BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER

BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER Based on “Becoming A Man of Prayer: A Seven-Week Strategy Based on the Instructions of Jesus” – By Bob Beltz MBC First Light Summer Session

Opening Prayer Saul Corral

For Yours - is the kingdom - and the power - and the glory - forever. Amen. Jim Battle – July 24, 2019

The Lord’s Prayer – Matthew 6:9-13 • Our Father who is in heaven, • Hallowed be Your name. • Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. • Give us this day our daily bread. • And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. • And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

But First – A Fly in the Ointment! • Our Father who is in heaven, • Hallowed be Your name. • Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. • Give us this day our daily bread. • And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. • And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Back Up To Consider Context • Our Father who is in heaven, • Hallowed be Your name. • Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. • Give us this day our daily bread. • And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. • And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Lead us not into temptation Thinking: - I am responsible for my behavior - I don’t want to have to confess sins again! - Lord, help me! But we need to be clear in our minds aboutthe nature of temptation.

The Nature of Temptation 1. Temptation is NOT the same as sin. 2. Temptation can lead to sin – it is our choice !!

Temptation Is Not Sin Hebrews 4:15 (NASB95) For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yetwithout sin. It is possible not to yield to temptation.

The Nature of Temptation James 1:13 (NASB95) Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. God is NOT the source of temptation.

The Life-Cycle of Temptation James 1:14–15 (NASB95) 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticedby his own lust. 15Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. We have a built-in tendency to yield to temptation.

The Nature of Temptation Romans 7:19–20 (NASB95) 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. We have a built-in tendency to yield to temptation.

The Nature of Temptation 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NASB95) No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. We do not “have to” yield to temptation.

The Nature of Temptation Matthew 26:41 (NASB95) (Jesus to disciples – Garden of Gethsemane) “Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” We do not “have to” yield to temptation.

One Last Thought on Temptation James 1:2–4 (NASB95) 2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. God can sovereignly use our trials/temptations. This does NOT say to seek trials.

Back to the Lord’s Prayer And do not lead us into temptation, - StatedNegatively – Lord, help me to not go there again! - Recognizes my human weakness/sin nature but deliver us from evil. - Stated Positively – Lord, protect me - Recognizes Satan is a real and powerful enemy

Discussion on Temptation ??

For Yours - is the kingdom - and the power - and the glory - forever. Amen.

Echoing the Start of the Lord’s Prayer Kingdom – Your kingdom come Power – Father in heaven Glory – Hallowed be Your name

Yours is the kingdom What Kingdom? Spiritual Kingdom – Christ rules now in believers lives Millennial Kingdom – Christ rules on earth after 2nd coming Universal Kingdom – God’s rule over all - in time - in eternity

Acknowledge the Kingdom is His • Spiritual Kingdom • Millennial Kingdom • Universal Kingdom One King and One Kingdom – three manifestations “All of the Above”

Discussion on Kingdom??

Yours is the power He will come with power Matt. 24:30b Jesus sitting at right hand of power Matt. 26:64 Jesus went in power of the Holy Spirit Luke 4:14 Power of the resurrection Rom 1:4 Pharaoh demonstrated God’s power Rom 9:17

Yours is the power Jesus lives by the power of God 2 Cor 13:4 Far above all power and dominion Eph 1:21 Powerof His resurrection Phil 3:10 Power to subject all things to Himself Phil 3:21 Worthy to receive glory and honor and power Rev 4:11

Yours is the power Revelation 1:8 (NASB95) “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 19:6 (NASB95) Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Yours is the power Revelation 19:11–16 (NASB95) 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems…13He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God…. 15From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Discussion on Power??

Yours is the glory Exodus 40:33-35 – dedication of the Tabernacle 33 He [Moses] erected the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the gloryof the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the gloryof the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Yours is the glory 1 Kings 8:6,10-11 –dedication of the Temple 6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim…. 10 It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

The Ark of the Covenant Christ Foreshadowed in the Tabernacle From “The Tabernacle” Rose Publishing, 2005

Yours is the glory Whole earth is full of His glory Isaiah 6:3b He will come with power and greatglory Matt. 24:30b Glory of the only begotten from the Father John 1:14b Worthy to receive glory and honor and power Rev 4:11 Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power and honor belong to our God Rev 19:1

Yours is the glory Mark 9:2–3 (NASB95) The Transfiguration 2 Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; 3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

Yours is the glory Revelation 1:12–14 (NASB95) 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; 13 and in the middle of the lampstands I sawone like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Discussion on Glory??

Forever Revelation 4:9–11 (NASB95) 9 And when the livingcreaturesgiveglory and honor and thanks to Him whosits on the throne, to Him wholivesforever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11“Worthy are You, our Lord and ourGod, to receiveglory and honor and power; forYoucreatedallthings, and becauseofYourwilltheyexisted, and werecreated.”

Forever Revelation 5:13 (NASB95) 13And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”

Discussion on Forever??

Amen Let it be so

The Lord’s Prayer – Matthew 6:9-13 • Our Father who is in heaven, • Hallowed be Your name. • Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. • Give us this day our daily bread. • And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. • And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. • For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Next Week: Review / Summary

Closing Prayer Randy Tate

BECOMING A MAN OF PRAYER