Kerwin Baptist Church Daily Broadcast

Welcome to the Kerwin Baptist Church broadcast today. Our desire is for the word of God spread throughout all me know join is now for a portion of one of our services here at Kerwin Baptist Church located in Kernersville, North Carolina. The Bible gives a number of names used for God. My favorite has always been father and I think there's just something personal about God being our father and there are other names that are more powerful but there's nothing more personal than God our father and here's a passage of Scripture that I'm afraid I've taught wrong. Over the years are missed at least the entire purpose of it is already begin their Luke chapter labeling verse one and it came to pass.

I got admit my mouth take that out or it's going to come out while I don't want to come out all right but verse one indicated past that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased one of his disciples synonym. Here's the setting. Jesus was praying and the disciples always saw Jesus praying differently than they prayed. The disciples always saw that Jesus was able to get in touch and communicate with God the father in a way that they just couldn't and it created a desire inside of them. Let me share this with you this morning there to be things in your life in my life when it comes to our relationship with God our father.

That should make other people want that an unsaved world should want the relationship that you and I so richly enjoy by the fact that we are God's child. We have now been adopted into the family of God. Notice if you would, that as he prayed, his disciples came to him and they said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples and he said unto them, okay, when you pray, so the disciples see something and they notice that Jesus just to pray different than us.

The disciples all had seen different religious figures in their life, praying it was very stringent and very impersonal at the temple when priest and different things and and and they were just kind of such tradition, following the law. But when Jesus prayed, there was something personal about it and they said, Lord, would you teach us to pray like that in so he answered he said we need pray you notice what he said. First, he said, say, our what our father let me read it to you. Our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done as in heaven so in earth give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Now verse five and he said to them, which of you begins a different story. But it's all part of his answer so may I draw your attention quickly.

Just verses one through four, we see first prayer to the father, the disciple said Jesus we want to know how to pray and so he kinda gives them an illustration and he says okay when you pray, pray like this in the first thing was our father. He said it's very important for you to pray like me that you need to acknowledge first God is your father. Then we see first the prayer to the father. Now in verse five I want you to see he introduces another part of his answer.

And this is what we call the persistence of the friend notice this verse five and he said to them, which of you shall have a friend, and shall going to him at midnight, S&M friend, lend me three low for a friend of mine in his journey has come to me and I have nothing to set before him, and he from within or the individual inside the house. The neighbor inside the house shall answer and say, trouble me not the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.

I cannot rise and give the I say into you, though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needed this word importunity means persistence. And here's the picture that this this man needs bread he comes to his neighbor's families in the house with him and as he knocked and knocked and knocked his late middle the night and the man comes the door and he says hey I need three loaves of bread I got somebody showed up unexpectedly. I got a be hospitable to him and the Bible says that the neighbor inside said hey you know don't trouble me don't bother me with that.

My families inside in bed. It's late and in the door shut.

We find from cross-referencing the New Testament that literally shut the door and the guy kept knocking and here's what Jesus said to his disciples. He said although that man would not rise and give him bread because he was his friend, but he did rise and give him bread because he was persistent. He just kept knocking and literally it finally agitated him enough that he just gave them bread. Now Jesus as part number three for his answer is all work together you hold on notice number three we see the provision for the faithful. Verse nine and I say into you ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. I know the words Jesus is saying the man that is faithful enough to ask. He will be answered.

The man that is faithful enough to seek me, he will find me the man that is faithful enough to knock. I will open the door. There is a provision to those that are faithful, the wonderful principal notice last there is the promise to the family. This is all part of Jesus's answer his lesson as the disciples are basically students sitting listening to the professor teach us to pray and he said okay I will get this last barley verse 11. Jesus said if a son ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent or if he shall ask in a will he offer him a scorpion know what the whole context here. Jesus says those of you that our dad those of you that are a father if your son comes in asking for bread. Are you to give them a rock. If yes you for a fish, would you give him a serpent. Of course not. He's your son you love him you would give him anything he desires.

Notice what Jesus says in verse 13. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children. Listen to this.

How much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him look at what's the context of all every story, there is something in every answer.

Are you listening father. He says last there is a promise. Jesus says a few guys that are earthly fathers.

If you love your children enough to give them good gifts. Imagine how much more your heavenly father will give you a promise to the family. Now if I can. Let me illustrate what you and I have often heard and what I have shared in. I don't think that is necessarily just ripping the passage apart teaching it wrong but were missing global. Another words as we normally understand this story that inside the house would be the picture of God our father and he has bread and he has. He has the supplies and you and I need bread and you and I are the ones that have need, and so we come up and we knock on the door and it's as if we can't get him as if he didn't, he won't answer and so we just have to keep knocking and keep knocking and finally he opens the door and when he does then he says, trouble me not busy it's it's as if were bothering God to come to him. It's as if he's putting us to attest, save got on the bread. I will have bread and and and and you have to give me an recording this passage.

We've always been taught.

It's as if God's will know don't trouble me got other people and taking care of right now God shuts the door and and and and so we have to just stand there keep knocking and keep knocking and keep knocking the Bible says, although that neighbor wouldn't get bread because he was his friend he will if he's persistent enough so another words the picture of God our father is that if we just agitate him enough. He might open the door and give us bread when read this paragraph to you men and Dr. Ken Geyer about the store he made this comment listen to me when our needs become desperate. We become like the man with the bear cut boards in the parable, whose friend drops in on him unexpectedly. Now please listen to this.

Frantically we run to God, but in seeking him, we feel only the chilly aloneness of a deserted door.

We come to the heavens door, but it seems bolted from the inside we not, but we feel we are arousing God from his sleep we call out to God for help and all we hear is the muffle of refusal so we knock harder and call louder and when the door finally opens.

We feel as if God has come to our aid begrudgingly. Now y'all can help me little bit this morning is that not along the lines that we have always seen this passage y'all there today. Have we not been told lawyer today what we gotta do we gotta come up to God store we got a knock and we got a knock we gotta be persistent. We might not answer right now and he might not give you the bread right now but we just got approved to God that were faithful.

We got approved to God that that that were not going anywhere else but his door and so you got a not cannot cannot cannot cannot get in it.

It's as if God is being bothered in God is a come back later. They will deal with this later, but we not cannot cannot can. Finally, the passage says he gave them bread and so if we agitate God enough and we call out louder and we try harder than God finally gives Brent my issue with that is I have come to grips with the fact I was wrong is that you can't find that anywhere in the Bible you can't find anywhere in the Bible that when you come to God. He just keeps the door shut for a while to see if you're gonna knock a little longer. You see, I have missed this story entirely and may be so have you.

So we got a look at the story little bit and so we have some components that we know that there is a door in the story so if I can. I need my dad and my children that are in bed, my two sons here that my two sons are these good-looking young men to now these boys are to be get in bed because the passage says that when the man came and knocked on the door that the man, the name of the answer the door said hey my children are in bed with me. So here we have a dad and here we have children inside and the Bible says that literally. Here's the picture and we believe is you and I that we need bread and we have a need of something.

And so we come to the house that has the supplies and so we not not waiting for dad to answer. Finally he opens the door and pay a listen I need some bread.

I don't have any bread somebody shown up in what is dancing like don't trouble me. I got my kids in bed. The door shut. Businesses closed and he shuts the door.

So I guess what I was was to do is God's child. Now I'm supposed to put Enoch to get knocking again. Finally he opens the door again. The Bible says that he just finally, I want to wake up my kids and all the stuff the file he just says listen, I'll just give the guy bread. It's not because he wanted to. But if this will kinda make him shut up. I'll give him bread closer store debt if you will look at me. What you get this and get this clear will never be writing any of our relationships are husband or wife or children.

Anybody unless we know the truth of this relationship, look at me in Luke chapter 11 you and I we are not the man on the outside, knocking on the door to get bread look at me because in the story. That man was not this man's father, look at me in this story were not the guy on the outside, knocking to get in you and I are the children in bed is.

He's our father. The point of this story was not to teach you and I persist in prayer.

The point of this story was for you and I to understand our relationship to God the father disable preacher. Why is I know Melissa look like anyone as they said Jesus would you teach us to pray.

Where did they start. He started first thing he said all right.

Our then he goes to this story, and he says here's a man in bed and his children are with him and somebody else needs bread and comes in knots on the door, look at me if you're saying you don't have to knock on the door again. The point of the story was not to show you and I that we need to be persistent to finally get a hold of God. The point of the story is this for us to understand that if God will get up and give bread to somebody that's not even his family.

Imagine what he'll do for you as his child again this is not you and me. You know why what did he say will when you pray, say, God, our father give us. He said in this passage, day by day our guess what, you don't need bread is already there. You and I do not have to keep banging his louder and for a persistent God.

Let God. Finally, I need bread, come give me bread look at me, we don't have to knock at the door were already in the house. We have as much ground as we need the covers are already full principle of drink. It's full of food we have access to it all and will think you're getting yummy. You and I don't have to scurry when we have a need in our life we want to scurry out of our house will I got high. Gotta find God's house.

There is why I gotta find God made but just lately my fingers crossed.

Maybe God will answer me this time. Maybe God will finally give me bread this time, dear friend. That is not God the father what he say he said ask Michelle begin by gummy will have to go find God's door somewhere.I need bread.

Are you looking at me when you and I need bread. All we gotta do were already in bed with him. The passage says this man was in bed with his children look at me, we don't have to scream. We don't have to knock got I have a need look at me. All we gotta do is this God, I need some help today were not on the outside trying to get in.

He's our father, we are already safely in the house were already covered up were already warm. We have the peace of God that passes understanding where sleeping while dad goes and takes care of everything else we don't have to get up and answer the door.

We'll have to worry who's going to get in if anybody's got a herd as we have been sealed on the day of redemption. We can safely peacefully down and sleep because every needs been met already, look at me get this departure was so important when you say you're start the series on relationships from husband-wife relationships to father-son mom daughter and parent relationships of wise a sober look at me if you don't see God the father for who he is. If you don't see that you're already in bed that you're already in the house that God's right there with you that you don't have to scream and get his attention.

You don't have to show persistence to get a hold of God. All you have to do is want to get a hold of him and he's there, he's ready. He's anxious why because of an earthly father. Can't wait to give this child something, how much more shall your heavenly father give you that ask him look at me want to get this bridge was a so important because if you don't understand that God's already met my needs that I'm already in the house that I don't have to go through some kind of rigmarole to get a hold of God. God's right there ready to give me whatever I need.

Look at me if you don't believe that the near to look at your husband or your wife and think they should meet your needs. If you don't believe that you're to look at a boyfriend or girlfriend or a date or somebody like that needs to meet my needs.

I have these needs and I need that no you don't look at me you don't have any needs you are in the house of God been adopted into his family. God will get up and give bread to somebody that is in his family. Imagine what he'll do with the Bible says about the rains on the just and the unjust.

God does things for people that aren't even his family and if he'll do that. Imagine what he'll do for you to start looking to your mom and your dad or your children or your job or your paycheck injured in a say.

That's how my needs are going to be met and got I got a bang on the door knows I've lost my job and their get ready to lay me off and got I need bread have to give me bread to meet this need. Look at me, you don't have to bang on the door feeling have to go to the door already inside the door, God the father is right there with you. You gotta say is God, lost my job and I'm in your house.

You've already said your to give me daily bread. Look at me.

You and I need to quit worrying about tomorrow's bread and next week's bread and next year's bread.

God's already promised that he will give you what you need today. It just means because God my father, I can lay here and trust. Look at me that when I wake up there's going to be food in the cupboards.

When I wake up there's going to be bread when I wake up there's going to be something to drink when I get tired.

I'm gonna have a bed to lay down and because I didn't build this house. God, I didn't birth this family got different look at me when you get this you and I are not on the outside trying to get in of taught that wrong for years.

We just didn't realize what character in the story we were if he's our father, then why in the world would we be knocking to get in were already in her already.

There was a disciple, said Jesus. Would you teach us to pray. Jesus said okay I'll teach how did he start off in verse two hour what father.

How did he in the lesson. In verse 13 ask him.

You want to know how to pray our father asked him, and you have your bread. Could it be that sometimes you and I do not realize how good we have.

Could it be that you and I have a distorted view of God and who he is to us. We think that God is this individual that's in a different place that we have to work hard to get access to, and I'm here to tell you we don't have to knock to get in. The Bible says that Jesus stands at our door and knocks to get in. Once you let him in. The Bible says. He comes in. We sup with him.

He subs with us were part of the family. Now were in bed every need met warm cupboards full. We just had a full meal we can sleep while everyone else is running to get bread while everyone else. Every time something unexpected happens like this man showing up at his house every time something unexpected happens were scurrying around trying to get a hold of God to meet that need. Look at me, we don't have to do that were already in the house. Our father years ago I was at a youth camp in will kind of near Cody, Wyoming and we are at this youth camp. The church I believe had that you Are have their kids and my dad was going be speaking at this youth camp and he had spoken a team week and then we are at that church revival where they had another week of junior camp or whatever and so just for that day.

For some reason I had gone up to that camp they got gone was someone else. So far as I knew my dad when there or my mom ripped this can and I was running around like little kids do.

I think I was about either. Kayden's age 6 or I was just under but I remember like it was yesterday, and whoever I was with us, follow them around this campground and there were cabins down there where they stayed in there was a big you know pavilion the cafeteria area where they did all the stuff we're we were running around and I was all these people and I don't know what I was doing, but somehow is running on that path from a cab in the cabin and there's some root in the ground and I tend to be very bottom weighted particular anyway but I was running full blast 02 miles in area goes in.

Somehow my foot hit that root buddy I just when I ate dirt I got blood everywhere and at that age. You know it's like life's over and I just started losing a man I was.

I was crying and if you can somehow try to remember back when you were near that age of how when you would cry you need mom you need dad and in my little young brain.

At that time. This tragedy had just happened to me and I knew that my mom or my dad were hours from there and it wasn't just pain but I remember the fear of the panic of this is happened and I know my mom and dad are here and I'll never forget that. And as I was laying on that ground. I just can't explain how desperate and hopeless I felt and would you believe, unbeknownst to me that my dad had finished work at the church that morning decide to go up to the camp as he knew I was there and he had already been there little bit but I didn't know I was a different areas of the camp and you know what I trip like that ground. I was laying there bleeding. Just about that time I dad was just looking for me and came down this one path. And here I am the ground and dad when he came around he said Daniel and I wasn't expecting to see dad. But when I saw just can't describe the relief and afraid. Sometimes you and I we just we think were out here and we don't expect to see him. We think that it on, but I have to go and I'm just going to have to ask God to forgive me for everything from the last 15 years or is not to listen, my prayer and I blown it not messed up and I just don't think in different I'm here to tell you our view of God the father's twist. We're already in the house.

God will give bread to somebody that lives outside the house. How much more will he give to his children that ask Lord I love you today and I thank you for all that you've done. Lord, I'm sorry.

At times to not understand where I am my position as your child the whole point of all this of prayer of everything is to see you as father to understand what that means or has about her eyes are closed different. If you're here today and you do not know that he's your father.

We would love to show you how you can know for sure you're on your way to heaven. It's not a Baptist thing. I'll let you know that right now is a reliable thing been a bad thing been any other denomination doesn't seem the Bible thing.

How could you not want to be. How could you wish to remain outside the house when there are so many blessings in outside the house. There are needs that we won't have filled and we got it get somewhere to find them, but when he's your father already met. Maybe today here in the house but you didn't realize, of want to find a place at the altar today and say, God, thank you for being thank you for keeping the cupboards full for me. Thank you for already having these needs met that I could just lay down at night in pieces and not worry about it. Lord I love you I ask you to do the work that only you can do. Jesus name we pray.

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