sermon060505
Thhis needs to be changed back to the old 060505 sermon. I have the hard copy material.
· Luke 11:1-4 11 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” 2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
· Matthew 6:6-15 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10Your kingdom come. Your will be done on 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 do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. 14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
“Pray then like this.” Thus Jesus introduced the Lord’s Prayer in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9–13). Clearly, then, the prayer is given us to be a pattern for our thoughts in prayer as well as a set verbal form. What does the pattern contain? Here is a bird’s-eye view.
The address to God (invocation) with which the prayer opens is full of meaning. It must have startled the disciples, for in Judaism calling God “Father” was something one did not do. Jesus directs us, however, to do it—in other words, to seek access and welcome to God’s presence on the ground that we are children in his family, and he looks on us with a father’s love. Then with this we are to link the thought that our Father is “in heaven”—in other words, that he is God, sovereign and self-existent, the God who is both there and in charge. Fatherly love on the one hand, and transcendent greatness on the other, are two qualities in God which the rest of the prayer assumes at every point.
Packer, J. I. (1996, c1994). Growing in Christ. Originally published: I want to be a Christian. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c1977.; Includes index. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books.
Friday, June 10, 2005
2:14 PM
Sermon Prep for Sunday 06/12/05
Thursday, June 09, 2005
8:06 PM
This is my work on my sermon for Sunday's message
June 9,2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
10:14 AM
This is my first note on this system and I am trying to see how it works.
Logos Praying
Thursday, June 09, 2005
8:13 PM
“Pray then like this.” Thus Jesus introduced the Lord’s Prayer in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9–13). Clearly, then, the prayer is given us to be a pattern for our thoughts in prayer as well as a set verbal form. What does the pattern contain? Here is a bird’s-eye view.
The address to God (invocation) with which the prayer opens is full of meaning. It must have startled the disciples, for in Judaism calling God “Father” was something one did not do. Jesus directs us, however, to do it—in other words, to seek access and welcome to God’s presence on the ground that we are children in his family, and he looks on us with a father’s love. Then with this we are to link the thought that our Father is “in heaven”—in other words, that he is God, sovereign and self-existent, the God who is both there and in charge. Fatherly love on the one hand, and transcendent greatness on the other, are two qualities in God which the rest of the prayer assumes at every point.
Packer, J. I. (1996, c1994). Growing in Christ. Originally published: I want to be a Christian. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c1977.; Includes index. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
7:48 PM
Logos - Pray like this
The statement, "pray then like this", is the statement that Jesus uses to introduces the Lord's Prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. This is given as a pattern for our thoughts in prayer. Notice what the pattern contains; The address to God (invocation). 'Our Father', here is something new in the addressing of God. There is much implied by this statement. One how is it that I can say 'our Father', in the first place? What has happened in my life that allows me to call the God of heaven and earth Father?
The first petition is that God’s name should be hallowed. “Name” in the Bible means “person,” and the hallowing of God’s name means the acknowledging of God as holy through reverence for all his revelation and responsive worship and obedience.
The second petition is that God’s kingdom should come. God’s “kingdom” means the public display of his ruling power in salvation, and the prayer for his kingdom to come is a plea that his lordship might be seen and submitted to, and his saving grace experienced, all the world over, till Christ returns and all things are made new.
The third petition asks that God’s will may be done—that is, that all his commands and purposes may be perfectly fulfilled.
Packer, J. I. (1996, c1994). Growing in Christ. Originally published: I want to be a Christian. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c1977.; Includes index. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books.
In this model prayer notice that it is God first and then man Note well here that there are three man-cantered petitions here just like three God-centered petitions.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
8:10 PM
Logos - Our Father
The prayer starts off with these words; 'Our Father'. In answer to the question, 'by what right may we call God Father, notice the following. Listen to John 1:12; "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." See also Galatians 4:4 & 5. Prayer to God as Father is for Christians only evidence of this is also shown in scripture see John 14:6, 13, 15:16; 16:23-26.