Come Boldly to Obtain !

COME BOLDLY TO OBTAIN: Now the Word of God says, Come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain (Hebrews 4:16). We are to come boldly before the throne of grace not to beg, plead, or hold that something will happen, but we should come to obtain. This fellow in (Luke 11:1) came to obtain. He didn't say, "I hope you will lend me some bread." He said, "I don't have what I shall set before him." He didn't have it yet, but he was talking faith. It was already in his mouth, because that was what was in his heart or spirit. "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 needed (v. 8) Now let's find out what the word importunity means. Much has been said about this word, and most of it has been commentary. We need to watch many of the paraphrased editions, for so much of them is the translators and editors on interpretation. We need to check the Greek and other references to make sure the meaning we have has not been added by man. Some say the word importunity means "persistence." To just keep on and on. I had a fellow tell me one time: "Now that man just kept Beating on the door. He just kept knocking on that door until the man came to give him bread. That is what Jesus is teaching us to do. We are to just keep asking." That idea is not presented in this passage of Scripture. In fact, it is exactly opposite of what Jesus is teaching here. This is where we have missed it. In fact this is where a lot of people have missed it in their prayer life for asking !. This religious thinking has held people in bondage. This line of thinking has taught us that we receive from God by beating and knocking and pleading and begging the same door until finally we wake up God and eventually talk him into it. Importunity that come from two Greek words: aneu which means "without" and aidos which means "bashfulness." Therefore, a literal meaning would be "without bashfulness." It means bare faceness or boldness (without shame). Because of his boldness he came even at midnight. Because of his statement of faith he came at midnight. He had faith that, even if he came at that late hour, he would receive bread. He said, "I have not what I shall set before him." Jesus said that man will get up and give him all that he needs. Notice that Jesus didn't say that this actually happened. He asked us the question: "Would you have a friend like that ? We get the idea that this actually happened, but it didn't. Jesus is only using this as an illustration.