Episode 81: Getting what we want?
Download MP3When we were kids, we wanted what we wanted. And sometimes, even as adults, we want things from God. There’s nothing wrong with that in itself—unless we presume that God has promised to give us anything we ask. Indeed, John seems to suggest that in 1 John 5:14-15, a text which echoes something Jesus said in the Upper Room. But is that what John means? Is that what Jesus meant?
When we were kids, we wanted what we wanted. And sometimes, even as adults, we want things from God. There’s nothing wrong with that in itself—unless we presume that God has promised to give us anything we ask. Indeed, John seems to suggest that in 1 John 5:14-15, a text which echoes something Jesus said in the Upper Room. But is that what John means? Is that what Jesus meant?
