Precious Pictures: The Parables of Christ, Lesson 5, Prayer (Lindsay Osborne, July 5, 2022)

Parables on Prayer

The Unexpected Guest, The Unjust Judge and Widow, 

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Luke 11:5–13 and Luke 18:1–14

Lindsay Osborne

 

Pattern for Prayer  (Luke 11:1–4)

Unexpected Visitor (Luke 11:5–13)

• Pray boldly because God is a good father.
• Ask for the Holy Spirit, the power of the kingdom.

Unjust Judge & Persistent Widow (Luke 18:1–8)

• Pray persistently because God will give justice.
• Ask for justice, the coming of the kingdom.

Pharisee & Tax Collector (Luke 18: 9–14)

• Pray humbly because only Jesus’s righteousness can justify.
• Ask for mercy, entrance into the kingdom.

How to Receive the Kingdom  (Luke 18:16–17)

16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”