Unpacking Prayer Part 21 Intercession in the Bible

Unpacking Prayer Part 21: Intercession in the Bible

Is intercession a type of prayer that is different than others?

1 Timothy 2: 1 -4 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. enteuxis (έντεύξις)

Intercession in the Bible

Intercession in the Old Testament - Moses (Exodus 32): stands between God and the people and pleads for them. - Nehemiah (Neh. 1): identifies with the sins of God’s people and pleads for mercy. - Daniel (Dan. 9): claims the promises of God according to His word and prays for their fulfillment.

Intercession in the New Testament - Verb form in the Greek: Intercede = entugkano (έντυγχάνω), to light upon, to fall in with, to meet with on behalf of another whether in favour or opposition. - Acts 25: 24 (an example of opposition)

Acts 25: 23 -25 So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus’ command Paul was brought in. And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was not fit to live any longer. But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him. ”

Intercession in the New Testament - Verb form in the Greek: Intercede = entugkano (έντυγχάνω), to light upon, to fall in with, to meet with on behalf of another whether in favour or opposition. - Acts 25: 24 (an example of opposition) - Romans 8: 26 -27 and 8: 31 -38 (it is the nature of God to intercede on the behalf of others)

Romans 8: 26 -27 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should makes pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows makes what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 8: 31 -38 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who makes is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“ For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Intercession in the New Testament - Verb form in the Greek: Intercede = entugkano (έντυγχάνω), to light upon, to fall in with, to meet with on behalf of another whether in favour or opposition. - Acts 25: 24 (an example of opposition) - Romans 8: 26 -27 and 8: 31 -38 (it is the nature of God to intercede on the behalf of others) - Hebrews 7: 24 -25 (it is the ministry of Christ as our High Priest to intercede for us continually)

Hebrews 7: 24 -25 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to make God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Intercession in the New Testament - Verb form in the Greek: Intercede = entugkano (έντυγχάνω), to light upon, to fall in with, to meet with on behalf of another whether in favour or opposition. - Acts 25: 24 (an example of opposition) - Romans 8: 26 -27 and 8: 31 -38 (it is the nature of God to intercede on the behalf of others) - Hebrews 7: 24 -25 (it is the ministry of Christ as our High Priest to intercede for us continually)

Intercession is prayer that involves the prayer for anyone or anything other than yourself.

Do you pray? Do you pray for your own needs? Do you pray for the needs of others? Do you pray for world events? Next week: Intercessory Prayer