Lord's Prayer:
the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4). "In this prayer our Lord shows his disciples how an infinite variety of wants and requests can be compressed into a few humble petitions. It embodies every possible desire of a praying heart, a whole world of spiritual requirements; yet all in the most simple, condensed and humble form, resembling, in this respect, a pearl on which the light of heaven plays."-Lange. "This prayer contains four great general sentiments, which constitute the very soul of religion,-sentiments which are the germs of all holy deeds in all worlds.
(1). Filial reverence: God is addressed not as the great unknown, not as the insearchable governor, but as a father, the most intelligible, attractive and transforming name. It is a form of address almost unknown to the old covenant, now and then hinted at as reminding the children of their rebellion (Isaiah 1:2; Malachi 1:6). Or mentioned as a last resource of the orphan and desolate creature (Isaiah 63:16) but never brought out in its fullness, as indeed it could not be, till he was come by whom we have received the adoption of sons."-Alford.
(2). "Divine loyalty : 'Thy kingdom come.'
(3). Conscious dependence : 'Give us this day, ' etc.
(4). Unbounded confidence : 'For thine is the power, ' etc."-Dr. Thomas' Genius of the Gospels.
The doxology, "For thine is the kingdom" etc., is wanting in many manuscripts. It is omitted in the Revised Version; but it nevertheless has the authority of some manuscripts, and is truly biblical, almost every word being found in 1 Chronicles 29:11 and is a true and fitting ending for prayer.
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