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1 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | kalos | 156135 | ||
Authority to Ask God for One's Needs "We believe in the authority of the believer to ask freely of the Lord for his needs." Do you agree with the above statement of belief? Please include biblical references for why you do or do not agree. Grace to you, Kalos |
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2 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | BARBAQUED | 172205 | ||
KALOS: The Lord is our Father; he is a generous and loving Father. Jesus has told us we can ask for anything. The Lord knows and takes care of all of our needs. Matt 7:8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened Matt 7:9 Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone? Matt 21:21 And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done. Praise be to God BBQ |
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3 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172206 | ||
BBQ, If you have Christ, what more could you possibly want for yourself. Anything more? John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. “Those that abide in Christ as their heart's delight shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire. If we have Christ, we shall want nothing that is good for us.” – Mathew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible …”but this must be understood not of temporal things, as riches, honours, profits, pleasures, or whatever even the carnal mind of a believer himself may sometimes desire; but of things spiritual, and with such limitations and restrictions as these; whatever is according to the will of God, for the Spirit of God himself asks for no other for the saints; whatever is for the glory of God, and for their own spiritual profit and edification; and whatever is agreeably to the words and doctrines of Christ, which abide in them.” – John Gills Exposition of the Entire Bible Psalm 117:1,2: 1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. If the Lord gives us His love, what more could we possibly ask for? In that love is all we can ever need and desire. In His grace we find peace and salvation. If He never gives us anything else, He is still worthy of our highest praise. WOS |
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4 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | BARBAQUED | 172284 | ||
We can ask what ever we wish and it will be answered. What will be asked by people of faith? God Bless You BBQ |
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5 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172291 | ||
BBQ, I do agree that you can ask whatever you wish and it will be answered. My problem is that you seem to advocate that it will always be answered in the affirmative, which Scripture teaches us quite clearly, that it will not. That’s where you are mistaken. 1 John 5: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. God hears us because we ask according to His will. I think you look upon success and prosperity as being material gains as you make reference to how blessed Job was because of his possessions in post # 172018 inserted here: “It seems almost all of these people are folks who do not have or run a business of their own. I usually just smile and nod politely. I never take advice from someone unless they are far more successful than I am. Who would be more successful than God? Look how he blessed Job. Job 1:3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east” (sic) Success and prosperity do not equate to one being blessed. Many successful and prosperous people will end up in Hell. How is that blessed? I know a man who was rich beyond our wildest imaginations. He controlled everything, had heavenly creatures at is beck and call. He was successful, very successful. Then, by the will of His Father, and His own, He gave it all up. In humility He gave up everything a king was granted. He could have taken it all back in an instant by simply speaking it to be so. But He didn’t. Why? For you! He gave up everything, including His precious life, His blood, so that you could be free. So that through faith, you could live forever and prosper in His eternal presence. I wonder if the lowly preacher showed up in His tattered attire and overturned your money table if you would listen to him. Because according to your standard, it appears that He was not the type that was “way more successful than you”. Would you smile and nod politely at Christ and dismiss what it is He tells you? How about this? Would you give up your last cent, voluntarily? Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 14:11 For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. God holds not everything we desire in high esteem but rather quite the contrary. Much is detestable to Him and we just fail to realize it. WOS |
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