you finally begin a personal relationship with God's son, Jesus Christ.
The Son of God has waited in line for a long time, maybe He has knocked many times . . . but every time He has knocked you've been busy, you've been distracted. Every time He's been greeted with "Sorry, no vacancy." Today, open your heart to Jesus and say, "Lord, you DIED for me - come IN."
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Last Update: 3/23/1997
