3 FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR;
4 WHO WILL HAVE ALL MEN TO BE
SAVED, AND TO COME UNTO THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
5 FOR THERE IS ONE GOD, AND ONE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN,
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS;
6 WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR
ALL, TO BE TESTIFIED IN DUE TIME.
Read it again, carefully. What did he say?
I EXHORT! Read it in your Bible. Exhort in
the Greek can mean "invoke…implore…"
or "beseech," which means "to beg
urgently." In other words, Paul is saying,
"Listen to me! Pray first of all!" Remember
now, all Christian failure begins with
prayer failure. My father in the faith, Oral
Roberts, "pounded" that into my
thinking. The very first structure built on
the Oral Roberts University campus was
the Prayer Tower.
Now let's look at the words of the Master
Himself. Jesus said in Luke 18:1:
1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO
THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT
ALWAYS TO PRAY, AND NOT TO FAINT.
"ALWAYS PRAY. DON'T FAINT." Don't ever
give up! Pray for the politicians. Pray
what The LORD Jesus prayed while
hanging on that terrible cross in Luke
23:34: "Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do"! They, so much
of the time, don't have a clue what they
have done, nor do they have any idea
what to do now. The key words here are:
No.1—PRAY; No. 2—FORGIVE!
The final covenant words we will look at
today are found in Ephesians 6:10. Notice
the words, "Finally, my brethren." What
does that mean? The bottom line is what
is said in verse 18: "Praying always"! So
let's read verses 10-19:
