Re: POWER of PRAYER- No Matter Which Faith You Follow=GOD is With You
We Get All the Benefits
As we read the gospels, we see that everything Jesus did on earth was for the purpose of fulfilling the terms of the covenant he had made with the Father. He went after lost sheep, opened the eyes of the blind, raised the dead, opened spiritual prison doors, spoke words of eternal life, performed miraculous works, cast out demons, and healed all manner of infirmities. In every verse of the gospels, Jesus was fulfilling the things the Father had sent him to do.
Through it all, Jesus appropriated his Father's covenant promises to him: "...for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength" (Isaiah 49:5, ESV). "'I will put my trust in him.'..." (Hebrews 2:13). The Father's faithful words kept Jesus through his agonizing death: "The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting" (Isaiah 50:5-6).
When Jesus uttered his final prayer, we see once more the open-covenant dealings between Father and Son. "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him?. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed" (John 17:1-5).
What does all of this have to do with you and me? It's a picture of God's love for his beloved creation! He formed this covenant because he was unwilling to lose a single child to destruction. Jesus was saying there, "Father, I have fulfilled my part of the covenant. I have brought about the redemption of humankind, and I have made your body one."
In short, God gave his Son, the Son gave his life, and we get all the benefits. "I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens... I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips" (Psalm 89:29, 34).
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I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4
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