Breaking down and destroying strongholds.
The Legal/Biblical Foundation of Intercessory Prayer for the Lost
Why Else should we Pray for the Lost? Because we Have Been Given Christ’s Ministry.
We are not just encouraged to pray — we are commanded to do so, because we carry the same ministry Jesus did:
“Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.‖1 Timothy 2:4–5.
When we intercede in the Name of ―JESUS we are acknowledging our Lord and Saviour as THE ONE and ONLY ADVOCATE before the Throne of God and are pleading for his aid in behalf of the name of the Lost one we bring before him. As His witness on earth, we continue His ministry of mediation. We plead for the lost not because we are better, but because we know the danger they are in and the authority we carry through our connection with Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
“Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.‖James 5:19–20.
The strong reasons are always Bible-based, and there are many such reasons concerning prayer for the Lost. One of the greatest reasons for praying for the Lost is our love for them. Praying for the Lost has been described as ―Love on its knees. It was God‘s love for mankind that brought Jesus the Only Begotten Son of God, -God‘s most precious possession – to the cross to give his life a ransom for the Lost. Our love for God and our love for man will lead us to the place of intercession.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
A Mother‘s love that leads to a life of Intercessory prayer for her wayward child, was often the result of bringing Lost souls to the foot of the cross. Only eternity will reveal the incredible number of souls that have been saved through the tears and prayers of a mother’s love. Love is indeed our greatest reason for pleading for the souls of the Lost. Isa 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
4SP 445.2―Will the Lord forget his people in this trying hour? Did he forget faithful Noah when judgments were visited upon the antediluvian world? Did he forget Lot when the fire came down from heaven to consume the cities of the plain? Did he forget Joseph surrounded by idolaters in Egypt? Did he forget Elijah when the oath of Jezebel threatened him with the fate of the Baal prophets? Did he forget Jeremiah in the dark and dismal pit of his prison-house? Did he forget the three worthies in the fiery furnace? or Daniel in the den of lions? Christ cannot forsake those who are as the apple of his eye, the purchase of his precious blood.” 4SP 445.2