TIME OUT with Pastor Ben Talley - May 18th 2020

Good morning, this is Pastor Ben from Wynton Memorial Baptist Church. I'm the

Associate pastor at Wynton Memorial Baptist Church, and this is another time out so It's another good day.

It'll be alive in Jesus Christ. It's gonna be a beautiful day today and Just wanted to spend some time in the scriptures with you our scripture comes from Hebrews chapter 5 verses 7 through 10

So we're going to talk a little bit about prayer today. So Let's read and it says in verse 7 in the days of his flesh

Jesus offered up prayers and supplication With loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him

From death and he was heard because of his reverence Although he was a son.

He learned obedience through what he suffered and he was made perfect He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek, so First we see this first thing it says in the days of his flesh

Jesus offered up prayers and supplications Now we also read in Philippians that we are to not be anxious for anything

But with prayers and supplication Now, where do you think Paul got that from?

He got that from the life of Jesus Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears

To who to him who was able to save him from death Jesus knew that God was able to do things in his life

He knew that God was able a lot of the times, you know We cry out to our friends or our families.

We've been to each other Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing But a lot of the times we simply cry out to each other and we complain about the things in our life when really we should be going to God and Crying out to him because why because he's able to do something about our situation

Sometimes we think God is the last resort. Well, he's not the last resort. He's our first resort

He should be our first resort and then he says He was heard because of his reverence a lot of the times nowadays.

We don't have a reverence for God We don't have a respect for God. We don't have an all for God. We simply a

Lot of the times get caught up in the things of this world our jobs our situations and things like that to where We don't simply have what's up Christian?

we don't simply have a all and a respect for God to where we come to him out of fear and all and respect to where we lean on him and And so that that reflects in our life

We we say things like on God or You know

OMG things like that when really we should view him as a person of respect and all in honor and and that that would if we truly viewed

God is an Inhonorable person in a person of honor and a person of respect that would that would show in our life

So Then he goes on and he says although he was the son he learned obedience

Through what he suffered he learned through suffering obedience a lot of the times when we suffer

You know we we kind of put obedience on the backburner, you know

We don't learn obedience through suffering. Well, Jesus learned obedience through suffering. He learned to be obedient Despite how bad the circumstances were

You know and and we are not to be like that. We are to have a good the theological understanding of suffering and In in the midst of that be obedient.

We are to learn obedience Through suffering he was our example Not not only is he our example

But he is our Lord. He is the one we obey. He is the one we seek He is the one we lean on and in then in verse 9.

He says this he says being made perfect He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey now

Jesus was already perfect. But the one thing he did lack was he didn't lack that lifetime of experiential obedience to God You know

So he wasn't in the flesh This was his first time in the flesh

Throughout life so he he lacked that personal You know experiential

Obedience Through living in the flesh here on earth. So not only did he

Obey that and he followed that but he exhibited that he had he demonstrated

So to speak his perfection he demonstrated the fact that he was perfect through obedience and then

Lastly, it says being designed by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek So he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him

Notice that says to all who obey him He is the Lord to those who obey him those who obey him and make him their

Lord and Savior and he became their source of obedient source of salvation and he is now the reigning king and mediator

Being the rightful high priest in the order of Melchizedek. So to sum it all up God Jesus is our example in the fact that he

Offered prayers and supplications like we should and he cried out. He shared his

Experience with God instead of running to other people. He shared it with God alone as his friend as his

Provider as his deliverer and You know Not only that but he learned obedience through suffering we can learn obedience through suffering as well

He was made perfect Through that suffering He demonstrated his perfection through suffering and then he

He he not only was made a priest in the order of Melchizedek but also

He He as well was the eternal salvation to all who obey him

Now if you don't know Christ if you never repented of your sin and place your faith and trust in Jesus Christ I want to invite you to do that today repent surrender

To Christ forsake your sin once and for all and turn to Jesus who is the only

Source of salvation for all who obey him guys. It's a good day to be alive in Jesus Christ so Rejoicing the fact that God has provided a way of salvation through Jesus and it's a good day to be alive in Jesus No matter what you're going through no matter what you're struggling with God is the source of all true

Lasting joy and Peace in the midst of your suffering in the midst of your struggles