Thursday, 19 May 2011

THE LORD'S PRAYER :MATTHEW 6: 5-6. AND WHEN YOU PRAY.......

BACKGROUND

THE LORD JESUS'S MINISTRY WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM. AS U KNOW JESUS DID NOT HAVE A CHURCH, THE WORD SAYS, HE TAUGHT IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES AS WAS HIS CUSTOM. MATTHEW 4 : 23, THEREFORE WE FIND THAT DURING HIS TEACHING LESSONS, HE HAD  TO CONFRONT AND CORRECT IDEOLOGIES THAT WERE CONTRARY TO HIS MANDATE....(BRINGING SALVATION TO ALL MANKIND NOT JUST JEWS.) THIS CREATED A LOT OF TENSION WITH MOSTLY THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THAT DAY. MATTHEW 23 RECORDS IN THAT WHOLE CHAPTER A SERIES OF WOES ATTACKING THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES. IT APPEARS THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES GOT THE WORST CRITICISM BECAUSE THEY WERE A HOLINESS MOVEMENT, THAT BY TRYING TO PLEASE GOD ENDED UP CREATING LAWS THAT LED TO HYPOCRITICAL BEHAVIOR THAT THEY THEMSELVES COULD NOT EVEN MANAGE. MATTHEW 23 :1-3,13, 27-28. BEFORE JESUS TAUGHT "THE LORD'S PRAYER" AS IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN TODAY, HE BEGAN BY ADDRESSING THE HABITS OF HYPOCRITES (PHARISEES AND SCRIBES MATT 23:13,14,15,23.).
IN MATT 5: 2O, JESUS SAID "FOR I SAY TO YOU, THAT UNLESS YOUR  RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN".

JESUS WENT ON TO TEACH ON WHAT TO DO WHEN PRAYING...VS ..5 WHEN YOU PRAY YOU SHALL NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES FOR......WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE IS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF PRAYER LIFE.."SHOW OFF" PRAYER SHOULD BE BETWEEN U AND YR FATHER. ITS PRIVATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON/DAUGHTER.

VS 6 ....BUT WHEN U PRAY, GO INTO YR ROOM....PRAY TO  YR FATHER  WHO IS IN THE SECRET PLACE...... I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS THE SECRET PLACE

WHAT IS THE SECRET PLACE?

PSALM 91 VS 1-16 GIVES US A LONG EXPLANATION OF THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH.


VS 1- HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL....

---DWELLS... THAT WORD MEANS TO, CONTINUE, TO PERSEVERE, TO TARRY, TO ABIDE, TO LIVE, TO TABERNACLE, TO LINGER,TO SETTLE. IT MEANS ....LONG STAY,

--SECRET PLACE.... THE TABERNACLES OF GOD... HIS DWELLING PLACE

--MOST HIGH...EL-YOHN..MEANS ,UPPER MOST, PERTAINING TO THE HIGHEST, IN THE HIGHEST HIGHNESS, SUPREME, LOFTY, ELEVATED, HIGH IN RANK, EXALTED!

--SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY
   ABIDE   IS THE SAME AS DWELL EXPLAINED ABOVE
---SHADOW--- A PLACE OF REST, RELIEF, PEACE,PROTECTION.
---ALMIGHTY ---SHADDAY... PLIZ NOTE WHEN THESE WORDS ARE COMBINED WITH ---GOD'S TITLE, EL,   THEY PERTAIN TO GOD eg EL SHADDAY-GOD ALMIGHTY, ---EL-ELYON-. ELOHIM,-GOD MOST HIGH etc.
---ALMIGHTY MEANS...MIGHTY, UNCONQUERABLE, MOUNTAIN PERTAINING TO HIS ----GREAT STRENGTH,  EVERLASTING NATURE, ALL SUFFICIENT...SELF SUFFICIENT!

VS 2- I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS: 
LORD....MEANS MASTER, (ADON), OWNER,CONTROLLER, (KURIOS) OWNER, MASTER, THE ONE WHO HAS ABSOLUTE DOMINION, SUPREME AUTHORITY, UNLIMITED POWER ARISING FROM OWNERSHIP (DESPOTES JUDE 4). 
REFUGE MEANS ...1- SHELTER OR PROTECTION FROM DANGER, TROUBLE, ie REFUGE FROM A STORM.
-------2 - A PLACE OF SHELTER, PROTECTION, OR SAFETY.
----3-ANYTHING TO WHICH ONE HAS RECOURSE FOR AID,RELIEF, OR ESCAPE.
FORTRESS MEAN  1-A LARGE FORTIFIED PLACE
-----2- A PLACE OF EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY; A STRONGHOLD.

 VS 2b- MY GOD IN HIM I WILL TRUST.....VS 3 SURELY HE SHALL DELIVER YOU....


GOD...MEANS ETERNAL CREATOR, STRONG, MIGHTY etc.
TRUST...(CHASAH) TO HOPE, TO MAKE SOMEONE A REFUGE....NESTLING UNDER GOD'S WINGS THE SAME MANNER A BABY BIRD HIDES IT SELF UNDER ITS ITS PARENTS FEATHERS.

THE ABOVE VERSES EXPLAIN A LOT ABOUT WHY JESUS IN MATTHEW 5 TOLD US ABOUT THE SECRET PLACE. NOTE THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING NEEDS A PLACE OF REFUGE , AND A FATHER WHO THE ALMIGHTY. IF U REALISE THAT THERE IS A PLACE LIKE THAT WHERE U AND YR FAMILY CAN BE PROTECTED THEN U SEEK IT. IN  THE FOLLOWING VERSES YR REWARDS OR BENEFITS ARE DETAILED...
VS-----3....DELIVERANCE FROM THE SNARE(ANYTHING SERVING TO ENTRAP OR ---------ENTANGLE UNAWARES, TRAP) OF THE  FOWLER (ONE WHO CATCHES BIRDS IN A ----------TRAP).
----------DELIVERANCE FROM PERILOUS (HAZARDOUS DANGEROUS) PESTILENCE (A ----------DEADLY OR VIRULENT DISEASE, SOMETHING CONSIDERED ----------HARMFUL,DESTRUCTIVE OR EVIL
VS-----4--REFUGE UNDER GOD'S WINGS, A PLACE OF SAFETY!
VS-----5--FREEDOM FROM TERROR BY NIGHT... ANYTHING THAT COMES TO U IN THE ------------DARK, WHEN U R ASLEEP, DEFENCELESS AND POWERLESS.
------------FREEDOM FROM INVISIBLE ARROWS(FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE ------------EPHESIANS6:16 ).
VS-----6--FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF PESTILENCE THAT COME IN DARKNESS (HIDDEN ------------DESTRUCTIVE PLANS FROM THE EVIL ONE).
------------DESTRUCTION THAT JUST HAPPENS TO PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ------------WATCHING BUT ARE POWERLESS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
VS------7--PROTECTION FROM ATTACKS THAT ARE DESTROYING OTHER PEOPLE -------------AROUND YOU.
VS------8--WATCH THE DESTRUCTION OF YR ENEMIES.
VS------9-- ITS ALL BECAUSE U HAVE MADE THE LORD A REFUGE AND A DWELLING --------------PLACE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?.... U DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE . PRAY
------------- U LINGER, U PERSEVERE , U CONTINUE,ALL THE EXPLANATIONS FOR -------------DWELLING EXPLAINED IN VERSE 1 APPLY!
-------------WHEN U DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH, U SPEND TIME IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FATHER, U R A FRIEND, U DON'T SHOUT ONE MINUTE PRAYERS WHILE RUSHING TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, WORK, SPORT..ALL THOSE ARE GOOD FOR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BUT ARE FATAL TO HEAVENLY RELATIONSHIPS. U NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FATHER IN HEAVEN TOO. THAT IS ALSO A RELATION SHIP THAT NEEDS CULTIVATING. ITS NOT FORCED ON ANYONE BUT THE BENEFITS ARE THOSE WILLING TO TARRY, TABERNACLE, LINGER, LIVE IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH DADDY. WHERE U DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER THAT HE CAN TRUST U WITH REVELATION, POWER, INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS. EVERY KINGDOM HAS GOT ITS MEMBERS THAT KNOW THINGS THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY ON EARTH WE HAVE PAPARAZZI TO GET THE NEWS. IN HEAVEN NO ONE SPILLS THE BEANS, U HAVE TO GO AND GET THE NEWS YR SELF. GOOD NEWS IS EVERYBODY WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF JESUS QUALIFIES. ITS UP TO U TO GO TO THE FATHER IN THE SECRET PLACE AND GET THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE AND MANY OTHERS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED HERE.PSALM 68:19 SAYS "BLESSED BE THE LORD WHO DAILY LOADS US WITH BENEFITS. PRAISE THE LORD MY FATHER LOADS ME WITH BENEFITS... I'M ON HEAVENLY BENEFITS! ITS NOT JUST A FEW HE ACTUALLY LOADS US , MY FATHER IS LOADED... WOMEN..RISE UP! WE HAVE FOUND A LOADED MAN...PSALM 103:1-5 ALSO LISTS SOME MORE BENEFITS.
WELL I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET U TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPENDING TIME IN PRAYER IN THE SECRET PLACE, WHICH IS WHY JESUS IN MATT 5 SAYS GO TO YR ROOM CLOSE THE DOOR... IT ACTUALLY MEANS UBE THERE FOR SOME TIME.

VS -----10--FREEDOM FROM EVIL AND PLAGUES! EVIL MEANS...CHARACTERISED BY MISFORTUNE,SUFFERING UNFORTUNATE, DISASTROUS, WICKED...DISASTERS... THINGS THAT COME UPON U SUDDENLY WHILE UN AWARE etc. PLAGUES...AN EPIDEMIC DISEASE THAT CAUSES HIGH MORTALITY, OR ANY WIDESPREAD AFFLICTION, OR CALAMITY.

VS-----11--FOR HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP U IN ALL YR -------------WAYS
VS-----12 -- ANGELS SHALL BEAR UP LEST  U DASH YR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.. A HARD ----------------SITUATION.. ANGELS WILL MAKE SURE YR WALK ON EARTH IS SMOOTH -----------------NO HARD SITUATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT YR JOURNEY.
VS-----13----YOU SHALL TREAD UPON THE LION AND THE COBRA....SATAN AND HIS -------------DEVILS..THE WORD TELLS US THAT THE ENEMY IS ROAMING LIKE A LION ---------------SEEKING WHOM HE CAN DEVOUR (I PETER5:8)
VS--- 14---- BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON ME,,,,WE HAVE A RELATION SHIP
WE COMMUNICATE, WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER. HE COMES TO DWELL, HE DOESN'T SHOUT COMPLAINTS FROM AFAR, HE IS A SON /DAUGHTER HE KNOWS AM HIS/HER DADDY/FATHER THERE IS A RELATION SHIP OF LOVE HERE!  GOD SAYS I WILL SET HIM ON HIGH..PROMOTION, BECAUSE HE KNOWS MY NAME MEANS WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. HE KNOWS ME INTIMATELY.... HE CAN CALL ME EL-SHADDAY, EL ELYON, SHALOM, SHAMMAR, EBERNEZER..TSIKEDNU..HE KNOWS ALL MY NAMES MOST IMPORTANT HE CALLS ME FATHER... THE ONE WHO CREATED.. OR BROUGHT FORTH.
VS ----15--I WILL ANSWER WHEN HE CALLS..THE FATHER SAYS WHOEVER DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH ME I WILL, ITS MY WILL, TO ANSWER HIM. I WILL HONOUR HIM, I WILL DELIVER,SAVE, HELP HIM WHEN HE IS IN TROUBLE, I WILL GIVE HIM LONG LIFE AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION! WOW..PHEW! WHAT AN HONOUR THAT COMES FROM JUST DWELLING IN THE SECRET PLACE ... PRAYING ALWAYS, PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID MEN OUGHT TO PRAY ALWAYS HE KNEW THAT BY PRAYING ALWAYS U DEVELOP A RELATION SHIP WITH THE FATHER AND END UP IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH ALL THESE BENEFITS... ALLELUIA KEEP PRAYING   LETS INVADE THE SECRET PLACE WITH OUR PRAISE, WORSHIP. ADORATION, THANKSGIVING... THEN IN TURN THE FATHER WILL GIVE US THE BENEFITS OF THE SECRET PLACE.

REMAIN IN THE SECRET PLACE
PASTOR NOMSA
















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