EXAMINING THE LORD'S PRAYER

Bible Mathew 6: 9-15

 

Suggested Texts for “The Lord’s Prayer” interpretation - Holy Bible (look at various versions)

The Gospel of Matthew (Vol 1), William Barclay - Westminster Press

The Sermon On The Mount, Emmet Fox - Harper & Row

 

 

Bible Mathew 6: 9-15

“Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

 

Our Father ...

Who 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 ...

Forgive Us Our Trespasses as We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us ...

Lead Us Not into Temptation ...

But Deliver Us from Evil.

Author Barclay, describes the Lord's Prayer as a disciple's prayer, designed only for the followers of Christ.  He describes it as an elite Christian prayer that is not for everyone only those who understand Christianity.

 

Author Fox, describes the Lord's Prayer as a universal prayer, designed in such away that no matter your understanding of Christ you will be able to relate to it.  The Lord's Prayer has meaning for physical or mental or spiritual interpretive understanding.  It is the common link between Christians of all denominations.   It is the base of Christian understanding. It is as personally meaningful to a child as an adult, to a shallow Christian as a strong Christian.

Question; "What language was the Lord's Prayer originally written in?"  The Lord's Prayer was originally written in Greek, in about 70 AD.  It is thought to have been  penned by someone who used Mathew's name.  

In my opinion this is an excellent example of direct intervention by God to give us a prayer and a method of praying that is so complete in it's expression as to have lasted 2000 years without anyone being able to change it other than in some denominations have added the last phrase, “for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever.”  It may have been so simple as to allow the prayer was handed down by word of mouth and the first time it was recorded was 70 AD.

 

The Lord's Prayer is a tremendous tool to use for understanding God and ourselves.

 

"OUR FATHER..."

The prayer opening immediately, without discussion or question, defines our relationship with God and with each other, ours - one family - a universal father.  

No matter how we interpret the opening it comes out the same.  Physical, we are connected through genetics, therefore. we have the same characteristics.  Mental defines the relationship we have with Christ.  Christ and Man have the same Father, this creates an equality which is difficult for many to accept.  Spiritual defines us as being created in God's own image something that was also stated at the beginning of the Bible.  

We cannot be separated from God because he IS our Father.  We are also therefore one with Christ, he is our brother by the very instruction given to us to pray. "OUR FATHER..."  Christ is a state of being, One With God.  Christ is the messenger.  Christ is an avenue to God.

In evaluating the TRINITY, "The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost", it is not a matter of separation it is a matter of oneness.  We are also a part of the Trinity according to the prayers definition of our relationship with God and Christ and according to being made in God's image. We fit in the Trinity under The Son.  We are only separated from God by our definitions not by God's definitions.  It is only a point of understanding of who we are.

 

WE are not sinners.  We sin, but we are one with God always. Our sin is not accepting that oneness always.  

Examining “Our”

What I see I Am

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