One Door

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One door and only one!
And yet its sides are two;
Inside and outside—
On which side are you?
One door and only one!
And yet its sides are two;
I’m on the INSIDE!
On which side are you?
A friend who came to our Sunday School brought us the chorus that you see here. It reminds us of the words of the Lord Jesus in the 10th chapter of John,
“I am the door; by Me if any man enter in he shall be saved.”
Let’s just talk of doors and windows for a bit.
What is a door for? To go in by, of course, Is a window to go in by?
“Why no,” you say. “Only thieves try to get in through the window.”
One can sometimes look in through a window but that’s not the same as going in.
When Jesus said, “By Me if any man enter in he shall be saved,” what did He mean? That all who want to be saved must come to Him. He is the only One Who can save us. To enter in is just the same as believing in Him, which we read so much about in His Word. But, boys and girls, the one thing I want you to see is that you must yourselves do this. Knowing about Jesus won’t save you. You must yourself put your trust in Him.
I read a good illustration of this once, told by a preacher of the gospel. I will give it in his words as nearly as I can. He said,
“A friend asked me to come with him to see a new house he was going to live in. We went up the garden path to the front door. Now you will see there was a time when we were outside one moment, and inside the next, as we crossed the threshold. I could then say I was inside, even though I didn’t know much about the house.
Well, we went on through it, and a lovely house it was, with many fine rooms beautifully decorated and lovely views. When at last I had been with my friend in every room I knew much more about it and was able to admire my friend’s taste. But I was no more inside, than the first moment I had passed through the door.”
So it is with those who trust in Jesus. Although a boy or girl may not know much about Him and the reap joy there is to be found in His love and His service, the moment you just come and trust in Him, you can say you are saved. And if you live to be old, though you will learn a lot more about Him and know Him better, you will never be more safe than you were the moment you trusted Him.
I was telling this story to some young men, and saying that one must be inside to know about a house, and one of them said,
“You can look in through the windows, though.”
I am afraid there are a lot of people, especially boys and girls, who are “looking in through the windows.” You say,
“Whatever do you mean?”
Why, that you know a lot about the Bible, and about the Lord Jesus, and about being saved, and yet you are still outside. If any one asks you,
“How can I be saved?” you would at once be able to tell them.
Are you still “looking in through the windows” and content to know about salvation? The joy of knowing you belong to Jesus can only be had by those who are His—by those who are inside.
Now I just want to say one thing more. The door is open now, but one day—very soon it may be—it will he shut. And then if you are still outside, it will be too late. How dreadful to be too late, when you have had plenty of time. But it isn’t too late now. So come to Jesus, and then you will be able truthfully to sing—
“I’m on the INSIDE!
On which side are you?”
ML 09/17/1944