![]() ![]() It could be argued that no single minute passes when it is not being uttered. In his book, Rediscovering New Testament Prayer, John Koenig writes about the Lord’s Prayer, “Every day, in countless languages, in public and in private, in virtually every country of the world, this prayer ascends to God. We don’t pray, “my will be done,” we pray “thy will be done.” This isn’t easy if we’re serious about it. Praying this prayer we begin by focusing on God and what God wants actually being accomplished. The Lord’s Prayer is spoken to “ Our Father, the one in the heavens” or “ Our Father always near us.” The Lord’s Prayer speaks first about God’s name and then about God’s kingdom and God’s will being done on earth. #Thy kingdom come thy will be done series#In Week One of our series on The Lord’s Prayer, we learned that God is the focus of our prayer. #Thy kingdom come thy will be done download#Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:07 - 22.1MB) Matthew 6:7-13, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done 13 And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 9 “Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. ![]() 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Last week I shared the Lord’s Prayer from Luke’s Gospel, today we hear it from the Gospel of Matthew 6:7-13: 7 “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. A simple definition of prayer is talking to God about what we are doing together. Jesus says when we pray we’re to be more concerned with praying to God than praying in places that enable us to be seen or heard by others while we pray. Let the bounds of the gospel-church be enlarged, the kingdom of the world be made Christ's kingdom, and all men become subjects to it, and live as becomes their character.In Matthew 6, the Lord’s Prayer is given as part of the Sermon of the Mount when Jesus moves from teaching about giving to the subject of prayer. "Let thy kingdom come, let the gospel be preached to all and embraced by all let all be brought to subscribe to the record God has given in his word concerning his Son, and to embrace him as their Saviour and Sovereign. It was the Jews' daily prayer to God, Let him make his kingdom reign, let his redemption flourish, and let his Messiah come and deliver his people. What God has promised we must pray for for promises are given, not to supersede, but to quicken and encourage prayer and when the accomplishment of a promise is near and at the door, when the kingdom of heaven is at hand, we should then pray for it the more earnestly thy kingdom come as Daniel set his face to pray for the deliverance of Israel, when he understood that the time of it was at hand, Da 9:2. Ministers should pray over the word: when they preach, the kingdom of God is at hand, they should pray, Father, thy kingdom come. Note, We should turn the word we hear into prayer, our hearts should echo to it does Christ promise, surely I come quickly? our hearts should answer, Even so, come. The kingdom of your Father who is in heaven, the kingdom of the Messiah, this is at hand, pray that it may come. This petition has plainly a reference to the doctrine which Christ preached at this time, which John Baptist had preached before, and which he afterwards sent his apostles out to preach-the kingdom of heaven is at hand. So this second petition is both a request for more of God’s Kingdom to come now on Earth, and a looking forwards to fullness of God’s Kingdom in the future.Ģ. Here the Kingdom of God will be fully realised “on earth as it is in heavenâ€. Christian eschatology is to do with “end timesâ€, the end of this age as we know it and the return of Christ in His second coming. However, there is a further meaning to this line, one which theologians refer to as having eschatological significance. So when we pray “your kingdom come†we can first ask ourselves “how can God’s rule and ways fully come through my life?†For an understanding of God’s ways, it is worth reading the teachings of Jesus in the Gospel’s (especially the “ Sermon on the Mount†in Matthew chapters 5 to 7 and His many parables, which reveal the principles of the Kingdom). Rather, our hearts can be the place where his Kingdom reigns. This is not necessarily a geographical place. So the Kingdom of God is wherever God is in control. The domain is the territory that is governed by the ruler, the King. The word “ Kingdom†comes from two words - King and domain. So here we are asking that God's ways happen here, as they are fully obeyed in Heaven. God's kingdom is to do with His ways and order. "Thy Kingdom Come" is the second of the seven petitions in the the Lord's prayer (the first three address God, the second four are prayers related to our needs and concerns). ![]()
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