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Study Resources :: Text Commentaries :: F.E. Marsh :: Readings 101-150 (Countenance - For)
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F.E. Marsh :: 119. Doors

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AN old writer has said, “The Holy Spirit rides in the chariot of His Word.” If, therefore, we would have the Spirit of the Word, we must ponder the Word of the Spirit. The following references to some of the doors of Scripture present a complete ring of truth, in which are found seven precious gems.

  1. Sin. Sin at the door.-“Sin lieth at the door” (Gen. 4:7). To have sin call at the door like a beggar is bad enough, but to have it lying there like a wild beast is worse.
  2. Substitution. Blood on the door.-“Take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts, and on the upper door post of the houses” (Exodus 12:7). “Christ our Passover sacrificed for us,” proclaims Him, who has suffered in our stead, and who shelters us in consequence.
  3. Salvation. Passing over the door.-“The Lord will pass over the door” (Exodus 12:23). Lowth’s translation is very suggestive, “The Lord will spring forward before the door.” Since He stands between us and danger we are safe indeed.
  4. Security. Preserved behind the door.-“The door of the ark…the Lord shut him in” (Gen. 6:16; 7:16). When the Lord shuts the door none can open it. It is significant that the first time the Hebrew word for atonement is translated, it is rendered “pitch” in connection with the ark (Gen. 6:14). Christ is our Atonement to secure.
  5. Sanctification. Nailed to the door.-“Bring him to the door” (Exodus 21:6). The freed slave out of love to his master has his ear bored with an awl to the door (see margin of Ps. 40:6; and Isaiah 50:5).
  6. Sentry. Sentinel before the door.-“Keep the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3). If the Lord preserves the lips, no enemy shall open them to His dishonour, nor our shame.
  7. Station. “Waiting at the posts of My doors” (Prov. 8:34). The believer’s attitude is that of prayerful expectancy, and faithful watching.




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