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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS. THE POWER OF PRAYER (R. A. TORREY – 1 ST DEAN OF MBI; WORLD-WIDE REVIVAL AND EVANGELISTIC TOURS EVEN INTO JAPAN AND CHINA. HE DIED IN 1928). ” BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.“ (5:25 ) “ ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU ;

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THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

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  1. THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS

  2. THE POWER OF PRAYER (R. A. TORREY – 1ST DEAN OF MBI; WORLD-WIDE REVIVAL AND EVANGELISTIC TOURS EVEN INTO JAPAN AND CHINA. HE DIED IN 1928). ”BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.“ (5:25) “ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU; IF YOU THEN, WHO ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM! “ (MATT. 7:7, 11) • GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR A LIFE OF POWER FOR EVERYONE OF HIS CHILDREN. • WHAT POWER PETER AND JOHN, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD IN THEIR LIVES! • BUT THE POWER WAS NOT ONLY IN THE LIVES OF THE LEADERS , BUT ALSO IN THE LIVES OF THE RANK AND FILE! “ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU;

  3. WHAT WAS THE SECRET OF THIS FULLNESS OF POWER IN THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE? “THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY . . . IN PRAYERS.” (ACTS 2:42) • GOD DELIGHTS TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS. “CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE; AND I WILL DELIVER THEE AND THOU SHALT GLORIFY ME.” (PS 50:15) “THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY; AND THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT.” (ISA. 40:31) • OUR TIME IS CHRONOLOGICAL; GOD IS TIMELESS. • GOD ANSWERS IN THE FULNESS OF HIS TIME. • SINCE HE IS PERFECT, GOD CAN NEVER ANSWER TOO LATE! ““YE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK NOT.” (JAS. 4:2)

  4. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DEFINITE THINGS THAT PRAYER HAS THE POWER TO DO? • PRAYER HAS THE POWER TO BRING US A TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF OURSELVES AND OUR NEEDS. “FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT IS, IN MY FLESH,) DWELLETH NO GOOD THING:” (ROM. 7:18) • LIVES OF POWER HAVE USUALLY BEGUN WITH A REVELATION OF THE UTTER POWERLESSNESS AND WORTHLESSNESS OF SELF. “WOE IS ME! FOR I AM UNDONE; BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS.” (ISA 6:5) • AS IT WAS FOR ISAIAH, SO FOR JOB. “WHEREFORE I ABHOR MYSELF, AND REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES. ” (JOB 42:6) • WE NEED TO PRAY, “SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART: TRY ME, AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS: ” (PS. 139:23)

  5. PRAYER HAS THE POWER TO CLEANSE OUR HEARTS FROM SIN – FROM SECRET SIN AND FROM KNOWN SIN. “WHO CAN UNDERSTAND HIS ERRORS? CLEANSE THOU ME FROM SECRET FAULTS. KEEP BACK THY SERVANT ALSO FROM PRESUMPTUOUS SINS; LET THEM NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER ME: THEN SHALL I BE UPRIGHT, AND I SHALL BE INNOCENT FROM THE GREAT TRANSGRESSION.” (PS. 19:12-13) • IN ANSWER TO DAVID’S PRAYER, GOD WASHED HIM AND CLEANSED HIM. “WASH ME THROUGHLY FROM MINE INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN. ” (PS. 51:2) • IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT SETS US FREE FROM SIN’S POWER. “IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN: HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK HIM? “ (LUKE 11:13)

  6. OUR COMMISSION TO PREACH THE GOSPEL

  7. ”AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. HE THAT BELIEVETH AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED; BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT SHALL BE DAMNED. “ (MARK 16:15-16) • GREAT COMMISSION: PREACH THE GOSPEL. • TO WHOM? ALL THE WORLD! • “TELL AS MANY AS YOU CAN, AND BID THEM TO TELL OTHERS. • WHY WERE THE APOSTLES SO EFFECTIVE? ” WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES CONTINUALLY TO PRAYER AND TO THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD.“ (ACTS 6:4) • AND REMEMBER, THE POWER OF PRAYER CAN REACH ACROSS THE SEA & AROUND THE WORLD! (DAYTON/MOSCOW! )

  8. “ALL HAVE SINNED” (ROM. 3:23)

  9. “THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH” (ROM 6:23a)

  10. “YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN” (JOHN 3:7)

  11. “UNLESS A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” (JOHN 3:3)

  12. “HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT” (JOHN 1:11)

  13. “WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNING, CHRIST DIED FOR US” (ROM. 5:8)

  14. “HE DID NO SIN” (1 PET. 2:22)

  15. “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO” (LUKE 23:34)

  16. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED” (ACTS 16:31)

  17. Admit that you are a sinner. • Believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sin, that He rose again on the third day; and, is today, seated at the right-hand of the Father. • Call on God to forgive you of your sins and to save you.

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