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Introduction
Today we continue the series titled ‘Why?’
Where we are looking at more basic doctrines & teachings and simply explaining ‘why’ - ‘why’ we should do a thing.
The first issue that began it all was a message titled ‘Why Church?’ - where we looked at the importance of church, and why church should be a priority in our lives.
Why Church?
(Why does the Church & Church Attendance Matter?)
Because Jesus was Crucified for It
Because it’s God’s Chosen Vessel to Accomplish His Will
Because of Our Command, Our Commission & Our Concern
It shows whether we’re concerned about our Brethren, our Commission, our Command or even our Lord.
Why Train?
(Why and How we should Train our Children)
We looked at The Particulars, The Process & the Permanence of Training our Children
Why the Bible?
(What Makes the Bible Special?)
Because of It’s Author, It’s Accuracy, It’s Accessibility, It’s Ability
Topics we didn’t get to include: Because it’s Alive; It’s Applicable & Because of it’s Authority
Why Jesus?
(Why is Jesus Important?)
Because Jesus Loves Us; He Laid Down His Life for Us; He Lives; He Left Us Promises; He is LORD
Today we’re going to look at another topic that is critical to the Christian - prayer.
The Psalmist in Psa.
116 got the answer to Why Pray.
We see:
His Care - I love the LORD
His Cause - BECAUSE… x2
His Continuance - THEREFORE...
He got it.
I hope that you get the importance of prayer, and if you haven’t in the past, I pray that today that changes.
So Why Pray?
Because We Have Opportunity
I.
Because We Have Opportunity
We Can
One thing that we cannot overlook is the truth that we have been afforded the opportunity to approach the throne.
Two things to note:
It’s not always been that way:
There was a time when God was separated from man.
It began in Gen. 3. Adam sinned and was banished from the presence of the LORD.
It’s best illustrated during the wilderness wandering of the COI.
The church in the wilderness - the Tabernacle, had a place where man dwelt, and a separate place where God dwelt.
We’ll speak more on this in a minute.
The thing to understand is that being allowed in the presence of God is not something that has always been.
Not everyone can
If you’re a blood-washed Christian, you have the right and privilege to have an audience with God - But that’s where the privilege ends.
Muslims can’t approach the throne in prayer
Practicing Jews can’t approach the throne in prayer
Buddhists can’t
Lost souls can’t
Unless you’ve been washed in the blood of the Lamb, you can’t!
We can.
We (the saved) have opportunity!
But it came at a cost.
It Came at a Cost
Heb.
10:19-20 “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;”
I had mentioned the Tabernacle and how there was a place where man could go and another where God was - what separated them was a large, heavy curtain called the veil.
Upon the Crucifixion of the LORD, God rent the veil from the top to the bottom - making the way possible for man to now approach the LORD.
Church, but it came at a cost.
In order for us to have the privilege of prayer, Jesus had to endure the Cross.
Why should we pray?
Because Jesus made a way for us to.
He thought this relationship important enough to lay down His life for it!
It Came at a Cost
Jesus Calls us to Come
Jer.
33:3 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
God wants you to call out unto Him.
He desires to hear from His Children.
(Ill.)
Church, as you know I have two children whom I love dearly.
One thing that is a blessing to me is whenever my phone rings or dings, I pick it up & look and it’s one of my children.
I love to hear from them.
Now some of you may not get that same feeling, but I do.
And I believe our Heavenly Father feels the same way when we call out unto Him.
Jesus Calls us to Come.
So why Pray?
Because We Have Opportunity.
Secondly, Because we have an Obligation to as well
II.
Because We Have Obligation
As a Child of God
One of the things that we understand is that when we’re born again, we are birthed into the family of God.
The Bible tells us: Gal.
4:4-7 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”
This relationship is established upon our salvation is one of Father / Son.
Furthermore, the Bible tells us Ex. 20:12 “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
Church, God if God has commanded us to honor our earthly father, wouldn’t it stand to reason that we should Honor our Heavenly Father that much more?
And how can we Honor Him and foster that relationship if we ignore Him?
We are Obliged as a Child of God to communicate with our Heavenly Father
Over a Concern for Others
As Christians, we should be concerned about others.
We should pray like Moses
Regardless of whether they deserve it
Moses went up upon the mount where God gave unto him the 10 Commandments, while he was up there, the COI did wickedly and sinned before the LORD.
God then got angry with them and we see this fascinating interaction: (Read Ex. 32:7-14)
Moses was concerned for the people - and this people treated him wickedly!
Why Pray?
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