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Introduction
Requirements for Prayer
Pure heart
2. Belief in Christ
3.
According to God’s Will
Matt 6:
The Word Pray
88-old testement
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93-New testement
Prayer is vital to The Christian life, we have the ability to talk directly to God without need of a High priest.
This was something many Old testament saints would have given anything for and we must take advantage of it!
I. Principals of Prayer (5-8)
A. Pray sincerely
Hypocrite
has many meanings from a play actor to a profane Godless person
it is used 31 times in the Bible
The Synagogues were gathering places of worship for the Jews
Those who stood there would assure themselves that many people would see them
Praying on the street corners would also ensure that many people would see them, but Jesus taught that God has no regard for such action
an example of this is dounr in
Tax collectors
During the time of Jesus in first century Israel, there were publicans and tax collectors who could walk up to a man and tax him for what he was carrying, and much more.
These tax collectors were hated and despised because they were usually fellow Jews who worked for Rome.
There were many taxes needed from the provinces to administrate the Roman Empire.
These taxes paid for a good system of roads, law and order, security, religious freedom, a certain amount of self government and other benefits.
They would often charge in exsess of what was owed so they were very wealthy.
Zachous and Mathew were both Tax collectors before following Christ.
Christ tells us at the end of verse 5 that those who look for earthy reward “have there reward”
• In heaven we will be rewarded for what we Did for God on earth
• If we are rewarded on earth it was not for God and thus we will not be rewarded
• Note: This is not to say that we will not be rewarded for things we are rewarded for on earth, it comes down to motive
B. Pray Secretly
THis is not to say that we schould not pray in Public or corprately
Public Prayer
a.
In the old testament
b.
In the New Testament
From the brginning of the church prayer was made public
This is not what Christ is condemning, he is condemning personal prayer in Public for sake of gathering attention
A private room was a room that did not have doors or windows to the exterior, thus closing the door granted total privacy.
Again this is not to say you cannot pray in Public, only that it must not be done for attention
Since the Believer’s prayer is to God and not a human audience total privacy is Ideal
Since God is ever present the believer can be in his presence in the most private of locations.
C. Pray Spontaneously
a.
Here christ is condemning ritualism or lengthy prayers.
Lengthy prayers are not wrong since Christ spent whole night’s in prayer and repeated prayers were offered by Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
What he is speaking against is babbling, he calls it mush speaking from the meaning many words
A present day example of this is Rosary Beads
True prayer to God can last as long as one wishes.
The motive as well as the manner must be spiritual and spontaneous not ceremonial and repetitious for the sake of piling up words.
This is not meant to deter asking.
It is meant as an assurance that God knows our needs without using pagan methods to get his attention.
A Clasic illistration of this Pgan approach Christ is warning against is found in
1 Kings
Isn’t it wonderful that this is not the case with our heavenly father
He is never
· meditatiing
· Busy
· On a journy
· Sleeping
He knows our needs and we can turn to him
We know the principals of Prayer
Pray Sincerely
Pray Secretly
Pray Spontaneously
II.
Specific Pattern of Prayer (9-15)
This is not neither will this ever be the Lords prayer
The reason for this is that the Lord never sinned therfore he never needed to ask forgivness
This Prayer is a guide on how the christian should pray, however it must be noted although many areas are included in this prayer it is not Christ’s complete instruction on prayer
The question stands should we repeat this prayer today?
The obvious answer is no because that would be ritualisim which we just talked about.
However, the principals in this prayer of
adoration
petition
confession
supplication
benidiction
all can and should be used regularly
A. Adoration: Worship to God
Matt
By Jesues’s Statement After this manner He is stating that this is a model of prayer we should pray
He Begins with subjection to God we are to acknolodge our subjetion to him and to His will
We are praying to our father who is in heaven and we must reconize this fact
We are not praying to some dead God but one who is alive and cares for us
After reconizing He is in Heven we are to reconize He is holy
God is, always has been and always will be Holy
We must reconize the seperation between God and all elce
We must note the Phrase thy Kingdom come thy will be done
We must note that this is during the sermon on the mount when Christ is offering the kindom
in todays context however one day God will reign and his will we be totally and completly accomplished everywhere
B. Pettition to supply needs
Daily bread was the amount of bread necessary for survival for that day.
Jesus wanted His decimals to live in a state of constant dependence on God and his provision.
C. Confession of Sin
Three aspects of forgivness
Judicial forgivness
includes all our sin
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