Our Wednesday Evening Message for March 19, 2025

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                                    "Praying for Forgiveness"

                                                 Text: Luke 18: 9-14

                                                                                                 

​Our Wednesday evening messages are focused on Bible teaching. My goal is to explain the text by comparing scripture with scripture. The method of my teaching is expository in nature with the attempt to explain each verse according to the context. I am a slave to the text. Wherever the text leads me that will be my focus. It is my goal that my congregation in our Wednesday evening service walk away understanding the Word of God as the Holy Spirit directs me as their pastor.

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In this study, I walk you through the various prayers found in the Bible. There are actually 100 of these prayers beginning with the prayer of Abraham from the Book of Genesis to the prayer of the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation. We have been in this study since March of 2022.

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In this study, we examine one of the most familiar parables taught by our Lord in His earthly ministry. It is the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. You see Christ used parables to illustrate spiritual truth in His teaching. Although this parable discusses the prayer of these two men who went into the temple to pray, it is not a parable on how to pray as it is on how to be justified before God. Definitely, this parable addresses the Doctrine of Justification, the ability to be declared righteous before God. Contrary to the Pharisee's prayer who believed his works is what made him righteous before God, the Bible teaches that we are declared righteous based on what Christ did at Calvary.

 

I encourage you to listen to this message in it's entirety as I try to walk you through the meaning of this text. May this message encourage you as it did those who attended our morning service.

 

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                                            Pastor Michael R. Martin

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