COME BOLDLY WITH FAITH TO OBTAIN !

COME BOLDLY WITH FAITH 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 through faith in God to obtain ! This look it (Luke 11:8) again, This fellow 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 heart and then in his mouth. "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 needs (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 translator 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 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 present in this passage of Scripture. In fact, it is exactly opposite of what Jesus is teaching here. This is where we have missed it. This religious thinking has held people in bondage. Many have been taught in a religious way to think and pray their religious upbringing. This line of thinking has taught us that we receive from God by beating, begging, pleading and knocking on the same door until finally we wake up God and eventually talk Him into it. However, importunity 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. 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 a 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.