The Lord's Model Prayer
"Our
Father", is prayer for thy Kingdom come, Thy
Will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven. God's will is clear, His
name to be hallowed
in His
Creation, His Kingdom come,
as
fulfillment of His Will,
and we receive the kingdom by faith, when we receive the King
Jesus
Christ into our heart (the earth) as Saviour and Lord, trusting
Him alone, we are forgiven, healed or made whole, we are His, new
creation, born again.
This prayer in
the Gospel of Matthew
and Luke is a prayer
for the Kingdom of God, whereas the prayers in
the Gospel of John (... pray in My name)
are for
eternal
life and living by that eternal life. Matthew emphasizes the need
to
pray for the Kingdom come, but John is praying in the name of Jesus for
eternal
Life.
Lord,
teach us to pray...
The Prayer in Matthiew 6:9-13" 9
¶ After this
manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
the
heavens, hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen."
Note the three key words at the beginning: "name",
"kingdom"
and "will".
This prayer in the Book of Matthew (also in Luke) is a prayer
for the Kingdom of
God,
where as the prayers in the book of John (...
pray in My name) are for eternal life and living
by that
eternal life. Matthew emphasizes the need to pray for the Kingdom,
but John is praying in
the name of Jesus for eternal Life.
The prayer in Matthew 6:9-15 " 7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions..." - just repeating
something over and over again does not necessarily bring us closer to
God; real prayer comes from our heart in tune with God. "9
¶ After this manner therefore pray ye:" - Ok to pray part
of
the prayer, sometimes we get too formal and forget to use scripture in
our prayer.
This prayer is a prayer of Resolution
in Vitrue Spiritual
Warfare (see Ephesians
6:10-18). Eight major sections:
1. " 9 ¶ After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our
Father which
art in the heavens,"
Pray "Our Father", not "O God",
Romans 8:15 "Our
spirit cries Abba
Father". This indicated God, Our
Father wants an intimate
relation with His children. "Our
Father" - This is a statement of the existence of God, In
Romans
1:19-28 some people do not like to think about God, yet He is real. "Our
Father" - Father also indicates source, God is our
real
ultimate source
of everything we have, our all in all.
2. "hallowed be thy
name."
Psalms 8:1 "O Lord, Our Lord, how majestic
is Thy name
in all the
earth " Philippians 2:8-11 "... the name which is above every
name,
that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow ...". The
name of Jesus is the
highest name in the Universe, so we need to
use
this name in impossible situations to bring them under the Kingdom of
God.
3. "10 Thy
kingdom come." Revelation
11:15
"The
Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdoms of Our Lord and of
His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever.
{Joel 2:15} Blow the
trumpet in
Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
{Joel 2:16} Gather the people, sanctify
the congregation, assemble
the elders... {Joel
2:17} Let the priests, the
ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and
let
them say, Spare thy
people, O LORD,
and give not thine heritage to
reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they
say among the people, Where is their
God?
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| 1Ch
29:11 |
Thine,
O LORD, is the greatness, and
the power, and the glory, and the
victory, and the
majesty: for all that
is in the heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou
art exalted
as head above all. |
4. "Thy will be done
in
earth,
as [it is] in heaven." Gen
1:26-28
- God created man to have dominion over the "whole earth". This is
why
the Lord taught us to pray "Thy
will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. ".
Gal 5:16,18 - "walk by the Spirit", "led by the Spirit" -
we know the will of God by the Spirit. Acts 13:2 - "The Holy Spirit
said ..." Acts 16:6,7 - "forbidden by the Holy Spirit",
"Spirit
of Jesus did not permit them"
5. "11 Give
us this day our daily bread."
Phil
4:6 "Don't be anxious, but take everything to God in prayer" John
6 - Jesus presents Himself as "I am the
bread
of life"
6. "12 And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
When we hold a spirit of unforgiveness toward others, this holds God
back
in our life.
7. "13 And
lead us not into temptation," We
need to
pray this because even disciples had problems and failures.
8. "but deliver us
from
evil:"
- we all need this prayer.
Final praise (omitted in Luke)
"For
thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.".
This prayer
is a prayer of Resolution
in Vitrue Spiritual
Warfare (see Ephesians
6:10-18).
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Father
& Son
