The Sermon Divine Opportunity Knocking by David McGee
Jan 27, 2019
Divine Opportunity Knocking (35:18)
Referenced Scriptures: Luke 11:1-13; Matthew 25:1-30; James 4:1-3
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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Luke 11:1-13
1) It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
2) He said to them, "When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, May your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come. May your desire be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.
3) Give us day by day our daily bread.
4) Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.‘"
5) He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6) for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,‘
7) and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don‘t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can‘t get up and give it to you‘?
8) I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9) I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
10) For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11) Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won‘t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12) Or if he asks for an egg, he won‘t give him a scorpion, will he?
13) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
Matthew 25:1-30
1) "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2) Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3) Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
4) but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5) Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6) But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!‘
7) Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8) The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.‘
9) But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there will not be enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.‘
10) While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
11) Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.‘
12) But he answered, ‘Most assuredly I tell you, I don‘t know you.‘
13) Watch therefore, for you don‘t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
14) "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and delivered his goods to them.
15) To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability, and he went on his journey.
16) Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17) In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
18) But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord‘s money.
19) Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
20) He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.‘
21) His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.‘
22) He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.‘
23) His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.‘
24) He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
25) I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have your own.‘
26) But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn‘t sow, and gather where I didn‘t scatter.
27) You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
28) Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
29) For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken away.
30) Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.‘
James 4:1-3
1) Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don‘t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
2) You lust, and don‘t have. You kill, covet, and can‘t obtain. You fight and make war. Yet you don‘t have, because you don‘t ask.
3) You ask, and don‘t receive, because you ask amiss, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
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