john 16:24 sermon

But, alas these are often produced as an empty scabbard, while the sword is away. 3. Therefore, to pray in His name is to pray recognizing what He is, as revealed in His life and death and resurrection and ascension, and to base all our dependence for acceptance of our prayers upon that revealed character. (a)In general, in our relying on the Lord Jesus only for the success of our prayers in heaven. Buxton. The Old Testament If so, can they thus pray in His name who renounced Himself, and whose career, judged by man's standard, was a mighty failure? Always. For my own part, I never enter a railway carriage without a prayer, and I advise you to do the like, then, come what will, we have put the matter in God's hands.(H. The stated way of all gracious communication between heaven and earth is through Jesus Christ, who opened a communication between them by His blood, when it was blocked up by the breach of the first covenant (John 14:6).IV. We must pray for Christ's sake, as the only procuring cause of the success of our prayers. but you say, look at a divided Christendom and at my own difficulties. THE MINISTRATIONS OF THE SAVIOUR, WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE RIGHT, AS THEY WILL BE VERY SOON, CANNOT FAIL TO SATISFY US. He repented and sought the Lord, and as soon as possible, returned to his wife and his daily calling. Well, as for a divided Christendom, saintly souls are all of one Church. The words "in My name" refer to the new meaning which Christ had given to prayer. Then there are prayers, so full of self that there is no room for Jesus in them. The man who could really pray in his place of business would not be able to tell a lie over the counter. That woman does not doubt the power of prayer.(C. Notice how certain such prayer is of being answered. If it is in harmony with the will of God, it is sure not to be offered in vain. OBSERVE EXACTLY WHAT JESUS HERE SPEAKS ABOUT. His subjects are love, joy, and peace. (2) Put other things in the room of the Mediator, or join other things with Him. Here He sets forth the Father as the Answerer, because His purpose is to point away from undue dependence on His own corporeal presence. When we rose, I said to the poor woman, "Do not fret about the matter. The Romans of old never undertook a war, or any serious matter, without consulting an oracle. PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENT.1. The name of Christ is His whole revealed character. (1) What is pre-supposed in this. WHAT IT IS TO PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. Well, it means this. Is not God always giving? Christ came into the world to reveal what God was and to explain His plan. There are some flowers which only bloom in the night; and white blossoms are visible with startling plainness in the twilight, when all the flaunting purples and reds are hid. He must consider them fit to be offered in His name., or they are useless. If so, can they pray that prayer in the name of Him who gave up all happiness for man, who endured the Cross and the shame, who, because it was the Father's will, bore all sorrow and made it holy? Because He was love, they were to pray. Only remember that such a method of teaching needs that we use that revelation and submit ourselves to the teaching of that Spirit, and make everything that we know a factor in shaping what we do and are. THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN PRAYER. There would not be so many unhappy marriages, discontented workers, and wrong men in wrong places, if we would pray before making a solemn choice. Because God knew their wants, men were to ask. Christ came into the world to reveal what God was and to explain His plan. For instance, men ask for success: do they mean they cannot forego their desires — that they cannot confront failure? PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENT.1. Our oracle is the living God, and whenever we are in doubt, or difficulty, or danger, let us ask God about it. (2) There is no access to God, nor acceptance of prayer another way (chap. NO MORE QUESTIONINGS.1. And at other times it is so weak and dead that we doubt whether it has not altogether vanished to return no more. We knelt down, and I prayed that the Lord would touch the heart of the deserter, and convert his soul, and bring him back home. Here He sets forth the Father as the Answerer, because His purpose is to point away from undue dependence on His own corporeal presence. The man who could really pray in his place of business would not be able to tell a lie over the counter. Because —I. (c)Sinners are welcome to partake of this stock of grace and strength in Christ (2 Timothy 2:1). The sceptic asks, "Does God ever stop the working of His laws to save the man who prays?" Then there are prayers which ask for wrong things, or they ask in a wrong way, and so they are wasted. The words "in My name" must be taken as simply and literally; for they explain the "whatsoever."1. At present even God, the Father of all, does not please you. When we rose, I said to the poor woman, "Do not fret about the matter. There are thousands of letters posted every year which end in the dead letter office, either because they are wrongly directed, or not directed at all, and there are thousands of dead prayers which never reach God for the same reason. (1) What this pre-supposes. A. If so, then he has received a clear answer, and needs no other.3. (2) Again, men in the old time were often tempted to fancy that God was far off, and cared little for their necessities; Christ revealed God as everywhere — working in every life, searching every soul. Christ is such a friend (ver. — that they will bring the blessings they crave? He has given us a pattern prayer — "Not as I will but as Thou wilt." The words "in My name" must be taken as simply and literally; for they explain the "whatsoever."1. Certainly not! You will have, most likely, a night of tribulation to go through, but born of that night will be the brightest of days. NO MORE QUESTIONINGS.1. Can we believe that they will be answered? (1) What this pre-supposes. We must lighten our prayers by casting out self if they are to rise to the throne of God. And however they may formulate the intellectual aspects of their creed, when they come to pray they say the same things, and we all sing their songs. W. Evans, B. D.Many were the questions which the disciples had put to their Lord in the pride and ignorance of their as yet imperfectly spiritualized hearts (see Matthew 18:1; Luke 9:54; Acts 1:6). One cause of these is to be found in the variations of our inner life, Our faith in the spiritual is at some moments so full of power that thoughts too large for words ascend to the Eternal in unclothed aspirations. Ah! (c)Sinners are welcome to partake of this stock of grace and strength in Christ (2 Timothy 2:1). Spurgeon. From this doctrine we learn —(1) What a holy God we have to do with in prayer (Leviticus 10:3). Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. (2)Granting their requests (ver. We must get underneath names to things. One cause of these is to be found in the variations of our inner life, Our faith in the spiritual is at some moments so full of power that thoughts too large for words ascend to the Eternal in unclothed aspirations. If so, can they thus pray in His name who renounced Himself, and whose career, judged by man's standard, was a mighty failure? To them the thought was despair rather than advance; but in Christ's eyes it was progress. )LinksJohn 16:24 NIVJohn 16:24 NLTJohn 16:24 ESVJohn 16:24 NASBJohn 16:24 KJVJohn 16:24 Bible AppsJohn 16:24 ParallelJohn 16:24 Biblia ParalelaJohn 16:24 Chinese BibleJohn 16:24 French BibleJohn 16:24 German BibleJohn 16:24 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)Progressive.(4)Permanent.2. (4) That acceptable prayer is performed under the sense of the command of a God in Christ (Isaiah 33:22), where majesty and mercy are mixed in it; and that is son-like service. )Learning to prayH. That is to pray in Christ's name.2. I feel sure your husband will come home, and that he will yet become connected with our church." (b)Christ is most acceptable there (Matthew 3.; Ephesians 5:2). (c)Sinners are welcome to partake of this stock of grace and strength in Christ (2 Timothy 2:1). If I do something in your name I do it on your behalf, as your representative. THUS WE SHALL PROCEED IN A WAY OF PREPARATION FOR THE LAST SEARCHING EXAMINATION, when we shall have to give answers to our Lord and Judge concerning all that He hath given and taught us. — that is to pray in Christ's name. Besser, D. D.A wealthy heir presents thee with a cheque, signed with his name, for a sum of money, which thou art to fetch from his father. Will he tempt Christ by asking twice over?4. In the degree of your love and trust, you see that "all things work together for good."IV. We knelt down, and I prayed that the Lord would touch the heart of the deserter, and convert his soul, and bring him back home. He showed that God was willing all good to His creatures, and overcoming all evil — that the eternal love was shining behind all the clouds of suffering and sorrow. He has been answered already most distinctly. (2) It prepares us to receive God's noblest gifts of love. And what does it mean? For instance, men ask for success: do they mean they cannot forego their desires — that they cannot confront failure? And as for the difficulty of knowing what I am to believe about controverted questions, no doubt there will remain many gaps in the circle of our knowledge and much left obscure; but if we will keep ourselves near the Master, and use the helps that He gives us we shall not walk in darkness, but shall have light enough to be the Light of Life.II. If we believe that such prayer will be answered we are constantly met by the awful thought that God has ordered eternally all the circumstances of life for the best and wisest ends. J. W. (d)We must be united to Christ as members to the head and branches to the vine, if we would act in prayer or any other duty in the strength of Christ (John 15:5). And the Master bends lovingly over such a soul, and says: "What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? (2) Wherein this praying to God for Christ's sake consists. Shortly, you will have everything you can desire.2. At present even God, the Father of all, does not please you. Such faithless prayers cannot have the name of Jesus attached to them, they cannot be accepted. (b)The mercy of God considered without a view to the satisfaction of His justice by the Mediator. We must lighten our prayers by casting out self if they are to rise to the throne of God. Can we wonder that He does not answer them?I. To them there often seemed to be two great powers in the universe — the divine and the evil, and in their darkness they cried to Him whom they felt was true, though they understood not how. (2) Put other things in the room of the Mediator, or join other things with Him. THUS WE SHALL PROCEED IN A WAY OF PREPARATION FOR THE LAST SEARCHING EXAMINATION, when we shall have to give answers to our Lord and Judge concerning all that He hath given and taught us. There are people who have "said their prayers" all through life, and, perhaps, never really prayed once. "My name" means exactly what the same phrase means when it is applied to us. (2) A Divine Spirit to teach us by blessing the exercise of our own faculties, and guiding us, not, indeed, into all the intellectual aspects of Christian truth, but into the loving possession, as a power in our lives, of all the truth that we need to raise us to the likeness of Christ.3. 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