The story is told about a rural area of our country, where one day a housewife received a call from a gentleman who asked, “Does Jesus live here?”
She replied that they were Christian people, and attended church regularly. But still he asked the question, “Does Jesus live here?” When he saw the puzzled look on her face, he sadly turned and went away.
When her husband returned that evening, he said “That must have been the new minister. Did you tell him that we are the best givers in the church, that we always do our job well, and give a large gift to the church at Christmas, that we are charter members and pillars of the church? Did you…” “But John,” she interrupted, “the man didn’t ask all those things. All he asked was, ‘Does Jesus live here?’”
That’s really the heart of it, isn’t it? All these other things are good, but is Christ in our hearts? Does He really live within us?
It happens only, if we first of all let him in. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” (Rev. 3:20) are the repeated words of the Savior. How can Jesus live in us, if we keep him on the outside?
3 Comments:
That quote you are talking about in Rev is talking to the Church it is not meant for unbelievers. People try and use that in evanglism, however it is talking to the dead church.
Dead church or "live church"...it is still a good quotation, and I feel comfortable in using it.
A quotation for quoting sake, especially when it is scripture taken out of context, is not only bad but it is trying to guilt a person into something out of your lack of integrity. Can God really honor that?
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