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Introduction:
Midnight Knocker
A friend to a friend for a friend.
Everyone’s friends here, but not for much longer…
Retelling the Story
Freddie starts knocking:
Whisper:
Frank, pist, I need to raid your pantry, man.
I’ve got company coming over and I’ve got nothin’.
Frank covers his head with a pillow...
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
Frank!
Frank!
You got some cereal I can borrow?
Maybe some bacon or eggs?
Silence
Silence
Silence
WHAT?!
Frank!
Frankiepoo, I need you!
WHAT?!
Frank hates being called Frankiepoo…
WHAT?!
Friends are coming from out of town and I’ve got nothing to feed them.
Your point.
I need some pop tarts, some oatmeal, just the basics, man!
I don’t care.
I don’t care.
But my friends, Frank!
They’re coming!
Let them starve.
But I can’t NOT offer them food...
Then send them to my house in the morning!
But you’re my friend, brah!
I wouldn’t want to do that to you.
I was.
Past tense, brah.
You don’t mean that.
You don’t mean that do you, Frankie?
Fred, I was sleeping.
My kids are sleeping.
Turn around and take that knocking hand of yours to turn your door nob before I call you a nob.
Go in your house and worry about this issue yourself, in your home, with your own family.
STOP BOTHERING ME!
At this point, the neighbors are poking their heads through their windows shouting colorful encouragements to keep quiet.
Dogs bark back and forth throughout the neighborhood.
What was a tiny crisis is has now grown into a community event.
At this point, the neighbors are poking their heads through their windows shouting colorful encouragements to keep quiet.
Dogs bark back and forth throughout the neighborhood.
What was a tiny crisis is has now grown into a community event.
I feel bad when I ring the doorbell...
I don’t care.
But my friends are coming.
Let them starve.
But I can’t NOT give offer them food...
Then you should have invited them over!
At this point, the neighbors are poking their heads through their windows shouting colorful encouragements to keep quiet.
Dogs start barking at the situation....
At this point, the neighbors are poking their heads through their windows shouting colorful encouragements to keep quiet.
Dogs start barking at the situation....
Shut it!
Understanding the Parable:
Grocery stores aren’t open 24/7
Who’s who?
Hospitality (especially food) was Super Important
Living arrangements were different in the 1st Century
3. Who’s Who?
Who’s Who?
Midnight Knocker= us
Midnight Knocker= us
Freddie= God?
God? vs. 7: ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.
I cannot get up and give you anything’?
vs. 7: ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.
I cannot get up and give you anything’?
What’s up with this response?
Does this sound like God?
No.
Because the point isn’t that Frank is like God.
The point is something entirely different.
Vs. 13: If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
So up to this point, the emphasis of this parable isn’t about who’s who
So what IS the Point?
Even though it’s important to who’s who, the point is verse 8.
vs. 8: I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
even though it’s important to clarify.
The point is that Freddie is… what’s the word?… impudent... about his prayers!
That’s the point!
The point is that Freddie is impudent in his seeking, knocking, and asking.
So in order to understand how to receive answerable prayers, we need to know what impudence means?
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