<TITLE>04. Par 11-14</TITLE>L-11 I may not know the Word too well, but I know the Author real well. And so, I think it's better to know the Author sometimes, don't you?--know Him in the forgiveness of our sins.
Now, let's approach Him on those grounds: that we know Him, and He has forgive us of our sins; and we're approaching Him knowing that He will certainly give us what we ask.

L-12 Almighty God, we're approaching Thee in that all sufficient Name of the Lord Jesus. When He was here on earth He said, "You ask the Father anything in my name, I will do it." We believe that to be sufficient. Therefore, Lord, we cannot come in our own name. We would not have an audition with You. We could not approach Thee, for Thou would not hear us.
We could not have it in the name of our mother, our father. Neither can we have it in the name of our pastor, our deacon, not in the name of our church, or our organization. You've not promised to hear us; but You have promised that when we approached in the Name of the Lord Jesus, that You would hear.
So, we come confessing our wrongs, all of our evil doings and thinkings, and asking for Divine mercy and grace. We unmerit anything, Father. We have no merits that we could offer. But we come in His merits that He so freely gave to us; and told us in His Gospels that if we would ask, we would receive; seek, we should find; knock, and it would be opened. We believe these words to be true.
Then, Lord, we approach tonight and ask that You'll bless this congregation, this pastor; its... all the--the needs of the church, its deacons, its boards, the song leader, the choir, the laity; and every church, and every Christian that's assembled here with us tonight.
Father, we pray now that You'll bless Your Word, and bless the songs that's been sung, and answer the prayers that's been prayed. Save all the lost, and heal the sick, Lord. Get glory unto Thyself, for we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.

L-13 To take a text, if I should call it a text, in Jeremiah 8:22; if you'd like to mark them down:
Is there no balm in Gilead; or is there no physician there? why then is... the health of the daughter of my people not recovered?
That's quite a statement. He asks the question, "Why?" And if I'd want to make... say a text, I'd take those three little letters, "Why?"

L-14 You know, when God makes a way for anything, makes a preparation, provides the way, and we turn it down, God's got a right to ask why. If you felt led to build a church, like here in Phoenix, and the people told you that they would come, and attend the church if you would build it. And you built the church and then the people didn't come, then you'd have a right to ask, "Why did you not come? Did I not build it according to the way that I told you I would? And I've met every specification of your requirement? And now I'm asking why?"
If a man sold you a suit of clothes, and he told you that the suit would not wrinkle, and so much sales talk. And the first time you took it out, well, it was all wrinkled up, you'd have to go back and ask him, "Why did this suit wrinkle? Why did it... you not tell me the truth about it? I would have bought a better suit, but you told me this one was just what I was looking for. Then, why has it did this?" You've got a right to ask it. And God's got a right to ask. When He asks us, or makes a way for us, rather, and we do not follow that way, then He's got a right to ask why.


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