THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. Matt. 5, 6, 7 (27)

January 5, 2019

3-7-18

Key: SCHAFF: “When the Lord open his mouth, we should open our ears and hearts” 

GOOD WORKS WITHOUT OSTENTATION. Matt. 6:5-15 … Prayers …4

Matt. 6:9-13, “The Lord’s Prayer” as it is commonly called is so rich and sweet, and because the Saviour expressly gave it, on two occasions, Matt. 6:9-13 and Lk. 11:2-4 as a model of praying. “It cannot be maintained that he made it our duty to repeat this prayer whenever we pray, or to use these precise words from beginning to the end whenever we feel moved to adopt the prayer… The prayer contains no allusion to the meditation of Christ, says nothing about asking in His name, for which the disciples were not yet prepared Jn. 16:23, like many other portions of scriptures, it was especially adopted to the precise times in which it was spoken, and the interpretation and applications of it must be made accordingly”- Broadus, John A.

  1. Matt. 6:9 “After this manner therefore you pray… continues
    1. ‘Our Father who is in heaven’ Mal. 2:10, Matt. 18:19. The Old Testament presents the thought of God as our Father, Is. 63:16, Ps. 103:13, Deut. 32:26.
      1. “It was only Jesus who has rendered this idea so clear and precious; distinctly comparing the feelings of human parents towards their children.” Matt. 7:11-Broadus John A. God is the father of all men and all men are brothers. Act. 17:24-26.
      2. It is believers in Christ who can in the fullest sense call God Father. Jesus declared this when He rose as God’s high priest taking the blood the the alter of incense in heaven. Jn. 20:11-17, Heb. 9:24, 1Jn. 3:1-3, Jn. 8:42. It is also believers in Christ that are really brothers. 1Jn. 3:14, Matt. 23:8-11. Euthym- “He that lives a bad life, and call God his Father, lies both against God and himself”
      3. Heaven is the abode of God, the final home of believers, but he rule over heaven, the earth, the planets and all creation. Deut. 26:15, 1kg. 8:30, Job. 22:12, Is. 66:1, Ps. 123:1, Jn. 14:1-2, Lk. 10:20, Heb. 11:10, Phil. 3:20, 1Pet. 1:3-4.
  2. ‘Hallowed be Your name’ McGarvey J. W. Says “Hallowed” means, first, made holy, and second, treated as holy.” The name , Jehovah, by which God distinquished himself from all heathen deities and marked out as his peoples’s God, may be sanctified and treated as holy. Ex. 20:8,Lev. 22:2, 32, Ez. 36:23, 1Pet. 3:15. This involves that God in all his character and dealings, may be reverend and glorified. See Jn. 17:6; 12:28, Rev. 15:4, 1Tim. 6:15-16, Col. 1:15-18, Ex. 34:6-8, Is. 40:12-17
    1. The name Jesus Christ was given to the disciples to pray, infact it became the seal of authority in prayers after the resurrection. Heb. 1:1-6, Jn. 16:23-24, Phil. 2:9-11. “A prayer sweetened by the name of the Father, makes me confident of getting all I ask” Maldonatus. “The very name of father prays for us, because it is part of the father to provide things necessary for his children”
  3. It continues