Realities of Psalm 22 Prayers.Christian's Paying The Price. You Can't Manipulate God!

King David and God Discuss Things, Paying The Price, and You Can't Manipulate God! A Look At Realities of Psalm 22 and No-Nonsense Prayers

By: Michael D. Tobin

Nov 6, 2017

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King David and God Discuss Things, Paying The Price, and You Can't Manipulate God! A Look At Realities of Psalm 22 and No-Nonsense Prayers

From: Michael Tobin Show

I've been hearing a bit about this lately. It's hard to put a %'age on it but many believers either pretend they don't know about 'the price' and are afraid to teach on it, or they have heard of it, but just don't care. And then there are those who warn and try to encourage others before they go through 'the price' until they're blue in the face. Personally; I had my skepticisms, worries and knowledge of 'the price' for about 28 years. But now I am in the dark, dank realities of it and praise God in advance, through it all because... well, just because.

But if you invite me to speak to your congregation I will tell you of prices I've been paying and have paid as a believer since 1989 although my story will pale in comparison as I include the price Jesus paid on the cross, and we should be forever grateful that Jesus paid it all, finished it all and even told us that these things He did, we shall do even greater. We will endure trials and tribulations, but Jesus endured every sin ever committed and ever will be along with all the punishment, all in one day. What we see as a price is merely trials and tribulations, that will all come to an end, followed by eternity in paradise with God and all His angels, mansions, golden streets and pure Heavenly opulence. Imagine that. More on greater things in a minute.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

HEBREWS 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be weary and faint in your minds.

AND THIS, TAKEN FROM A 38 YEAR OLD SERMON BY W.A. CRISWELL titled, "A Price To Pay", given to the graduating class of The First Baptist Academy Bible Institute, on May 20, 1979, also aired on two radio stations, KRLD, a maximum 50,000 watt station heard throughout TX and the mid-west, with transmitters in Garland, TX. and their college station, KCBI, a big thing back then. Now, you are listening to me, a former AM radio station dj and news director, throughout the universe on the world-wide web. But I digress. Listen to what W.A. Criswell says back in 1979 about this, 'price' we as believers must pay:

"In a moment, in a miraculous moment, Satan showed our Savior all of the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And Satan said, "All this will I give You, if You will bow down and worship me" [Matthew 4:8-9]. That is, "Don’t die, don’t go to the cross, don’t suffer, don’t pay the price. I’ll give it to You if You will just compromise and bow down and worship me.

Or, look again, in the sixth chapter of the Book of John. After the Lord had wrought that wonderful miracle of feeding the five thousand with five loaves and [two] little fishes [John 6:9-13], they came, John says, by force, to make Him a king [John 6:15]. That is Satan again. When they saw the might and the power of this Lord Jesus from Nazareth, here is a man that could lead armies to world conquests. Why, if one of the soldiers was slain, He could raise him from the dead. He could raise the dead, and He could feed a vast army with just a few loaves and just a few fish. And they sought to make Him general, king, emperor, all of which would have meant no suffering, no death, and no cross. Had the Lord acquiesced, we would have been yet in our sins, and Satan would be ruler over all God’s creation.

The Lord Jesus, contradicted, spit upon, despised, outcast, numbered with transgressors, executed like a felon and a malefactor, dying the death of an executed Roman criminal: paying the price [Matthew 27:29-38, 50]. And thus, the author of the Hebrews uses the example of our Lord to encourage us [Hebrews 12:2-3], for the Christian faith and the Christian pilgrimage is always like that: every inch of the pilgrimage is contested by Satan. He draws a line, like General Travis drew a line in the Alamo. He draws a line, and he dares us to cross the line. Every inch of the Christian life and pilgrimage is contested by Satan.

It’s a strange thing. God said to Joshua: "I have given you the land of Canaan. Every place on which your foot shall set, I have given it to you for an inheritance. Now cross this Jordan and inherit the Promised Land" [from Joshua 1:1-11]. So, the children of Israel crossed the Jordan to inherit the Promised Land [Joshua 3:14-17]. And what a strange thing God does: He gives them the Promised Land. It’s their inheritance forever, but every inch of it they have to conquest and conquer. There were giants there [Numbers 13:33]. They lived in walled cities [Numbers 13:28], which terrified these who never looked upon such fortresses. They had to fight for every city and every acre of ground and every field and every hill and every mountain and every meadow. That’s the way God does with His people. It’s a strange thing. It’s the same and identical contest and contradiction and fight in the Christian pilgrimage."

So fast forward now to our problems we have today. The problems I have. Don't listen to other experts who say as Believers, we should be millionaires, blessed, controllers: you know- 'the head and not the tail?' Yes those are Biblical concepts and examples that were descriptive to certain of Biblical patriarchs and others of the prophets. But what about 'the price?' What is the price now? How much and for how long? Those two questions are beside the point, until it has been paid and we have overcome however many seasons or period of times or personal anguishes, struggles, setbacks, disappointments; basically, trials and tribulations.

What did Hebrews 12:1-3 say? A. We are surrounded by the whole world staring at us. (Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,) B. We must lay aside every weight and sin. C. We have to have patience. (let us run with patience the race that is set before us,). D. We must continuously keep our focus on Jesus and we must continuously consider what He did for us. (Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself,) And Finally, if we DON'T do these things, the Bible tells us we will be weak and useless. ( lest ye be weary and faint in your minds.)

So who is the one many preachers call the biggest complainer in the Bible? A lot of people think David was a complainer because of the word complaints was used, but they fail to consider that David never once practiced complaining, which is what many preachers peddle today as the technique of getting what you want from God. Others say go to Mary the blessed Virgin because she will make Jesus listen. But let's go to Psalm 22 and you will be shocked on what David learned about the future from one simple time he went to God for help. And I'll show you what happens when we cry out to God, complain or what have you. But bare in mind, that David was having a conversation with God. He began with a complaint. Then God interjects with a kind-of, "funny thing you mention that, David. Here's what's going to happen to me!" And the conclusion of the dialogue is David praising and glorifying God, because suddenly he is encouraged as he sees that God has his back, God understands, and David knows he will come out of his despair. And you can take it from me, that this has actually happened to me quite a few times over the past couple decades I have been consistently following God. And next time you cry out to God, know that you don't have to nag Him. He listens and He always answers. There is no formula, tactic or technique with God. We merely SPEAK to Him. Whether it be out of exhaustion, fear, anxiety, anger or calm; HE UNDERSTANDS.

That was then and this is now: The Full Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

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