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LAST WEEK
We talked about what judgement means
We talked about what it does to the Church internally and externally
We concluded that as a church we need to change the game up a little bit
We need to stop proving to the world that church is a courtroom
And we need to start promoting it as a Venue of Forgiveness.
How we do that can be best displayed in how we forgive others
How we live out what has been lived in by the Gospel
If you were not here, want to hear it, or see it
It is up on iTunes, Youtube, or our Website.
THIS WEEK
We are going to look at an important part of the Christian Journey
Something that should
A facet of Christianity that we should actively be participating in
Something that should create a curiosity about what God is up to.
Something that should help us take our Worry and turn it into Wonder.
I firmly believe that there is so much left to discover in our lives
So much about ourselves
So much about the church
So much about what God wants to accomplish through us
As much as we should want to discover that
I feel like we lack a desire to see those things happen
Maybe we don’t feel able or called
Maybe we don’t know how to participate in the Mission of God
Maybe we don’t see it yet
Or maybe we just haven’t asked yet
Maybe we truly want to discover more of God
But we dont know how.
Maybe we want just enough of Jesus to
Maybe we want to see God work
Im sorry, but you are at the wrong church.
Maybe
But we are too busy seeking other things
Maybe we want to grow in our Faith
But we are afraid to ask for opportunities to grow
Maybe we need courage.
TURN TO
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
PRAY FOR COURAGE
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
As we continue in the Sermon on the Mount
We see that Jesus is starting to get really specific about what the future citizens of Heaven would look like
He has already talked to us about so much
As he looks out at the crowd of Unbelievers, Skeptics, and Gentiles
He already spoke to us about certain things that should and should not exist.
He doesn’t want them to worry
He doesn’t want them to be judgmental
And now, He wants us to be a seeking people
He is desiring us to be an Asking People Group
He wants us to be a people looking for Opportunities to knock on
Jesus says
In doing these things
You will find out how good God is
How many of us know that God is good?
How many of us can testify of how Good God is?
We always say God is Good
How many of us want to know that in more detail?
How many of us want to discover How Good God is?
In fact it is easy to say God is Good when you are on the positiive end of blessing
How many of us want to discover How Good God is?
Jesus encourages those listening
To practice some very practical things
Practices that point to our humility, our insufficiency, and our curiosity
Seek, and you will find
Ask, Seek, and Knock
Knock, and it will be opened to you
So how are these things lived out?
So how are these things lived out?
ASKING | aiteo: to ask or beg for
Asking
It is used in the New Testament in various ways
In it is used as a pleading for benevolence
In it is used in demanding Pontius Pilate to crucify Jesus
In it is used to request Barrabas instead of Jesus
In it is used in demanding Pontius Pilate to crucify Jesus
In it is used to beg for something that one was in need of
One could say that in these examples lie some very hard truths about the use of this word
These tell a deeper story:
These tell a deeper story:
This Greek Word tells of
Our Insufficiency
When we ask someone to fulfill our fleshly desires, it proclaims our sinfulness
It tells the nature of the heart when we ask for something that will satisfy the flesh
Our selfish demands
When we demand Justice instead of Mercy, it speaks to our judgmental state
What our flesh desires
The state of our heart
It also reveals the motives of the heart when we declare our need
This word AITEO,
More frequently, it Is used in the new testament in the form of a request
It is positioning the audience in a state of humility
It is putting us in a place of desiring something that we in-and-of ourselves cannot provide.
If our hearts are in the right place
If we are asking in humility
If we are requesting a move of God
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