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    "Our Father Who Art In Heaven"
    "Our Father Who Art In Heaven"
    "Our Father Who Art In Heaven"
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    "Our Father Who Art In Heaven"

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    'This then is how you should pray' - The Lord's prayer from Matthew 6:9-13

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRon Christian
    Release dateOct 17, 2010
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      "Our Father Who Art In Heaven" - Ron Christian

      Our Father Who Art In Heaven

      by

      Ron Christian

      Smashwords Edition

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      Our Father Who Art In Heaven

      Copyright 2010 by Ron Christian

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      "This, then, is how you should pray:

      "Our Father in heaven,

      hallowed be your name,

      your kingdom come,

      your will be done

      on earth as it is in heaven.

      Give us today our daily bread.

      Forgive us our debts,

      as we also have forgiven our debtors.

      And lead us nnot into temptations,

      but deliver us from the evil one.’"

      Matthew: 6:9-13 (NIV)

      *****

      Table Of Contents:

      Chapter 1 - Our Father Which Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name. (Part I)

      Chapter 2 - Our Father Which Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name. (Part II)

      Chapter 3 - Our Father Which Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name. (Part III)

      Chapter 4 - Thy Kingdom Come. (Part I)

      Chapter 5 - Thy Kingdom Come. (Part II)

      Chapter 6 - Thy Will be Done In Earth As It Is In Heaven.

      Chapter 7 - Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

      Chapter 8 - Forgive Us Our Debts As We Forgive Our Debtors

      Chapter 9 - Deliver Us from the Evil One

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      CHAPTER 1 - OUTLINE

      SUBJECT: Pray This Way - Our Father Which Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name. (Part I)

      SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:9-13

      TEXT: Our Father in heaven let your name be held holy. (Matthew 6:9)

      INTRODUCTION:

      It is not a child's prayer and it is not primarily a Family Prayer. Rather, it is a disciple's prayer which must be repeated with great earnestness and understanding.

      PROPOSITION:

      In this message we shall look at the first two words in the prayer - OUR FATHER. These two words - Our Father - tell us two things about God - God's love and God's Family.

      I. "FATHER REMINDS US OF GOD'S LOVE.

      A. To call God 'Father' Gives Us A Right Relationship With The Unseen World.

      B. To Call God 'Father' Gives Us A Right Relationship With The Seen World.

      II. "OUR REMINDS US OF GOD'S FAMILY.

      A. We Find God Through Service To Others.

      B. We Find Ourselves Through Service To Others.

      CONCLUSION:

      The Beneficent Father wills only good for His children, even if that good is found in circumstances that appear to be unexplainable.

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      SUBJECT: Pray This Way - Our Father Which Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be Thy Name. (Part I)

      SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:9-13

      TEXT: Our Father in heaven let your name be held holy. (Matthew 6:9)

      INTRODUCTION:

      In considering The Lord's Prayer, it is important to realize that this prayer is a prayer which only a Christian disciple can properly appreciate. This prayer was given by Jesus to His disciples and is therefore really a disciple's prayer. It is not a child's prayer and it is not primarily a Family Prayer. Rather, it is a disciple's prayer which must be repeated with great earnestness and understanding.

      How often people have repeated this prayer glibly with no real thought or understanding as they repeated it. Anyone can repeat this prayer but only a Christian can repeat this prayer with meaning. Some people recite the Lord's Prayer like they recite the twenty-third Psalm. Some people are skilled in expression but are cold in heart, and dull in understanding.

      There is a famous story which tells how a company of people were dining together one evening. After dinner it was agreed that each one should recite something. A well known actor rose and, with all the resources of oratory and elocution and dramatic art, he declaimed the twenty-third Psalm and sat down to tremendous applause. A quiet and silent man followed him. He too began to recite the twenty-third Psalm and at first there was rather a titter of laughter. But before he had ended there was a stillness that was more eloquent than any applause. When he had spoken the last words there was a silence, and then the actor leant across and said, Sir, I know the Psalm, but you know the shepherd.'" (Barclay's Corinthians, p. 276) This prayer which we are going to study must be repeated only by those who know the Shepherd, for it is only in knowing the Shepherd, that one can understand the significance of the prayer.

      PROPOSITION:

      Let us now proceed with a detailed study of the prayer. In this message we shall look at the first two words in the prayer - OUR FATHER. We shall spend most of our time in consideration of the meaning and implication of 'Father', but we will also in more brevity consider the meaning of 'Our'. (These two words - Our Father - tell us two things about God - God's love and God's Family).

      I. 'FATHER' REMINDS US OF GOD'S LOVE.

      The very expression 'father' usually reminds a child of protection and love, although this is not always true in the human realm. In the spiritual realm, however, the expression 'Father' is meant to always remind us of God's love.

      A. To Call God 'Father' Gives Us A Right Relationship With The Unseen World. (Barclay's Matthew 20)

      A question that many people want answered is this: Is this a friendly universe? There are many cynical and despairing philosophers who consider man a victim of fate living on the outer fringes of a hostile universe. Many consider Mencken's impious creed to be true: The universe, a gigantic wheel in rapid revolution; man, a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on the rim thereof; religion, the fly's delusion that the wheel was constructed to give him the ride. The atheistic philosopher Bertrand Russell considers man the subject of a pitiless doom. He says, Brief and powerless is man's life. On him and his entire race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark. Blind to good and evil, reckless of destruction, omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless way. (The Word of The Lord Came Unto Me Also; p. 128)

      Jesus came to tell us that this universe is essentially a friendly universe. Jesus showed us that God is love. What Jesus is, God has always been. That means that God has always been a God of love. It is a mistaken idea to think for instance, that the God of the Old Testament was a God of Hate and Vengeance and therefore Jesus came to change God's mind and appease His wrath. If the God of the Old Testament appears to be a God of wrath, it is because man's conception of God was imperfect. It is not God who has changed. He has always been the same - a God of love. It is man's conception of God that has matured. The chief cause for the maturity of man's conception of God was the coming of Christ to earth. Christ came to show us what God is and always has been - a God of love. Christ showed man how great God's love is. Christ showed man that God's love is so great that He can be called 'Father'. That means that God is not far removed and unconcerned for man. Because God's heart is a Father's heart, man can approach Him in confidence and love.

      Barclay cites the following illustration in his commentary. "There is an old Roman story which tells how a Roman Emperor was enjoying a triumph. He had the privilege which Rome gave to her great victors, of marching his troops through the streets of Rome with all his captured trophies and his prisoners in his train. So the Emperor was on the march with his troops. The streets were lined with cheering people. The tall legionaries lined the street's edges to keep the people in their places. At one point on the triumphal route there was a little platform where the Empress and her family were sitting to watch the Emperor go by in all the pride of his triumph. On the platform with his mother there was the Emperor's youngest son, a little boy. As the Emperor came near the little boy jumped off the

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