Psalm 53:1 English Standard Version (ESV) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

Our faith key is able to unlock the door to our hearts and allow anyone or anything to enter into our hearts. The faith key does not just open the door to Jesus when He comes to knock. When opportunity knocks we will decide for ourselves who and what to let into our hearts.

How our hearts got corrupted before Christ came to knock on our door is easy to see. Opportunity is a speculation. It may look attractive and still be deadly. Belladonna is pretty but lethal. In truth there are many things which intrigue us. Some do not last. Other things may consume our every thought and become a controlling facet in our lives. Not all controlling things take on the appearance of an addiction.

The destructive nature of addictions are obvious. There is even more danger in those things that are more subtle. Satan tempted Eve with a subtle notion of goodness, to be like God without obedience. To be good without God is just as lethal as any addiction. Goodness without God is pride of life.

1 John 2:16 English Standard Version (ESV) For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life^{[possessions]}—is not from the Father but is from the world.

There will always be a part of us that screams out that this is unfair. This is not about fairness. Things of the world are capable of keeping us from a loving relationship with God. It does not mean they will, it only means they are capable. Pride of life says “I don’t need God.” Possessions, title, position, power nor authority that is found in the world have any effect on the issues of eternal salvation.

John 3:17 English Standard Version (ESV) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Metaphor is defined as a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. A secondary definition is a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.

The reason I begin with this definition is because of the metaphor introduced yesterday. “Faith is the key to unlocking the mystery”. To unlock a mystery, one must know where to place the key.

Colossians 1:27 English Standard Version (ESV) To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Christ in us is the mystery to be unlocked but what does this faith key unlock?

Revelation 3:20 English Standard Version (ESV) Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Jesus is standing at the door knocking on the metaphorical door and we have the key, faith. Now where is the door? The door is ours because when opened He enters after we unlock the door with our key.

Ephesians 3:16-19 English Standard Version

¹⁶ that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

The metaphorical door is the door to our hearts. We must unlock that door to allow Christ to enter in when He comes knocking. Faith is the key that unlocks the door.