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Open Door Fellowship Open Door Fellowship Assembly began out of a desire to return to our church roots as described in the New Testament.

01/30/2026

It’s never our works that justify us; Paul is unambiguous. Faith is not passive belief but loyal surrender—submitting to the Spirit. That’s why he says the promise came “through the righteousness of faith” and not through the law (Romans 4:13). God Himself works His righteousness through those who yield to Him.

This is why the great cloud of witnesses stands before us. They didn’t accomplish anything by fleshly effort; they acted because they trusted. Every one of them lived by the righteousness that comes from faith—hearing God, responding to God, and letting His power work through their mortal bodies (Hebrews 11). And Paul says the same Spirit is now in us, giving life to our mortal bodies (Romans 8:11). We owe gratitude to those saints, because through their Spirit‑shaped loyalty the Seed came into the world. As Paul reminds us, the promises were spoken “to Abraham and to his Seed… who is Christ” (Galatians 3:16).

This is precisely what Hebrews means by “rest.” Rest is not inactivity; it is ceasing from self‑powered works and entering the life of trusting Jesus—submitting to the Spirit’s voice: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 4:7). Rest is Spirit‑dependence, not spiritual passivity.

Paul captures the whole dynamic in one line: “If you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the practices of the body, you will live” (Romans 8:13).

The Spirit is the power.
We are the responders.
Life is the outcome.

Faith is not self‑effort; it is Spirit‑submission. God works His righteousness through those who yield (Romans 8:26–27). By the Spirit we obey Christ Jesus (1 Peter 1:2). It’s not moral effort, and it’s not perfection, but trust and loyalty to the one God and Lord.

So the real question is not, “Did you perform enough works?” but, “Did you submit to the Spirit?” Because if you have submitted to the Spirit, you are now, through faith, a new creation.

05/12/2025

What is hope? People often say, "I hope for a good day, a safe trip, or the doctor says I'm in good health." Hope is a word we use when we want things to go well, even in the things we can't always control. But how can we find any power in the word "hope" without a reason to trust the word?

God is our hope. We need to place our trust in the Lord Jesus. However, there are times when we may rely on our own understanding, which can lead to false hope. This deception originates from the father of lies. We cannot find genuine hope in anything other than our Lord Jesus. Jesus warned the religious leaders that their hope was misplaced and that they were not truly trusting in God.

John 5:45 "Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

He even said they were dishonoring God by holding onto this hope. They were depending on Moses instead of trusting God, failing to believe in His Son, our Lord Jesus, who was sent to lead them to God..

John 6:32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

Where is the true hope for the world? Can it be found anywhere? No, only one person can lead us to joy, happiness, love, gentleness, peace, and everlasting life.

John 6:33 says, “For the bread of God is that which comes out of heaven and gives life to the world.”

God has given us life through the Lord Jesus. If we seek the bread that comes down from heaven, we must place our hope in Him, cling to His teachings, and allow His guidance to lead us to a life of peace and rest. The disciples recognized this when they said...

John 6:34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always give us this bread.”

The Lord Jesus is our lifeline, giving us the strength to endure stress, doubt, weariness, and everything the world throws at us.

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.

We find strength through Jesus. By the grace of God, we have been brought close to Him and are now considered His people. Our only hope lies in Him, as there is one path to peace and rest. Place your hope in Jesus, hold on to Him, and seek His guidance to direct your path.

05/01/2022

I will be at sandy cross Wesleyan Church. Sunday morning at 11am . To anyone that's in the Reidsville NC area. Speaking out of John 13:1-17 so come and be with us , or at least pray for me as I deliver God's word.

04/15/2022

Your Last Convert)
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:14 nkjv) (greater love has no man than this than a man lay down his life for his friends.).jn15:13
John Harper was an evangelist from Scotland, headed to Chicago in the spring of 1912 on the RMS Titanic. He was scheduled to preach at Moody Church as a guest speaker. At the beginning of his journey, Harper talked to other passengers and engaged them in conversation, and people noted that he was a very helpful, kind person.
And when the Titanic hit an iceberg and began to take on water, the first thing Harper, a widower, did was put his little daughter into a lifeboat. Then he gave his life jacket away to another man because there weren’t enough.
Harper rushed up and down the decks, asking people, “Are you saved?” and telling them to believe in Jesus Christ. And when the ship sank beneath the water, Harper took hold of some wreckage and made his way to other survivors in the ocean, still shouting, “Are you saved?”
One young man who told him that he wasn’t saved recalled Harper’s response. The preacher quoted from Acts 16:31: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (kjv).
Then he disappered into the Atlantic’s icy waves. The young man later said that he believed he was John Harper’s last convert.
Who will be your last convert? When is the last time that you engaged someone in a conversation about Christ? Preaching doesn’t mean you have to yell. Sometimes you have to speak louder to be heard, but you can say it quietly. You can say it in a conversational way.
But in one way, shape, or form, God wants us to reach people through verbal articulation. As 1 Corinthians 1:21 says, “It pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe” (nkjv). God chooses to work primarily through us telling the gospel story. About Jesus

04/12/2022

The Trinity and the Christian
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” (2 Corinthians 13:14)

The doctrine of the triune God is unique to Christianity. There is only one God, yet three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each with His own distinct relation to mankind, yet each equally, fully, and eternally God. Although these truths are implicit throughout the New Testament, the doctrine of the Trinity is seldom, if ever, presented explicitly as a formal doctrine.

There are several passages, however, where all three Persons are mentioned in the same context, and each one deals with a significant aspect of the Christian life. There is, first of all, the provision of salvation, “the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God” (Hebrews 9:14). Then follows regeneration. “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father” (Galatians 4:6). Salvation and regeneration are then publicly testified in baptism “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19).

The chief resource of the believer is prayer, and this also involves all three Persons. “For through [Christ] we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians 2:18). He must also continue to learn of Christ, and to bear witness of Him. “The Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things” (John 14:26). “The Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness” (John 15:26-27).

Finally, in the words of our text, we have eternal assurance in the triune God. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” HMM BY ICR

04/07/2022

NO ONE BECOMES A LIBERAL BY READING THE BIBLE! YOU NEED TO GO TO A THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FOR THAT!

- John MacArthur

03/31/2022

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psalm 5:11-12 Lord first of all I want to thank you for being my Lord my God my savior. I want to thank you for giving joy and rejoicing in my heart because you are the one who defends me, and puts love in my heart it allows me to be joyful in your name. You are the one who makes us righteous, and then blesses those who are righteous. And I'm thankful that you surround me with your favor and it's like a shield that protects me . thank you Lord for all that you've done and are doing in Jesus name.Amen.

03/26/2022

I was reading my bible this morning.. Yesterday i finished the OT.. And started on the NT.. This morning i was reading Matt 6:24 and wonder how the prosperity gospel preachers get by this verse. ( no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and look down on the other you cannot serve God and money..) It didn't say you might if but it says you can't or cannot. So they have a problem here in this text . because they talk about their riches more than anything or tell others how to be rich, mostly by giving to them and God will make you rich.. And people buys into that garbage.. But the gospel is about how sinners can be make right with a Holy God through the Lord Jesus Christ . By grace alone through faith alone through Christ alone.. Through the shed blood of Jesus his death ,burial and rising from the dead. The gospel is not about how you can be rich in this world but rich in Him and in the next world you will not suffer the consequences of rejecting his love and mercy he has given to sinners on the cross. I hope this fully conveys the message i want to say.. I am not saying being rich is a sin but the bible says those who desire to be rich, and the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.1tim.6:9-10. But to use the gospel to get rich, man what a horrible sin.

03/17/2022

#13 Christ intercession. He is risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father,To make intercession for us. He stands in the father's presence praying for us on our behalf, like a lawyer who defends someone before the judge, so Jesus defends us at the father's right hand, and against Satan's accusations. Rev.12:10-11 and I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser( Satan )of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them night and day before our God. And they (the saints,us) have conquered him, by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. What do I actually need to believe? Christ represents us in heaven before the father. What's at stake? Assurance that my prayers are heard and answered by God. Heb.7:25 therefore He (Jesus) is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them. Jesus in heaven is praying for us! We can come to his throne, and receive mercy and find Grace to help in time of need. 1John 2:1 we have an advocate (one who speaks on our behalf)with the father Jesus Christ the righteous. Wow what kind of love is this? It's to marvelous to comprehend.. but we can rejoice in it.. Amen

03/14/2022

#10 Christ's atoning death. And because Jesus is God, born of a virgin, the God/Man and lived a perfect , holy life, He was qualified, to be the perfect substitute for our sins. The penalty for sin was death, Romans 6:23 the wages of sin is death. But not only physical death but a spiritual death that separates us from God. The penalty we owed to God was paid by Christ though his death on the cross. The only acceptable payment had to be perfect, complete, and without fault. Christ the perfect man ,gave himself in our place , so that whosoever believes in him will not be separated from God forever but will have eternal life. What do I actually need to believe?only Christ sinless life, sacrifical death and bodily resurrection can bring us to God. What's at stake? The only way God saves sinners. His death was (A) Penal meaning he suffered for our sins, not His He had none 1Peter.3:18 for Christ suffered once for sins,the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God. (B.) Substitution, meaning we should have died, but He died in our place. Mark.10:45 for as the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and give His life a ransom for many. Luke21:19 in the Lord's supper. He took bread, and when He had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying this is (my body,which is given for you,) do this in remembrance of me.(C) His death was satisfactory, meaning God was please with that sacrifice and that one only. All the Old Testament priest had to offer those sacrifices year after year, Heb.10:12 but when Christ has offered for all-time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. Meaning it was done, complete satisfaction was made. Hallelujah (it is finished )is what He said on the cross as He was dieing. John19:30. Redemption was complete.Now all who trust in His accomplishment there at the cross are forgiven forever. Let's live and fight our battles out of the victory of that cross. We fight from victory not for it.

02/28/2022

3john 7-8 John is speaking of preachers or teachers that are teaching the truth of God Who travel for the Lord And they needed support. For they went out for the sake of the name, Accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support such men, So that we may be fellow workers with the truth. When you support people with your money And support the truth you will receive a reward, But if its not the truth you are supporting You are partakers of the evil deeds Of those who are not with the truth that you are supporting. hmm you think about that. God bless Frank

02/26/2022

Luke.6:31 treat others the way you want them to treat you. 😏 read also Matthew 7:12 so whatever you wish that others would do to you , do also to them, for this is the law and prophets.

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