Don't Give Up Your Seat Pt 9

Heaven Cries Out For an Intercessor

Eph 2:1-4

Ephesians 2:1–4 ESV

1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 2:1–3 NKJV

1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

Eph 2:4-

Ephesians 2:4–7 NKJV

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

We are seated in Heavenly Places “Right Now!”

Don’t Give Up Your Seat.

How Do We Give Up Our Seats in Intercession?

Praying Beneath our privileges.

1 John 5:14-

1 John 5:14–15 NKJV

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

Vs. 14 Who is my confidence in?

Fade in. Anything according to His Will

I have 2 responsibilities in this verse. What are they?

Know his will. Ask. and

Vs 15 Fade in whatever we ask.

If I know His will,

Anything we ask! Whatever we ask!

Ask: 33.163 αἰτέω; παραιτέομαιa: to ask for with urgency, even to the point of demanding—‘to ask for, to demand, to plead for.’

Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 406). New York: United Bible Societies.

Am I ordering God around? No. He makes his will know, and we make a demand on our covenant.

D.W if time

1 John 5:

1 John 5:16 NKJV

16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

Brother: Missing it.

Take O.T scriptures through the cross. (explain) We look at the situation from Earth up. In the N.T, we look at everything from Heaven down.

God’s action: SIN IS DEMANDING JUDGEMENT. N.T Jesus took the judgement.

Exodus 32:7–14 NKJV

7 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ” 9 And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people! 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation.” 11 Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14 So the Lord relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Vs 7 Your People whom YOU BROUGHT OUT.

vs 11 Moses the intercessor: Your people; Your people:

What gave Moses the right to stand in the way? Covenant. God always honors covenant.

Vs His people.

Matt 14:15-20

Matthew 14:15–20 NKJV

15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” 16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” 18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.

Vs 16 When Jesus spoke it, He authorized it, enabling them to do it. He declares more than enough even while there are still only five loaves and two fish in the natural realm.

Vs 17. Only: They didn't say no. They reported what their natural eyes were seeing. They put a cap on what they could do. ( Philip, "8 months wages wouldn't be enough.) Andrew, I have 5 loves of bread and two fish, but what is that?)

Vs 19: What does it mean to say a blessing? To speak well of. How do you speak well of loaves and fish? You say exactly what you just saw when you looked to Heaven. Heaven called them more than enough, plenty with much left over. That was the blessing Jesus spoke.