1 John 5:13-15 - These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. (NASB)
v. 14a-15 - if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
Wesleyan Quadriteral
Scripture / Tradition / Reason / Experience
Question
“What does God’s Word say about answering prayer?”
Tim Keller – “Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.”
Matthew 6:9-13 - ‘Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ (NASB)
Praying according to God’s will means praying the way that Jesus taught us to pray – And it involves…
C.S. Lewis - “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”
3 Answers that God Gives:
“The Christian has to learn to live in the tension of the Miracle and the Mystery”