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Ephesians 3:12-13/Hebrews 4:16
May 22, 2022
Ephesians 3:12-13/Hebrews 4:16
- What does it mean to approach God with confidence and freedom?
Sue: this is a video on Youtube called “Understanding the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur” I would like to show this. It is a little over 9 minutes.
Define words:
- Freedom/boldness
- Frankness
- Assurance or freedom to do so
- Cheerful courage
Thayer Greek Lexicon: that friendly relation to God where we are acceptable to him and have assurance that he is favorably disposed toward us.
- Confidence (per. part.)
- A past process of being completely persuaded, with the present result that we are in a confirmed and settled state of utter confidence
- To trust completely
- His love
- His relationship
- His power
- His promises
- His hearing of our prayers and answering them
- His grace and mercy
- His promise of eternal life
- To trust completely
Conclusion
- Because of Jesus, we can approach the throne of God
- We can do it with confidence
- And we have freedom to share our hearts and lives with him
- Knowing that he hears us and cares about our every need