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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, March 22nd, 2015)
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Broadcast Notes:
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'Jesus on Talking to God'
Dear friends, I originally gave
this talk as a full sermon at my church - Church of the Messiah, Ottawa. I have
shortened that longer Sermon for this broadcast. Feel free to check my church
website if you want to hear the full sermon. (See box, below for link.)
Please pray for me and all of the
speakers on this program.
Scripture
text: Luke
18:1-17
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 And
he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose
heart. 2 He
said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither
feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming
to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but
afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
5 yet because this widow
keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down
by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear
what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who
cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give
justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find
faith on earth?”
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He
also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[a] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not
like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax
collector. 12 I
fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing
far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast,
saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be
humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Let the Children Come to Me
15 Now
they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the
disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But
Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come
to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
17 Truly, I say to you,
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Footnotes:
a.
Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself
Full sermon:
Jesus on Talking to Godhttp://messiahchurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-01.mp3Posted on February 1, 2015 by Rev. George Sinclair |
1. As I walk with Jesus and
others on the Jesus Way, He wants me to talk to Him again and again and again
and never lose heart.
2. As I walk with Jesus and
others on the Jesus Way, He warns me against all talking to Him which flows
from self-trust; self-righteousness; self-congratulation; and contempt of
others.
3. As I walk with Jesus and
others on the Jesus Way, He wants me to receive His Way like a little child.
4. Jesus wants me to enter into
His Way, and walk His Way praying from my heart, "God be merciful to me a
sinner."
Let’s pray:
Father, Thank you for the people who are listening.
Thank you for Jesus, most of all. Thank you that He died upon the cross. Thank
you that He is that power of Salvation for all who receive it by faith.
Father, if any have prayed that prayer, may you
pour out your Holy Spirit upon them, seal them as your own, in Jesus’ name.
AMEN.
- Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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