25 Sermon On The Mount - Asking Seeking and Knocking PDF
25 Sermon On The Mount - Asking Seeking and Knocking PDF
25 Sermon On The Mount - Asking Seeking and Knocking PDF
INTRODUCTION:
I.
Those who promote this particular belief not only point to the
way God blessed and prospered the lives of many Biblical
characters, but also offer several Old and New Testament
passages of Scripture in support of their beliefs.
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In fact, the Prosperity Gospel can trace its roots back to the
metaphysical religious beliefs concerning the powers that come from
positive thinking a philosophy that first began to be advocated in the
1800s by the American psychologist/philosopher William James, the
father of PRAGMATISM, and by other American and European
philosophers.
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BODY:
I.
Throughout The Sermon on the Mount Jesus has been introducing His
disciples to the GOSPEL of the KINGDOM.
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And they are time TIMELESS and ETERNAL because they are
not just for those who heard Jesus speak over two-thousand
years ago they are principles of righteous conduct and living
for all men everywhere, regardless of what period of time, or
dispensation, they live in including US TODAY!
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sin in their lives just like Nathan the prophet did with
David, or the apostle Paul did when rebuking Peter.
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James 1:2-4 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into
various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces
patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may
be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."
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But how can we develop the ability to look at trials with JOY,
and how can we be PATIENT during those times, so that we
may grow spiritually?
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James 1:5-8 "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be
given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he
who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the
wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive
anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable
in all his ways."
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The central theme in these verses deals with the same theme
regarding pray taught by James prayer that is based solidly
on FAITH, because prayer that is based on a solid foundation of
FAITH is prayer that will be PERSISTENT!
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II.
Luke records an event in the life of Jesus when His disciples asked
Him to teach them how to pray.
1.
The model pray Jesus gave His disciples on this occasion was
the same one He taught in The Sermon on the Mount.
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This is the very same thing Jesus taught in The Sermon on the
Mount about the need to be persistent in our prayers.
B.
Luke records another occasion when Jesus taught this same principle
of persistent praying.
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The only kind of FAITH that will see us through the kinds of
trials first-century Christians faces is a ROCK-SOLID FAITH
coupled with PERSISTENT PRAYING.
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Over and over again, the Scriptures teach us that God stands
ready to grant our requests:
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CONCLUSION:
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Do you pray with the confidence of know that God will grant
your request as long as it is in keeping with His will?
3.
And how often do you pray for wisdom wisdom to face trials
and tribulations, or the wisdom to know how to approach others
who are in sin and who need to be lovingly confronted?
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The Lord stands ready to receive you into His kingdom upon
your faith in Jesus Christ, and upon your obedience to the
gospel of Christ.