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Text: | Somebody's Knocking at Your Door |
Tune: | SOMEBODY'S KNOCKING |
Arranger: | Joy F. Patterson |
Media: | Audio recording |
Somebody's knocking at your door;
somebody's knocking at your door;
O sinner, why don't you answer?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
1 Knocks like Jesus.
Somebody's knocking at your door.
Knocks like Jesus.
Somebody's knocking at your door.
O sinner, why don't you answer?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
2 Can't you hear him?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
Can't you hear him?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
O sinner, why don't you answer?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
3 Answer Jesus.
Somebody's knocking at your door.
Answer Jesus.
Somebody's knocking at your door.
O sinner, why don't you answer?
Somebody's knocking at your door.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Knocks like Jesus |
Title: | Somebody's Knocking at Your Door |
Refrain First Line: | Somebody's knocking at your door |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Discipleship and Mission; Invitation |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SOMEBODY'S KNOCKING |
Arranger: | Joy F. Patterson (1989) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1990 Joy F. Patterson |
The description of the Son of Man as standing at the door and knocking (Revelation 3:20) has given rise to many visual and verbal representations of that figure. This African American spiritual uses its repeated phrases to imitate knocking and to give immediacy to this encounter.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |