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 :''The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.  Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ac 17:10–11.</ref>
-The research we did to try answer to the questions we encountered raised even more questions, '''so we became even more diligent in our efforts to prove that the message was correct and that William Branham was a true prophet of God'''.  The ongoing results of our research continued to raise even more questions.  We spent several years researching these issues which in turn raised multitudes of questions.
+The research we did to try answer the questions we encountered raised even more questions, '''so we became even more diligent in our efforts to prove that the message was correct and that William Branham was a true prophet of God'''.  The ongoing results of our research continued to raise even more questions.  We spent several years researching these issues which in turn raised multitudes of questions.
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-Go into the deepest of hidden casements,
+'''I Stand by the Door''' by Samuel Moor Shoemaker
-Of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood.
-Some must inhabit those inner rooms,
-And know the depths and heights of God,
-And call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is.
-Sometimes I take a deeper look in,
-Sometimes venture a little farther;
-But my place seems closer to the opening . . .
-So I stand by the door.
-The people too far in do not see how near these are
+:''I stand by the door.
-To leaving—preoccupied with the wonder of it all.
+:''I neither go too far in, nor stay too far out.
-Somebody must watch for those who have entered the door,
+:''The door is the most important door in the world -
-But would like to run away. So for them, too,
+:''It is the door through which men walk when they find God.
-I stand by the door.
-I admire the people who go way in.
+:''There is no use my going way inside and staying there,
-But I wish they would not forget how it was
+:''When so many are still outside and they, as much as I,
-Before they got in. Then they would be able to help
+:''Crave to know where the door is.
-The people who have not even found the door,
-Or the people who want to run away again from God.
+:''And all that so many ever find
-You can go in too deeply, and stay in too long,
+:''Is only the wall where the door ought to be.
-And forget the people outside the door.
+:''They creep along the wall like blind men,
-As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place,
+:''With outstretched, groping hands,
-Near enough to God to hear Him, and know He is there,
+:''Feeling for a door, knowing there must be a door,
-But not so far from people as not to hear them,
+:''Yet they never find it.
-And remember they are there too.
+:''So I stand by the door.
-Where? Outside the door—
-Thousands of them, millions of them.
+:''The most tremendous thing in the world
-But—more important for me—
+:''Is for men to find that door - the door to God.
-One of them, two of them, ten of them,
+:''The most important thing that any man can do
-Whose hands I am intended to put on the latch,
+:''Is to take hold of one of those blind, groping hands
-So I shall stand by the door and wait
+:''And put it on the latch - the latch that only clicks
-For those who seek it.
+:''And opens to the man's own touch.
-"I had rather be a door-keeper..."
-So I stand by the door.
+:''Men die outside the door, as starving beggars die
+:''On cold nights in cruel cities in the dead of winter.
+:''Die for want of what is within their grasp.
+:''They live on the other side of it - live because they have not found it.
+:''Nothing else matters compared to helping them find it,
+:''And open it, and walk in, and find Him.
+:''So I stand by the door.
+:''Go in great saints; go all the way in -
+:''Go way down into the cavernous cellars,
+:''And way up into the spacious attics.
+:''It is a vast, roomy house, this house where God is.
+:''Go into the deepest of hidden casements,
+:''Of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood.
+:''Some must inhabit those inner rooms,
+:''And know the depths and heights of God,
+:''And call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is.
+:''Sometimes I take a deeper look in,
+:''Sometimes venture a little farther;
+:''But my place seems closer to the opening . . .
+:''So I stand by the door.
+:''The people too far in do not see how near these are
+:''To leaving—preoccupied with the wonder of it all.
+:''Somebody must watch for those who have entered the door,
+:''But would like to run away. So for them, too,
+:''I stand by the door.
+:''I admire the people who go way in.
+:''But I wish they would not forget how it was
+:''Before they got in. Then they would be able to help
+:''The people who have not even found the door,
+:''Or the people who want to run away again from God.
+:''You can go in too deeply, and stay in too long,
+:''And forget the people outside the door.
+:''As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place,
+:''Near enough to God to hear Him, and know He is there,
+:''But not so far from people as not to hear them,
+:''And remember they are there too.
+:''Where? Outside the door—
+:''Thousands of them, millions of them.
+:''But — more important for me —
+:''One of them, two of them, ten of them,
+:''Whose hands I am intended to put on the latch,
+:''So I shall stand by the door and wait
+:''For those who seek it.
+:''"I had rather be a door-keeper..."
+:''So I stand by the door.
 Sam Shoemaker (1893-1963) served as a pastor in New York City and Pittsburgh. He was instrumental in establishing the spiritual foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous, particularly the need to turn to God as a way of coming out of alcoholism.  Pastor Shoemaker wrote this poem toward the end of his life as an apology for his ministry.
 Someone mentioned this poem in passing at a meeting in which we were discussing the vision of the organization I was leading at the time.  After the meeting, I searched for the poem and was moved to tears as I read it the first time.  I started sending it to anyone who was interested in evangelism and was asked to read the poem for an online evangelism conference.  I trust it will impact you as it did me.
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