The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-08
GOD WILL ANSWER our RAYERs
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AGE.

30 Cs1nsiJ' w nc may CT rlDuto to the work
spend hls lite in idlenoss and in enjoying the
tbssa Of the world nc 10 not asking for
viii no however long or earnestly no may pray, he
u, MiiI not get tho anewer. Wo nro,only warranted
ASH for things according to tue MUD of God.
do n mS second point we should notice Is that we
merIt b SsR on account Of our own goodness or
Jae OF the Lord Jesus CHRIST" refer you to
S in XIV: 10, 14-"Ano whatsoever 70 shall SEX
be glorined in the Son. il 70 ask anything in NY
M name will do It." The statement is given twice.
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wotu OF GOD, we may be suro,a weighty and i'm.
Hoftant subject is brought before ne. What does
Mte, statement, given twice By the Lord Jesus
sh nLnss, mean? II we desire to go to heaven how
snai, We get thereg On the ground of our own
NOT 60 bad as others! because we go regularly to
the poof 81 TOssbhiipy Because we give lte TO
SS oG III quite right that Of tho abandsnes
700 ~ gives we ehould contribute to the poor. It
10 gu,te right that We should act according to
morality; But in this way poor sinner can not
get into heaven. We must see our lost aud ruined
but punishment The best person in this conere:
The whole e ! Wns Sity In the united kingdom or IN
ment. Never since tho fail Of Adam hss Single
person, by his own goodness. obtained heaven.
lou Under the old dispensatloa there was need to
covenant dispeneation has ceased there is need to
LOOK back upon the Messiah, who in our steaG
cross and sheddnT e ill., ne nsTsng
guilt vas transferred to Him, that His righteous.
might 6e transferred to u.s. And now sim
do r'Llnougn the oldest and the vilest wretch un-
he RaS as sSa b b
feckoned righteous and Just through this his trust
!" .ue LORD Jesus Christ for the salvation OF his
in jesus 10Y the gss Of 70 b
~ la.'n IN inc LORD Jesus Christ VIC shall stand
n PEI COD At the last, so It is now in approach
petitlons answered, We must come to Him not in
our own name, but as sinners who trust in Jesus,
VINO VINO 6y faith in His name are united to the
pressed risen Lord, who have become, through
tHIas,ting IN Him. members of that body OF which
e ae me Head Let none suppose they good
Gods grace. have walked in the fear of God, and
charge me with living, in any ain. Yetm 1 had
deserve nothing but hell. SO precisely with oil
OF you, and the very best and hottest pereons that
eau DO found Therefore on the ground of our
goodness we cannot expect to have our prayers
answered. But Jesus is worthy, and for His sake
we may have our prayers answered. There is
God to give 10 Him. He is worthy. He is the
spotless, holy child, who under all circumstances
trust 10 Him, II we hide in Him, IL wo pnt Him
forward, and ourselves In the background. depend
S Sa, Him Inn and His NAME we may expect to
yertcd children but they have not yot been CON
sna nSf nave poes Sis
cdu live in :, Sin, 60 on habitually in an evil
for in the sixty. sixth Palm we read. "if regard
nquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear mo-"
That is, II l live in sin, and go on in course
De answered. But what is meant is tiny love is
faint, am ignorant, therefore am unworthy"
for such-for the weak, for the feeblcst, for the
ignorant for the needy; and all such who ask for
Chrisrs sake are warranted to expect their
A third condition is, that we exercise faith in
the power and willingness OF God to answer our
prayers. This te deeply important In Mark xi
a. we read "What things soever ye desire, whom
ye pray. believe that ye receive them and ye shall
OF whatever ind.--"beeve that 70 receive them,
and ye shall have them" have found invari.
S.e ana thna ony be In
lieyed, was sure to get what ! asked for.
would especially lay this on your heart, that You
God to answer your requests. We must believe Ws
that God is able and willing. To see that He is
the Lord Jerus Christ; for having raised Him
from the dead. He must have almighty power. as
yoa s look Z.
His Son, in not Withholding His ouly begotten
Son from death. With these proofs OF the power
and love OF God, aseurody II we believe, We shall
rcecive-we shalliobtain.
Suppose now we ask; nrstly; for such things as
can be good for us; secondly, that we expect an
swers on the ground OF the merit ana righteous
less Of the Lord Jesus Christ a,kIng in His name
and Willingness Of our beayenly Father to grant
our reques's then. fourthy. we have to continue
patiently waiting on God till the blessing we seek
is granted. For observe, nothing is said in the
text to tho time in which, or the circumstances
and it shall be given YOU" There is positive
promise, ont nothing as to tile time. "s Eek and
5 yc shall Aud; knock. snd 1t shall be opened unto
.nun n hay malta fIu t,t1.,
to continue waiting on God till the BILE sing is
granted. Some one may say. lis it necessary
or even twenty times; is 1t not enough tell Him
once!" we might as we'll say thcrei IL no need to
tell Him once, for He knows beforehand what our
need is.. He wants us TO prove that we have COZ
htence In Him, that we take our place as creatures
toward the Creator. Moreover, we are never to
lose sight OF the fact th.t there may be particular
reasons why prayer may not at once be answered.
For the exercise OF our faith for by exercise faith
were not exercised 1t would remain as it was at
first By the trial 1t is strengthened. Another
be Of that ps. s may God BY the
which God Is greatly maenifed. Our manifesto.
tion OF patience glorifes God. Th.re;may be an.
for the answer to our prayer. viii give an II.
lustration. Suppose that three weeks ago lad
OF sixteen years Of age had been brought to the
with his heart full of love to the Lord he wanted
to do something for the Lord. And suppose he
and says-"Will you have the kindness to give me
class to eacn!r class OF nine children Is given
him. Now this dear lad, whose heart is full of
love TO the Lord, begins to pray that God would
convert these nine children. He prays in private
and before them, and also exhorts them to seek
the Lord After going home from his class he
gives himself earnestly to prayer that God would
convert these nj, c children On Monday he re-
peas his request before God, and so day by day
during the week and on Sunday again particn,
larry; and then he goes to his ciaes and expects
that these nine children will be converted He
finds. however, that they arc not, but that they
are just in the same state as before He again
sets the Gospel before them; he exhorts, be.
seeches. and weeps before them. During the