In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, standing before God's open door.

This is the most exciting time in human history to be alive in serving the Lord. When I think about the awesome,

unparalleled door of opportunity that stands before us to make an impact on the entire world

for the gospel of Jesus Christ, I cannot be more excited. When I look back in the last century and the last

millennium and see the accomplishments of man

and where the church has gone and where it has grown, and then I look to see where we are today

and what God has before us, every single believer should be excited about the possibilities

of becoming involved in the most important thing in all the world.

That's what I'm going to talk about in this message, standing before God's open door.

What do we find?

What do we see?

What do we feel?

Standing before God's open door.

First Corinthians chapter 16.

Let me give you a little background of what's happening.

Paul has just finished describing the

resurrection of Jesus Christ and its impact, and not only that, but also what will happen to us

and our bodies when we die when we are resurrected. Then in this 16th chapter, he begins with

telling us some of his plans. He comes down to verse 8 8 and he says, speaking of where he has been writing

this epistle from, he says, but I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door

for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. A wide door of effective

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