Series C – Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, October 16, 2016 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:28 | the holy Gospel According to Saint Luke |
| 0:30 | chapter 18 verses 1 through 8. |
| 0:34 | and Jesus told them a parable to the |
| 0:36 | effect that they ought to always pray |
| 0:38 | and not lose heart |
| 0:41 | he said in a certain city there was a |
| 0:43 | judge who neither feared God nor |
| 0:45 | respected man and there was a widow in |
| 0:47 | that City who kept coming to him saying |
| 0:49 | give me Justice against my adversary for |
| 0:53 | a while he refused but afterward he said |
| 0:56 | to himself though I neither fear God nor |
| 0:58 | respect man yet because this Widow keeps |
| 1:00 | bothering me I will give her justice so |
| 1:02 | that she will not beat me down by her |
| 1:04 | continual coming |
| 1:06 | and the Lord said hear what the |
| 1:08 | unrighteous judge says and will not God |
| 1:11 | give Justice to his elect who cry to him |
| 1:13 | day and night will he delay long over |
| 1:16 | them I tell you he will give Justice to |
| 1:19 | them speedily nevertheless |
| 1:21 | when the son of man comes will he find |
| 1:25 | faith on Earth |
| 1:27 | you may be seated in the name of Jesus |
| 1:31 | all right our text today from our gospel |
| 1:33 | lesson is a well teaching us something |
| 1:35 | about prayer |
| 1:37 | but don’t think for a second that the |
| 1:39 | punch line of Jesus’s Parable is just |
| 1:42 | keep nagging God and you’ll eventually |
| 1:44 | get what you want |
| 1:45 | and that’d be a great way to you know |
| 1:48 | that’d be wonderful I’d get whatever I |
| 1:49 | want as long as I just nag God come on |
| 1:51 | God God I want this please give it to me |
| 1:54 | God says no I go back come on God I |
| 1:58 | really really really really really |
| 1:59 | really want this that sounds kind of |
| 2:01 | like the spoiled child approach to |
| 2:03 | prayer that’s not what Jesus is talking |
| 2:06 | about now in order to understand what it |
| 2:09 | is that Jesus is really referring to |
| 2:11 | you’ll notice that there was a gap |
| 2:14 | from last week’s gospel lesson the |
| 2:16 | healing of the ten lepers and this |
| 2:19 | week’s gospel lesson and the context and |
| 2:21 | the right way of understanding what |
| 2:23 | Jesus is talking about is found in the |
| 2:25 | Gap now as we work through the gap for |
| 2:28 | our context then think of it this way |
| 2:31 | we’re going to have to learn some well |
| 2:34 | theological jargon if you want some big |
| 2:38 | impressive theological ten dollar words |
| 2:40 | that you can throw around at you know |
| 2:42 | Christmas parties and things like that |
| 2:44 | take some notes and then you can use |
| 2:46 | those you know to impress your friends |
| 2:47 | later that’s really not the point of it |
| 2:49 | you’re going to need some theological |
| 2:51 | jargon because well Christianity has |
| 2:53 | some Concepts that must be taught and |
| 2:55 | not rightly understood so to help us get |
| 2:57 | the context we’re going to pick up at |
| 3:00 | the very tail end of last week’s gospel |
| 3:03 | lesson Luke chapter 17 verse 15. if you |
| 3:06 | remember the point of last week’s gospel |
| 3:09 | lesson was that there’s a new Temple in |
| 3:11 | town that new Temple is Jesus and we’re |
| 3:13 | going to note that the Pharisees |
| 3:15 | quickly pick up on what’s going on here |
| 3:18 | and its implications regarding the |
| 3:19 | kingdom of God and then watch what Jesus |
| 3:22 | does here’s what it says Luke chapter 17 |
| 3:24 | verse 15 then one of them when he saw |
| 3:27 | that he was healed this is the Samaritan |
| 3:29 | turn back praising God with a loud voice |
| 3:31 | voice he fell on his face at Jesus’s |
| 3:34 | feet giving thanks and now he was a |
| 3:37 | Samaritan |
| 3:38 | when Jesus answered we’re not ten |
| 3:40 | cleansed where are the nine was no one |
| 3:43 | found to return and give praise to God |
| 3:45 | except for this Foreigner we noted that |
| 3:47 | for the first time in 400 years a |
| 3:49 | Samaritan actually worshiped at the |
| 3:51 | right Temple and so he said to them rise |
| 3:54 | and go your faith has |
| 3:56 | saved you that’s what the Greek says |
| 3:59 | next verse being asked by the Pharisees |
| 4:02 | so the Pharisees were clearly standing |
| 4:04 | by and they see the Samaritan worshiping |
| 4:06 | and thanking Jesus for healing him and |
| 4:11 | they can see the connection now and |
| 4:13 | immediately they kind of pick up on the |
| 4:16 | theme and they said so the Pharisees |
| 4:18 | when the king they asked him when the |
| 4:20 | kingdom of God would come so when is the |
| 4:22 | kingdom of God coming then Jesus that’s |
| 4:24 | kind of what’s going on here |
| 4:26 | and Jesus answered them the kingdom of |
| 4:29 | God is not coming in ways that can be |
| 4:33 | observed the way the Greek says it the |
| 4:36 | kingdom of God does not come by |
| 4:37 | observation |
| 4:39 | in other words those people nowadays who |
| 4:42 | are very well dead set on trying to |
| 4:46 | crack the end times code eschatology by |
| 4:50 | the way is the name given for the study |
| 4:54 | of the end times eskatos last okay so |
| 4:57 | eschatology is the study of the last |
| 4:58 | times those who read the newspaper and |
| 5:03 | with one hand in the Bible with another |
| 5:06 | trying to figure out are these the signs |
| 5:09 | and the times and we can figure out that |
| 5:11 | Jesus is coming back next Thursday at |
| 5:14 | four o’clock Eastern |
| 5:16 | it always ends up in them making |
| 5:18 | predictions does it not |
| 5:20 | and how you know I sometimes joke and |
| 5:22 | this is kind of a silly thing to do but |
| 5:24 | I joke about how I have survived the end |
| 5:26 | of the world at least six times in my |
| 5:28 | adult life so the next time somebody |
| 5:30 | predicts the end of the world it’s like |
| 5:32 | oh I gotta survive the end of the world |
| 5:34 | again really it always turns out to be a |
| 5:37 | non-event right so Jesus puts all of |
| 5:40 | that away he says the kingdom of God |
| 5:42 | does not come by observation |
| 5:44 | now that’s not to say that Jesus hasn’t |
| 5:47 | given us things to look for that warn us |
| 5:50 | of his eminent return |
| 5:52 | but keep in mind the things that Jesus |
| 5:54 | warned us about well they are likened to |
| 5:58 | birth pangs and those of you men who’ve |
| 6:00 | had your wives go to the hospital |
| 6:02 | because they’ve given birth we all know |
| 6:04 | how that works out right you go to the |
| 6:07 | hospital because the wife wakes you up |
| 6:08 | in the middle of life and says it’s time |
| 6:11 | the baby’s coming and what do you do you |
| 6:15 | drive 90 miles an hour to the you know |
| 6:18 | to the hospital you know the police pull |
| 6:20 | you over my wife’s having a baby that’s |
| 6:22 | okay I’ll escort you and then when |
| 6:25 | you’re driving the hell yeah right and |
| 6:27 | then you get to the hospital and what do |
| 6:29 | you do they hook her up to all the |
| 6:30 | machines you got the probes and the and |
| 6:32 | the the graph thing going on okay we’re |
| 6:35 | ready we’re ready and what do you do |
| 6:37 | you wait |
| 6:39 | and the doctor comes and says well yeah |
| 6:41 | she’s at four centimeters you know |
| 6:44 | hunker down you’re going to be here for |
| 6:46 | a while |
| 6:47 | 36 hours later and no sleep |
| 6:51 | right what are you doing it’s like is |
| 6:54 | this baby gonna come or not but all |
| 6:57 | along what is happening is the |
| 6:58 | contractions are getting closer and |
| 7:01 | closer and stronger and stronger and |
| 7:04 | your wife is getting more and more |
| 7:06 | agitated |
| 7:07 | so all of the signs of the end times |
| 7:10 | pointing to the birth of the new Earth |
| 7:13 | well they’re like that so Hunker in |
| 7:16 | we’re going to be here for a while |
| 7:17 | that’s kind of Jesus’s point |
| 7:21 | so Jesus then says the kingdom of God |
| 7:24 | doesn’t come by observation nor will |
| 7:26 | they say look here it is or there behold |
| 7:29 | for behold the kingdom of God |
| 7:31 | is among you it’s in the midst of you |
| 7:34 | the kingdom of God is here right now do |
| 7:36 | you see it |
| 7:40 | well that’s an awkward silence |
| 7:42 | you see the kingdom of God comes to us |
| 7:45 | where people are brought to penance and |
| 7:47 | faith in Christ for the Forgiveness of |
| 7:48 | their sins the kingdom of God is here |
| 7:50 | now |
| 7:51 | we believe this by faith someday we will |
| 7:54 | see it by sight so that’s why Jesus says |
| 7:57 | when they say Hey There It Is don’t |
| 7:58 | believe him |
| 8:00 | oh there it is don’t believe him and |
| 8:02 | then he said to his disciples so he’s |
| 8:03 | kind of done with the Pharisees they’re |
| 8:05 | kind of a hopeless case at this point |
| 8:06 | anyway so he says to the disciples all |
| 8:09 | right listen boys |
| 8:11 | the days are coming when you are going |
| 8:13 | to desire really long to see one of the |
| 8:16 | days of the son of man |
| 8:18 | and you’re not going to see it |
| 8:22 | there’s times coming when you’re going |
| 8:24 | to think oh man if only I can just have |
| 8:27 | one day with Jesus like we had back in |
| 8:30 | Galilee |
| 8:31 | and that’s not going to happen and in |
| 8:34 | their lifetime they’re going to hear |
| 8:36 | people say look there’s Jesus or look |
| 8:39 | here he’s over there |
| 8:41 | do not go out or follow them for as the |
| 8:46 | lightning flashes and lights up the sky |
| 8:48 | from one side to the other so will be |
| 8:52 | the son of man in his day |
| 8:54 | in other words keep this in mind when we |
| 8:56 | pair this with Matthew chapter 24 we |
| 9:00 | learn that one of the big end times |
| 9:02 | deceptions |
| 9:03 | is going to be a bunch of people saying |
| 9:06 | that guy over there we heard that Jesus |
| 9:10 | appeared in a set up court in the |
| 9:13 | Kingdom of God in Nigeria we’ve sent the |
| 9:16 | TBN news crew to go and check to see oh |
| 9:19 | yes we’ve got Jesus sightings in South |
| 9:22 | Africa |
| 9:24 | and stuff like that and here’s the sad |
| 9:26 | part the reason why Jesus warns us about |
| 9:29 | this stuff is because there are going to |
| 9:31 | be a lot of people who are Christians |
| 9:34 | who are going to sit there and go really |
| 9:37 | really and then when they see the image |
| 9:40 | to The Fuzzy image of Jesus like the |
| 9:42 | Sasquatch pictures on the television |
| 9:44 | they’re gonna go oh that’s Jesus and |
| 9:47 | it’s like no that’s not Jesus Jesus told |
| 9:51 | you that’s not Jesus so that’s how |
| 9:53 | deceptive things are in the last days so |
| 9:55 | think of it this way when Jesus returns |
| 9:58 | it’s going to be as obvious as Lightning |
| 10:00 | ain’t nobody gonna sit there and go |
| 10:03 | is is that Jesus everyone’s gonna know |
| 10:06 | it’s Jesus and if you’re sitting there |
| 10:07 | going is that Jesus it ain’t Jesus |
| 10:09 | I know it just seems kind of obvious and |
| 10:11 | I’m trying to have a little fun with |
| 10:12 | this but this is a dark topic note this |
| 10:15 | then Jesus said the son of man first he |
| 10:19 | must suffer many things and be rejected |
| 10:22 | by this generation and now Jesus engages |
| 10:25 | in something that’s kind of fascinating |
| 10:27 | as you read this next portion Jesus is |
| 10:30 | going between two poles this is what we |
| 10:33 | call and here comes the jargon this is |
| 10:36 | inaugurated eschatology versus |
| 10:39 | consummated eschatology the last days |
| 10:43 | begin with the death resurrection and |
| 10:45 | Ascension of Jesus they end with his |
| 10:48 | coming in glory to judge the living and |
| 10:50 | the dead so Jesus goes to two bookends |
| 10:52 | and he kind of goes back and forth |
| 10:54 | switches channels without any warning |
| 10:56 | one second he’s he’s talking about |
| 10:58 | inaugurated eschatology his death |
| 11:00 | resurrection and then he switches to |
| 11:03 | when he’s coming again in glory and so |
| 11:05 | you kind of have to watch the two does |
| 11:07 | that make sense |
| 11:08 | so he says |
| 11:10 | for as the lightning flashes |
| 11:12 | crosses the sky so it will be the son of |
| 11:15 | man in his day first he must suffer many |
| 11:17 | things be rejected by this generation |
| 11:20 | inaugurated eschatology just as it was |
| 11:23 | in the days of Noah so it will be in the |
| 11:25 | days of the son of man they were eating |
| 11:26 | and drinking and marrying and giving in |
| 11:28 | marriage until the day when Noah entered |
| 11:30 | the Ark the flood came and destroyed |
| 11:32 | them all |
| 11:33 | consummated eschatology you see the two |
| 11:35 | book ends here |
| 11:37 | they were eating and drinking likewise |
| 11:39 | just as it was in the days of lot they |
| 11:41 | were eating and drinking buying and |
| 11:43 | selling planting and building but on the |
| 11:46 | day when when lot went out of Sodom fire |
| 11:49 | and sulfur reigned from heaven and |
| 11:51 | destroyed them all so it will be on the |
| 11:53 | day when the son of man is revealed |
| 11:56 | that’s the end of time on that day let |
| 11:59 | the one who is on the housetop with his |
| 12:01 | Goods in the house not come down to take |
| 12:04 | them away and likewise when the one who |
| 12:06 | is in the field not turned back and |
| 12:09 | here’s the gist of what Jesus is saying |
| 12:11 | we know what to expect Jesus told us |
| 12:14 | what’s going to happen and if we happen |
| 12:16 | to be alive on this day when Jesus |
| 12:18 | returns in glory to judge the living and |
| 12:19 | the dead your neighbors are going to do |
| 12:22 | this unbelieving neighbors are going to |
| 12:24 | go oh my goodness what are we going to |
| 12:26 | do we gotta we gotta we gotta figure out |
| 12:28 | how to survive this quick grab grab the |
| 12:31 | photo albums get the bug out bag go get |
| 12:34 | all that food that we’ve been stocking |
| 12:36 | up and let’s go go get in our bunker |
| 12:38 | like that’s gonna solve the problem we |
| 12:41 | on the other hand we see the sign of |
| 12:43 | Jesus is coming and we sit there oh |
| 12:44 | that’s Jesus coming you know what we do |
| 12:47 | grab a lawn chair and wait for the |
| 12:49 | angels to pick you up |
| 12:51 | seriously |
| 12:53 | there’s no point in running there’s no |
| 12:54 | point in hiding we know how this is all |
| 12:56 | going to go down and this is Jesus’s |
| 12:57 | point so then he says |
| 13:00 | whoever seeks to preserve his life will |
| 13:03 | lose it whoever loses his life will keep |
| 13:05 | it |
| 13:06 | I tell you in that night there will be |
| 13:09 | two in one bed one will be taken the |
| 13:12 | other left |
| 13:13 | there will be two women grinding |
| 13:15 | together one will be taken the other |
| 13:17 | left now notice when does all this take |
| 13:19 | place on the day that Jesus returns in |
| 13:22 | glory to judge the living and the dead |
| 13:24 | all right you’ll notice this one taken |
| 13:26 | one left this isn’t secret stuff |
| 13:28 | okay this is in conjunction with Jesus’s |
| 13:31 | return in glory |
| 13:33 | so the idea here is is that this one |
| 13:35 | taken one left this is the separation of |
| 13:39 | the sheep and the goats the Sheep on the |
| 13:41 | right the goats on the left the angels |
| 13:43 | are doing the Sorting |
| 13:45 | so when they pick you up all right I’m |
| 13:47 | gonna be put with the Sheep because |
| 13:49 | that’s how that goes because you is |
| 13:51 | sheep I know that’s bad English but it’s |
| 13:53 | true so then they said to him |
| 13:56 | where now this is an interesting thing |
| 13:58 | so Jesus is describing consummated |
| 14:02 | eschatology the very very last day and |
| 14:06 | they go |
| 14:07 | where’s this gonna happen |
| 14:09 | okay now watch what Jesus does he goes |
| 14:12 | all the way back to the other bracket |
| 14:15 | where Lord he said to them where the |
| 14:17 | corpse is |
| 14:19 | there the vultures will gather |
| 14:21 | he’s referring to the corpse of his body |
| 14:23 | and where was Jesus’s corpse |
| 14:26 | originally Jerusalem so in the sense |
| 14:30 | this last phrase which is kind of a |
| 14:31 | little bit cryptic Jesus is referring to |
| 14:33 | his death and resurrection and also |
| 14:35 | returning talking about the place to |
| 14:37 | which he will physically return on the |
| 14:39 | last day you see it |
| 14:42 | now that’s our context |
| 14:44 | so Jesus in talking about boys you’re |
| 14:47 | going to wish to see experience and have |
| 14:50 | one of those days with me but you’re not |
| 14:52 | going to have it so what do you do in |
| 14:54 | the in between time from the time of |
| 14:57 | Jesus’s death and Resurrection into the |
| 14:59 | time of his return what’s what’s your |
| 15:02 | mindset |
| 15:03 | because I know you’re going to want to |
| 15:05 | see me but it ain’t gonna happen and |
| 15:08 | it’s going to seem like I’m not hearing |
| 15:09 | your prayers and oh you’re going to go |
| 15:11 | through all kinds of trials and |
| 15:12 | tribulations it’s going to be really |
| 15:14 | awful at times so what should be your |
| 15:16 | mindset here’s what he says |
| 15:18 | so Jesus told him a parable to the |
| 15:20 | effect that they ought always to pray |
| 15:24 | and not lose heart |
| 15:26 | and so he tells the story about a really |
| 15:30 | ornery judge this guy doesn’t care about |
| 15:32 | anybody except for himself in a certain |
| 15:35 | city there was a judge who neither |
| 15:36 | feared God nor respected man and here’s |
| 15:39 | kind of the point and that kind of tease |
| 15:41 | this out this unjust judge is |
| 15:46 | representing God in certain ways but |
| 15:49 | Jesus’s point is that although this |
| 15:51 | judge has similar power to God in that |
| 15:54 | sense God is nothing like this judge |
| 15:57 | and so trust that but here’s who he says |
| 16:00 | so |
| 16:01 | this judge neither feared God nor |
| 16:04 | respected man which means he was neither |
| 16:08 | Jewish in his thinking because he didn’t |
| 16:10 | fear and love God and he didn’t respect |
| 16:12 | man he didn’t go along with the culture |
| 16:14 | and that was an honor culture at the |
| 16:16 | time you can say that he didn’t go along |
| 16:18 | with Norwegian yantolovan Concepts right |
| 16:20 | this guy was totally in it for himself |
| 16:22 | and then there’s this Widow widows in |
| 16:25 | that day had like nothing they had no |
| 16:26 | power No Authority she’s totally at this |
| 16:29 | guy’s mercy and this guy doesn’t care |
| 16:31 | about her doesn’t care about their |
| 16:34 | culture doesn’t care about God the only |
| 16:37 | person he cares about is himself and so |
| 16:39 | she came to him saying give me Justice |
| 16:41 | against my adversary |
| 16:43 | interesting little note there that |
| 16:46 | frames what kind of prayer Jesus is |
| 16:49 | talking about and I’ll show it to you |
| 16:51 | from scripture in a minute give me |
| 16:52 | Justice against my adversary for a while |
| 16:57 | he refused |
| 16:59 | but afterwards he said to himself self |
| 17:01 | though I neither fear God nor respect me |
| 17:04 | man yet because of this widow she keeps |
| 17:06 | bothering me |
| 17:08 | I’m gonna give her justice so that |
| 17:09 | she’ll not continue to beat me down by |
| 17:11 | her continual coming it’s like really |
| 17:14 | you again seriously so finally he just |
| 17:16 | acquiesces and gives her the justice |
| 17:18 | that she |
| 17:20 | needs |
| 17:21 | and see here’s the thing this is the |
| 17:23 | kind of prayer that Jesus is talking |
| 17:25 | about because in the in-between time in |
| 17:28 | the in between time of Jesus’s death and |
| 17:30 | resurrection and his return we as |
| 17:33 | Christians are persecuted we as |
| 17:35 | Christians have to witness the rise of |
| 17:37 | evil |
| 17:38 | the rise of apostasy we have to see all |
| 17:41 | kinds of things going wrong in the world |
| 17:44 | and even in our own lives and here’s the |
| 17:47 | reason why |
| 17:48 | because God is saving people God is slow |
| 17:53 | to anger and abounding and steadfast |
| 17:55 | love and so God in his patience is not |
| 17:59 | giving people what they deserve today |
| 18:01 | instead today is the day of Mercy today |
| 18:04 | is the day when we Proclaim that in |
| 18:06 | Christ is the Forgiveness of sins |
| 18:09 | in him his eternal life and salvation as |
| 18:12 | a free gift today we talk about the free |
| 18:14 | pardon in Grace |
| 18:17 | that ends that ends when Jesus returns |
| 18:21 | does that make sense so because of God’s |
| 18:24 | Great patience and long-suffering and |
| 18:27 | his forgiveness and Grace God puts up |
| 18:30 | with a lot of nonsense in the in between |
| 18:32 | and as a result of it we Christians |
| 18:35 | experience persecution suffering well |
| 18:39 | people who mock us people who become our |
| 18:42 | adversaries and do injustices against us |
| 18:45 | and what do we pray in the midst of all |
| 18:47 | of that Lord are you even there do you |
| 18:50 | not care I’m one of your children and we |
| 18:54 | long to see the day of Christ just even |
| 18:56 | one day like Jesus’s apostles and God |
| 19:00 | tells us |
| 19:01 | don’t lose heart keep praying God hears |
| 19:06 | you |
| 19:08 | he hears you and that’s the point |
| 19:10 | so Jesus said hear what the unrighteous |
| 19:13 | judge says and will not God give Justice |
| 19:16 | to his elect who cry to him day and |
| 19:20 | night will he delay long over them |
| 19:23 | no not long |
| 19:26 | not long by God’s standards Maybe by |
| 19:29 | ours and will not God give Justice to |
| 19:32 | his elect and brothers and sisters |
| 19:34 | that’s you |
| 19:36 | you are the elect |
| 19:38 | you are in Christ you are forgiven bled |
| 19:41 | for died for Buried and raised with |
| 19:44 | Christ your sins have been washed away |
| 19:46 | and a couple weeks ago we had the Lord’s |
| 19:48 | Supper where we feasted on the body and |
| 19:50 | blood of Christ broken and shed for us |
| 19:53 | for the Forgiveness of our sins |
| 19:55 | you are his precious blood-bought |
| 19:59 | children he hears you keep crying to him |
| 20:03 | day and night and if you want to get an |
| 20:05 | idea of what this looks like |
| 20:07 | well the Psalms show us what these |
| 20:09 | prayers look like Psalm 79 is a perfect |
| 20:12 | example of this type of prayer that |
| 20:15 | Jesus is encouraging his Saints to |
| 20:18 | continue to pray don’t lose heart God |
| 20:20 | hears Psalm 79 verse 1 says this |
| 20:24 | oh God |
| 20:26 | the Nations have come into your |
| 20:28 | inheritance they’ve defiled your Holy |
| 20:31 | Temple they’ve laid Jerusalem in Ruins |
| 20:34 | they’ve given the bodies of your |
| 20:35 | servants to the birds of the heavens for |
| 20:37 | food the Flesh of your faithful to the |
| 20:40 | beasts of the Earth |
| 20:42 | they’ve poured out their blood like |
| 20:44 | water all around Jerusalem there was no |
| 20:46 | one to bury them we have become a taunt |
| 20:49 | to our neighbors mocked and derided by |
| 20:52 | those around us |
| 20:54 | see this is the kind of prayer that |
| 20:56 | Jesus is admonishing us to pray |
| 21:00 | and not lose heart these prayers are not |
| 21:03 | going nowhere God hears them |
| 21:06 | the psalmist continues how long O Lord |
| 21:12 | will you be angry forever will your |
| 21:14 | jealousy burn like fire pour out your |
| 21:17 | anger on the Nations that do not know |
| 21:19 | you and on the kingdoms that do not call |
| 21:21 | upon your name for they have devoured |
| 21:23 | Jacob and laid waste his habitation |
| 21:26 | do not remember against us our former |
| 21:30 | iniquities |
| 21:31 | and so you’ll notice it’s kind of two |
| 21:33 | tracks in a prayer like this and this is |
| 21:35 | the type of Prayer |
| 21:36 | a prayer for justice but knowing this |
| 21:39 | Justice does not come until Christ |
| 21:41 | returns |
| 21:44 | and that God is working to save sinners |
| 21:47 | sinners like you and like me if he had |
| 21:50 | not been patient and slow to anger where |
| 21:53 | would we be today |
| 21:55 | so we pray do not remember against us |
| 21:57 | our former iniquities |
| 21:59 | God let your compassion come speedily to |
| 22:02 | meet us for we are brought very low help |
| 22:05 | us o God of our salvation for the glory |
| 22:08 | of your name |
| 22:10 | Deliver Us and atone for our sins for |
| 22:13 | your name’s sake why should the nation |
| 22:16 | say where is their God let the avenging |
| 22:19 | of the outpoured blood of your servants |
| 22:22 | be known among the Nations before our |
| 22:24 | eyes let the groans of the prisoners |
| 22:26 | come before you according to your great |
| 22:28 | power preserve those doomed to die |
| 22:32 | returns seven-fold into the lap of our |
| 22:35 | neighbors the taunts with which they |
| 22:36 | have taunted You O Lord |
| 22:38 | but we are your people |
| 22:40 | we are the Sheep of your pasture we will |
| 22:43 | give thanks to you forever from |
| 22:45 | generation to generation we will recount |
| 22:47 | your praise |
| 22:49 | and so this type of Prayer |
| 22:51 | causes us to bring our petitions to God |
| 22:55 | to cry for justice to cry for mercy and |
| 22:59 | to continue to trust him even if it |
| 23:01 | means for a moment that evil gets the |
| 23:04 | over the the upper hand even against us |
| 23:09 | you can pray this prayer even if you’re |
| 23:12 | being marched off to your death |
| 23:16 | don’t lose heart God hears your prayers |
| 23:19 | and how do I know this |
| 23:22 | because Jesus himself prayed in this |
| 23:25 | exact way |
| 23:26 | and you won’t find Jesus’s prayer |
| 23:30 | in the New Testament you’re going to |
| 23:32 | find Jesus’s prayer in the Psalms it’s |
| 23:35 | in Psalm 22 and watch how Jesus prays |
| 23:38 | even in the midst of his crucifixion |
| 23:42 | remember when Jesus was on the cross and |
| 23:44 | he cried out |
| 23:48 | my God my God why have you forsaken me |
| 23:51 | well that prayer |
| 23:53 | then in its entirety |
| 23:55 | we see in Psalm 22. my God my God why |
| 24:00 | have you forsaken me |
| 24:02 | why are you so far from saving me from |
| 24:05 | the words of my groaning |
| 24:08 | oh my God I Cry by day but you do not |
| 24:10 | answer by night but I find No Rest yet |
| 24:13 | You Are Holy enthroned on the Praises of |
| 24:16 | Israel |
| 24:17 | in you our fathers trusted they trusted |
| 24:20 | and you delivered them to you they cried |
| 24:22 | and were rescued in you they trusted and |
| 24:24 | were not put to shame |
| 24:26 | but I’m a worm not a man scorned by |
| 24:29 | mankind despised by the people all who |
| 24:32 | see me mock me they make mouths at me |
| 24:35 | they wag their heads he trusts in the |
| 24:37 | Lord let him deliver him let him rescue |
| 24:40 | him for he Delights in him |
| 24:42 | yet |
| 24:43 | you are he who took me from the womb you |
| 24:46 | made me trust at my mother’s breasts on |
| 24:48 | you as I cast from my birth and from my |
| 24:51 | mother’s womb you have been my God |
| 24:54 | be not far from me for trouble is near |
| 24:57 | and there’s none to help many bulls |
| 25:00 | Encompass me strong Bulls of Bashan |
| 25:02 | surround me they open wide their mouths |
| 25:04 | at me like a ravening and roaring lion |
| 25:06 | and I am poured out like water and all |
| 25:10 | my bones are out of joint my heart is |
| 25:12 | like waxed and it is melted within my |
| 25:14 | breast my strength is dried up like a |
| 25:17 | pot shirt and my tongue sticks to my |
| 25:19 | jaws |
| 25:21 | and you lay me in the dust of death dogs |
| 25:24 | Encompass me a company of evildoers |
| 25:26 | encircles me they have pierced my hands |
| 25:28 | and my feet and I can count all my bones |
| 25:31 | they stare and glowed at me and they |
| 25:32 | divide my garments among them |
| 25:35 | for my clothing they cast lots |
| 25:38 | But You O Lord |
| 25:40 | do not be far off |
| 25:42 | oh you my help come quickly to my Aid |
| 25:46 | deliver my soul from The Sword my |
| 25:49 | precious life from the power of the dog |
| 25:51 | save me from the mouth of the lion you |
| 25:54 | have rescued me from the horns of the |
| 25:56 | wild oxen |
| 25:58 | and I will tell of your name to my |
| 26:00 | brothers in the midst of the |
| 26:01 | congregation I will praise you you who |
| 26:04 | fear the Lord praise him all you |
| 26:07 | offspring of Jacob glorify him and stand |
| 26:09 | in awe of him all you offspring of |
| 26:11 | Israel for he is not despised or |
| 26:14 | abhorred The Afflicted |
| 26:15 | the Affliction of The Afflicted and he |
| 26:17 | has not hidden his face from him but he |
| 26:19 | has heard when he has cried to him |
| 26:23 | so Jesus told a parable to the effect |
| 26:25 | that they ought always to pray |
| 26:28 | and not lose heart |
| 26:30 | and this is the type of Prayer |
| 26:32 | that we’re talking about |
| 26:34 | the prayer in the now and the not yet |
| 26:37 | where we are right now |
| 26:39 | while the world is in labor |
| 26:41 | and the birth pangs are getting stronger |
| 26:44 | and getting closer together a new world |
| 26:47 | is on its way it’s here but it’s not yet |
| 26:50 | here |
| 26:51 | and in these times of Affliction Christ |
| 26:53 | has comforted us and said do not lose |
| 26:55 | heart God hears your prayers and God is |
| 26:58 | nothing like that unjust judge and he |
| 27:00 | will answer your prayers speedily he |
| 27:04 | will not long delay to give you justice |
| 27:08 | trust in him in the same way that Christ |
| 27:10 | trusted while he was on the cross |
| 27:14 | because this day these prayers they’re |
| 27:17 | answered on the great day when Jesus |
| 27:20 | returns and so remember the days are |
| 27:23 | coming when you will desire and long to |
| 27:25 | see one of the days of the son of man |
| 27:27 | right now you will not see it |
| 27:30 | someday you will see Christ with your |
| 27:32 | very eyes the one who is bled and died |
| 27:35 | for you whose hands and feet were |
| 27:37 | pierced for your transgressions |
| 27:39 | whose head was bruised for your sins and |
| 27:41 | your iniquities |
| 27:43 | he has heard your prayers and he will |
| 27:45 | answer them speedily do not lose heart |
| 27:48 | today is the day of Mercy not the day of |
| 27:50 | Justice |
| 27:52 | so today it looks like evil gets the |
| 27:54 | upper hand |
| 27:56 | but that this day is coming to a close |
| 27:59 | quickly |
| 28:01 | continue to trust do not lose heart |
| 28:03 | Christ has you in the name of Jesus |
| 28:06 | amen |
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