Sermon Tone Analysis

23 Elements in the Lord’s Prayer

August 24, 2008 by Sage 1 Comment

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy Will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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.

MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE MODEL PRAYER !!!!!!!

1…… OUR FATHER………… RELATIONSHIP

RELATIONSHIP: is the way in which two or more people, places or things are connected; or the state of being connected.

The way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave toward each other.

Acknowledgement Of His Dwelling Place

God is known as our heavenly Father.

Although, His presence is everywhere, but His dwelling place is in heaven.

He is seated on His holy throne better known as the throne of grace ().

His throne is the center of all authority, power, dominion, and blessings.

That’s where He rules the entire universe.

Beloved, it’s such a magnificent privilege that we have as humans to be able to address the infinite and Almighty God in a father and son type of relationship.

And when we go to God with our needs and reverently ask Him to answer them, He delights in hearing us as His children whom He loves so much.

Relationships (see also Friendship, Marriage)

Our relationship with God is made possible through Jesus Christ ()

Our relationships should not compromise our faith ()

We are unified with all believers in God’s family ()

Our relationship with Christ is deep and abiding ()

Our relationship with Christ makes us children of God ()[1]

ILLUSTRATION:

The Way to Spiritual Relationships

A natural birth ushers a person into natural, human relationships.

To be ushered into spiritual relationships calls for a spiritual birth—a birth from above.

One and the Same

A strange phrase that has crept into our vocabulary in recent years is “born again Christian.”

The phrase is redundant.

It is like saying “dog dog.”

The phrase suggests there is more than one kind of Christian.

There is not!

If you are born again, you are a Christian.

If you are a Christian in the scriptural sense, you have been born again!

Beyond Explanation

A physician said to a pastor, “If you will explain to me the spiritual birth, I will become a Christian.”

The pastor replied, “If you will explain the natural birth to me, then I will explain the spiritual birth to you.”

Neither is possible.

In both cases we can observe and cooperate with certain processes, but we cannot explain the why, apart from the power of God.[2]

2…… WHICH ART IN HEAVEN…RECOGNITION

RECOGNITION: is a noun describing the action or process or the fact of being recognize.

Reverence To His Holy Name

Within this prayer model, we express our deepest and sincerest respect for the name of God by revering His name as holy.

There’s truly something of great significance about His name (; ).

And it’s a sin to use His name in vain ().

So we must be very careful concerning that issue.

Besides, nobody would ever be pleased if someone else was using their name in an improper and disrespectful manner so is a holy and righteous God.

ILLUSTRATION

1874 New Voices At Madison Square Garden

Gil Dodds is the minister’s boy who came out of Nebraska to step off the fastest mile ever run on an indoor track.

Time 4.10.6.

At the end of a race the crowd wondered when he picked up a microphone to acknowledge their applause and said: “I thank the Lord for guiding me through the race, and seeing fit to let me win.

I thank Him always for His guiding presence.”

The rafters of Madison Square Garden must have trembled; these were new words there.

“I don’t win those races.

God wins them.

You see, God has given me all I have.

I have one great lack.

I didn’t have the one thing the coaches say a long-distance runner simply must have.

I couldn’t sprint at the end of the mile.

But God took care of that.

In place of the sprint he gave me stamina.”

And that is correct.

Dodds sprints the whole distance.

He sets a killing pace all the way.

—Christian Herald

1875 “What Hath God Wrought!”

In conversation with Professor S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, the Rev. George W. Hervey asked this question:

“Professor Morse, when you were making your experiments yonder in your room in the university, did you ever come to a stand, not knowing what to do next?”

“Oh, yes, more than once.”

“And at such times what did you do next?”

“I may answer you in confidence, sir,” said the professor, “but it is a matter of which the public knows nothing.

I prayed for more light.”

“And the light generally came?”

“Yes, and may I tell you that when flattering honors come to me from America and Europe on account of the invention which bears my name, I never felt I deserved them.

I had made a valuable application of electricity, not because I was superior to other men, but solely because God, who meant it for mankind, must reveal it to someone, and was pleased to reveal it to me.”

In view of these facts, it is not surprising that the inventor’s first message was, “What hath God wrought!”

—Moody Monthly[3]

3. HALLOWED BE THY NAME………ADORATION

ADORATION: Comes from the verb ADORE: to love and respect deeply; to worship a deity.

15th century: the act of adoring: the state of being adored

adore \ə-ˈdȯr\ verb transitive

adored; ador•ing [Middle English adouren, from Anglo-French aurer, adourer, from Latin adorare, from ad- + orare to speak, pray—more at oration] 14th century

1: to worship or honor as a deity or as divine

2: to regard with loving admiration and devotion 〈adored his wife〉

3: to be very fond of 〈adores pecan pie〉 synonym see revere—ador•er noun—ador•ing•ly adverb[4]

ADORATION, ad-o-rāʹshun: Though this word never occurs in EV, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible.

I. Etymology.—The

word is derived from Lat adorare = (1) “to speak to,” (2) “to beseech,” “entreat,” (3) “to do homage,” “to worship”; from os (oris), mouth.

Some have supposed that the root os points to the Rom practice of applying the hand to the mouth, i.e. kissing the hand to (a person or thing), as a token of homage.

II.

Meaning.—Adoration is intense admiration culminating in reverence and worship, together with the outward acts and attitudes which accompany such reverence.

It thus includes both the subjective sentiments, or feelings of the soul, in the presence of some superior object or person, and the appropriate physical expressions of such sentiments in outward acts of homage or of worship.

In its widest sense it includes reverence to beings other than God, esp. to monarchs, who in oriental countries were regarded with feelings of awe.

But it finds its highest expression in religion.