2. WHO’S
THAT
KNOCKING
ON
THE
DOOR?
“Peter
Freed
From
Prison”
• Luke
11:9
“So
I
say
to
you,
ask,
and
it
will
be
given
to
you;
seek,
and
you
will
find;
knock,
and
it
will
be
opened
to
you.”
• Acts
12:1-­‐19
1. Peter
Arrested
2. Peter
Freed
3. Peter
Returns

3. The
Dark
Side
of
ExpectaXons
• “Now
I
know
for
certain
that
the
Lord
has
sent
His
angel,
and
has
delivered
me
from
the
hand
of
Herod
and
from
all
the
expecta/on
of
the
Jewish
people.”
Acts
12:11
– Hand
of
Herod
– ExpectaXon
of
the
People
• No
weapon
formed
against
you
shall
prosper,
And
every
tongue
which
rises
against
you
in
judgment
you
shall
condemn.
Isaiah
54:17

4. ExpectaXon
That
Nothing
Will
Change
• Hopeless…
“Without
a
Prayer”
• Prayer…
“Without
a
Hope”
• What
happened
to
Peter
when
he
knocked
on
the
door?

5. God
Answers
Prayer….
• “I
can’t
believe
it”
• “I
can
believe
it”
Luke
11:10-­‐12
• “For
everyone
who
asks
receives,
and
he
who
seeks
finds,
and
to
him
who
knocks
it
will
be
opened.
• If
a
son
asks
for
bread
from
any
father
among
you,
will
he
give
him
a
stone?
Or
if
he
asks
for
a
fish,
will
he
give
him
a
serpent
instead
of
a
fish?
• Or
if
he
asks
for
an
egg,
will
he
offer
him
a
scorpion?”

6. Let
the
Knocking
be
Heard
• Knocking
on
Heaven’s
Door
• Heaven’s
Knocking
on
the
Church
Door
“Behold,
I
stand
at
the
door
and
knock.
If
anyone
hears
My
voice
and
opens
the
door,
I
will
come
in
to
him
and
dine
with
him,
and
he
with
Me.”
Rev.
3:20