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Recap:
Give us this day our daily bread:
Jesus here is speaking of physical bread and daily provisions.
I do not think it is wrong to apply a spiritual interpretation to this statement as long as we are based in the clear intention of Jesus.
Which is to realize that God is interested in your everyday life and things.
The early theologians thought Jesus could never have meant the physical and only had a spiritual interpretation.
However Jesus is speaking of the physical here.
Prayer is for our needs once we are in tune with our position before God.
Humbled by His wonderful grace and His amazing mercy.
Again, prayer is for our needs, not our greeds.
It is for one day at a time, reflecting the precarious lifestyle of many first-century workers who were paid one day at a time and for whom a few days’ illness could spell tragedy.
Reviewing Homework:
v 12) Forgiveness of debt leading to more forgiveness
The word “debt” (opheilema) means dues, duties, that which is owed, that which is legally due.
In relation to sin, it means a failure to pay one’s debt, failing to keep our responsibilities or one’s duty.
Everyone of us have been given responsibilities, certain things to do and not to do.
Every man and woman has failed at some point to do what they should.
Sin is universal, every single one of us fails in our duties lending to our need for this portion of prayer.
This prayer is asking God to do three things:
To forgive the debt of sin.
To forgive the debt of guilt.
So what is this type of forgiveness?
Why is it parental forgiveness?
Forgiveness here doesn’t refer to judicial forgiveness.
The forgiveness from the penalty of sin, that can only be given through faith in Jesus Christ.
Remember how this prayer starts out?
Our Father, this means that there has already been regeneration within the heart of the person, and a genuine relationship between God and us has been established.
To be able to have a genuine relationship with the Father, there needs to be a “short list” between us and God.
Parental forgiveness is necessary to gave close fellowship.
Why is it important to forgive others?
If believers are are unwilling to forgive those who wrong them, how can we expect to be in fellowship with our Father who has freely forgiven us of our own wrongdoings?
Essentially we are asking God to forgive us exactly has we forgive others.
In seeking forgiveness we have a duty to God and man.
Our duty to God is to ask forgiveness when we fail to do His will.
Our duty to man is to forgive their sins against us.
There are going to be those who:
Smite us
despise us
hate us
compel us against our will
sue us
curse us
persecute us
lie about us
Three additional lessons:
An unforgiven spirit cause pain and hurt and tragedy—both to oneself and other.
It can ruin lives, especially the lives of those closest and dearest to oneself.
We can curse ourselves by praying the Lord’s prayer.
We are in trouble when praying the Lord’s prayer if we are angry and do not forgive those who sin against us.
Forgiving others is evidence that God has forgiven our sins.
Homework:
How are we to reconcile James 1:13 and “lead us not into temptation?”
How are we to overcome evil and temptation?
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