God Has An 'Open Door' Policy -- But Not Forever!

In many of our places of work, employers will say they have an 'open door' policy.  Meaning that you are free to walk in and talk freely with your supervisor/employer.  Interestingly, this is similar to what we have with God today.  God has an 'open door' policy and He is inviting all who will come to know Him to ask repentance and believe in His Son Jesus Christ for salvation from their sins.  Won't you come into Him today while you have the opportunity?  Unfortunately the Bible makes it clear that that 'open door' policy will some day come to an end.

Paul writes about this in 2 Corinthians 6:2 when he says,  "I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation." [emphasis mine].  Here we can see that there is some sense of urgency in what Paul is saying.  Each day we have is an opportunity to come to Him, and God is keeping this door open for an unknown period of time.  While we have a chance, it is in our best interest to come to Him, because there is a day of judgement that is coming.

Jesus confirms this when His disciples ask Him about the end of the 'age' and what will be the signs.  He parallels it to the days of Noah.  He says in Matthew 24:37-39 (fuller passage posted at the end):

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows,

not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,

 marrying and giving in marriage,

up to the day Noah entered the ark;

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen

until the flood came and took them all away.

That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

 

You see, while Noah was building the ark, people had the opportunity for salvation, but there came a point at which the ark was sealed, and all who did not get on the boat perished in that great flood. Jesus says that the end of the age in which we live in will be extremely similar to the days of Noah.

God has now 'opened' the door of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ, and is commanding that all mankind repent of their sins and trust His Son for salvation from the judgement that is to come. Today is that day. Now is the time, as Paul writes. For believe this that God will certainly come to judge the world in righteousness. The Bible is very clear.

I pray that if you have not yet taken advantage of God's 'Open Door' policy that you would do so. Because there will be a day when God closes that door and those who have not accepted will be cast into hell. But God is gracious and is giving us all an opportunity for salvation today.

Won't you consider what God has done before the time is too late? I pray you will. But don't take my word for it, read all about it for yourself in God's Word.

God bless.

Matthew 24:36-51

 36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,

nor the Son, but only the Father.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,

 marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen

until the flood came and took them all away.

That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
   42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know

 on what day your Lord will come.

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known

at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch

 and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour

when you do not expect him.

   45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant,

whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household

 to give them their food at the proper time?

46 It will be good for that servant whose master

finds him doing so when he returns.

47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself,

‘My master is staying away a long time,’

49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants

and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him

and at an hour he is not aware of.

51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites,

where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.