12/14/2023 0 Comments Ask pastor john![]() And he said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” (John 12:5). Judas: Son of PerditionĪccording to John 12:4–8, Judas was very critical of Mary’s anointing Jesus’s feet with an expensive perfume. I’m using these illustrations from the Bible, and I’m thinking here of Judas, Demas, and Hymenaeus - all of whom are explicitly named by Jesus and Paul. Let me begin with some biblical background of gospel ministers, who, for a season, spoke the truth in useful ways, and then made shipwreck of their lives - indeed, their faith. I mean, I think the person is right to ask this question, and those hundred people are right to ask, “Okay, Piper, you knew him, so how are you responding in your heart and mind to this?” Three Ministers Who Fell Away And so now I’m going to be a part of that.īut I get it. And for people to publicly assess and criticize a husband, a father, a very long-term friend must be horrible. One of the reasons is wanting to know everything I should know, and the other is that I just cannot imagine the sorrow that family members and very close associates must feel. Well, let me begin with a word about why I would be so slow to speak. What would you say to encourage a believer now enduring the trial of having their spiritual father torn down because of his own sin?” ![]() Is it wrong to defend contemporary spiritual leaders in spite of their sexual sin? Does the death of a teacher factor into this decision - as in, would it be more dangerous to defend a living teacher susceptible to greater failures? Also, I know a number of people who came to faith because of Ravi. David is a man of great faith that we talk about and celebrate today despite his serious sins. But that’s not what we do with David, a man after God’s own heart, who infamously committed sins of lust and adultery, leading to pregnancy, deception, and murder. With the substantiated allegations of sexual immorality in the life of Ravi Zacharias, how should we process it and respond to it? The initial impulse seems to be to delete him, to ignore him and never talk about him again. So, even though your ministries didn’t overlap much, you got a lot of emails, like this one, a representative one from Jonah. (1) Pastor John, how are you processing the tragedy yourself? (2) How should we think of his ministry legacy now? And (3) what would you say to those shaped deeply, or even converted, through his influence? Our emails can be basically boiled down into three questions. And since, over the past eight months, another hundred emails followed - all of them asking about the Ravi Zacharias sex scandal. Holy Spirit, please teach me how to pray according to the will of the Father.Our first email arrived on October 3rd, from Marcus in Los Angeles. OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 21 FEBRUARY 2023 PRAYER POINT If you do this constantly, you will never pray amiss. How then can you pray according to His will? Ask the Holy Spirit because He knows the mind of God. ![]() However, you need to know that God will pay attention to your requests if they are in line with His will. Thereafter, ask for His mercy, then make your requests and end by giving thanks. ![]() This will show that you’re not ungrateful. Thus, to get answers to your prayers, begin by thanking God for all His blessings. For example, when you pray that someone should fail in order for you to succeed, you have prayed amiss because the prayer is selfish and not scriptural. When you ask for the wrong things that are not important or pray with a selfish motive, God will not answer. While the first two cannot go wrong, the last one can be done amiss, especially when it’s not in line with the will of God for a fellow. There are different types of prayer – thanksgiving, confession of sins, and supplication for one’s needs. OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 21 FEBRUARY 2023 MESSAGE These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.Īnd this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:Īnd if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 21 FEBRUARY 2023 BIBLE READING 1 JOHN 5:13-15 OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 21 FEBRUARY 2023 MEMORIZE: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 21 FEBRUARY 2023 TUESDAY: PRAYING AMISS?
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