“THE 41 PARABLES JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom of heaven
parables
Parable
#27 –
“A
FRIEND IN NEED”
Luke
11:5-8,9-12,13
The
14th of the 28 general parables
In
445BC, with one Bible week equating to seven years (a
prophetic
year being 360 days), God commanded that seventy weeks each of 7
years, would be determined upon Israel, that is … 70 weeks
x 7
years = 490 years (Daniel 9:24-27).
This
time frame is broken into four time periods of (a) 7 weeks
+ (b)
62 weeks + (c) the mystery church age of about
2,000 years +
(d) 1 week = 70 weeks and is explained as follows:
#1. Seven
weeks of years is 7 x 7 = 49 years … the time it takes
to restore
and build Jerusalem from 445BC to 396BC.
#2. Sixty
two weeks of years is 62 x 7 = 434 years … the time
from the
building of Jerusalem in 396BC to Christ being cut off at the cross in
32AD.
#3. The
church age of approximately 2,000 years
#4. One
week of years is 1 x 7 = 7 years … this is the seven
years of
tribulation of God’s wrath upon the earth, that takes place after the
rapture …
called Daniel’s 70th week.
Luke
11:1-8,9-12,13
And it
came to pass, that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him,
Lord, teach
us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto
them, When
ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom
come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day
our daily
bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is
indebted
to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (The
Lord’s prayer)
And he
said unto them, Which of you shall
have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him,
Friend,
lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is
come to me,
and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer
and say,
Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in
bed; I
cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and
give
him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he
will
rise and give him as many as he needeth.
And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For
every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
If a son
shall ask bread of any of you that is a
father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a
fish give
him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how
much
more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him?
EXPLANATION:
The
four points where Christians misuse the above parable are …
1.
The
disciples and the Lord’s prayer
2.
Importunity
3.
The word endings of
“-eth”
4.
The giving of the Holy
Spirit
1.
This is the disciples asking how to pray before Christ had gone to the
cross.
They
do not have eternal life as they are not yet baptised into
Christ (1
Corinthians 12:13)
They
are still under the kingdom of heaven dispensation which is
chalk and
cheese compared to the kingdom of God.
The
Lord’s prayer is NOT a Christian’s prayer with the conditional
forgiveness of “Forgive us our sins as we forgive others” (Matthew
6:12; Luke
11:4).
2.
Christians, and the disciples were not, follow Paul, and nowhere does
Paul talk
about importunity when praying.
Under
the kingdom heaven dispensation, the disciple were required to show importunity
when praying … importunity being persistence to the point of
being downright
annoying.
This
approach to praying is not required in the kingdom of God under
Paul’s
teachings.
3.
The
ending of “-eth” signify present and continuous and without let up.
Many
Christian prayers today become prayers of unbelief … they don’t
know
when to stop. They believe that a constant hammering on Christ’s door
will get
them what they want. The opposite may turn out to be true.
They
treat God like a DEAF IDIOT WITH A SHORT MEMORY. They ignore
the
following instructions …
And
we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.
Romans 8:28
Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Ephesians 5:20
Be
careful for nothing; but in every thing by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto
God. Philippians 4:6
Rejoice
evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every
thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
4.
When a person gets saved he receives the holy
Ghost automatically which comes and lives within him. The Holy Spirit
becomes
the personal form of the Holy Ghost. The disciples were asking under
the
kingdom of heaven dispensation. No-one
could have the permanent indwelling of the Holy Ghost.
SUMMARY:
1.
Christians prayers become prayers of unbelief,
annoyance, non-trust and gratitfication of what they want.
2.
The Lord’s prayer with all its conditions is not
a Christian prayer.
3.
God knows exactly what is good for us … will we
wait on his time … his will, his time, his way … with thanksgiving.
4.
Parents with children know that a quiet child
will receive more than an annoying demanding one.
God
knows what we want … before we even ask for it.
God
knows what is best for us.
Under
the kingdom of God dispensation, importunate
prayer by Christian babies can be a sign of lack of faith in God.
Harley
Hitchcock
November 2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
“THE 41 PARABLES OF JESUS CHRIST”
28
general parables and 13 kingdom
of heaven
parables
Parable
#28 –
“A
RICH FOOL”
Luke 12:16-19,20-21
The
15th of the 28 general parables