Perseverance – Endurance
Prayer is not passive! Luke 11:1-4 The LORD’s Prayer! Verses 5-8
the parable of persistence. Verses 9-10 “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be Given
to you; Seek, and you will Find; Knock, and it will be Opened to you. For
everyone who Asks Receives, and he who Seeks Finds, and to him who Knocks it
will be Opened. Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. (James 5:13-16; 1 John 5:14-15).”
Luke 18:1-8 The parable of the unjust judge and the persistent
widow. Verses 7-8 “And shall GOD not avenge His Own Elect who cry out day and
night to Him (Proverbs 25:15), though He bears long with them (Revelation 6:9-11)?
I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when The son of
Man comes, will He really find Faith on the earth (2 Peter 3:8-9)?”
This is not a rhetorical question, though in one sense it is
because JESUS knows that there will be a remnant of Faithful Believers doing
The Will of GOD in the earth as it is in Heaven! But, He is asking those who
are there at the time and us who are hearing now: “Will you be faithful till
the end no matter how long it takes?” He is personalizing His teaching to
all who hear or read it.
Perseverance = to continue steadfastly or determinedly; to persist.
Endurance = the power or habit of enduring; the ability to
withstand prolonged strain.
Patience = perseverance; the ability to endure; forbearance.
Persistence and Faith: we must be persistent in our Faith
(Trust) in GOD if we are going to live by Faith for GOD. Luke 11:8 in the KJV
the word is importunity which means troublesome persistence in insisting;
demanding. In verse 9 JESUS goes on telling us to ask and keep asking, seek and
keep seeking, knock and keep knocking. And He gives us an example; Matthew
26:36-46, JESUS prayed three times if the cup could pass from Him, “but not My
Will but Yours be done.” Why? 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:14-16!
What my life as a Christian should look like Romans 12:9-21!
Mark 13:1-13 Signs of the End of the Age.
:13 “And you will be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But
he who endures (bears patiently) to the end will be saved (James 5:7-11; Revelation
12:10-12).”
Study Hebrews 11 on the endurance of Faith in the Old
Testament; some of them never received in this life what they endured for!
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