100:00:00,600 –> 00:00:11,580What we have here then is the Son of God teaching us how to pray, and who would200:00:11,580 –> 00:00:20,340not want to pull up a chair and to sit down and to hear him as he teaches us today.300:00:22,020 –> 00:00:25,580Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith,400:00:25,959 –> 00:00:28,780I’m David Pick, pleased you could be with us today500:00:28,780 –> 00:00:31,580and today we’re beginning a new series,600:00:31,580 –> 00:00:35,000Six Things to Ask of God, looking at prayer.700:00:35,340 –> 00:00:38,840Colin, I think anyone who loves God would want to do as you said,800:00:38,980 –> 00:00:43,880they would want to sit down and learn from Jesus himself what it means to pray.900:00:44,180 –> 00:00:49,180Yes, that’s exactly right, and that’s what we have the opportunity of doing as we begin1000:00:49,180 –> 00:00:52,919the study of the Lord’s Prayer. It’s so wonderfully practical.1100:00:53,099 –> 00:00:56,259I mean, aren’t you glad that the disciples asked Jesus1200:00:56,259 –> 00:01:01,139this question — teach us to pray — and that our Lord gave this marvellous answer1300:01:01,480 –> 00:01:05,820that really gives us, I think, a model of how to pray,1400:01:06,139 –> 00:01:10,779and that’s what I want us to do over these next programs beginning today1500:01:11,139 –> 00:01:15,480for us to walk through the Lord’s Prayer and very practically to say,1600:01:15,779 –> 00:01:18,779now, how does this help me to pray?1700:01:19,160 –> 00:01:24,739My experience is that most Christians want to be able to pray better.1800:01:24,739 –> 00:01:27,459We have a sense that this is something very wonderful,1900:01:27,519 –> 00:01:30,080that it is something very, very important,2000:01:30,379 –> 00:01:33,199and that we don’t do it as well as we would like to.2100:01:33,199 –> 00:01:34,860So, we want help.2200:01:35,019 –> 00:01:39,019I get asked more questions about, you know, how can I pray better2300:01:39,160 –> 00:01:43,320than I think about any other subject, and there’s a reason for that.2400:01:43,459 –> 00:01:47,900We all feel that we need help, and here we have the place in the Scripture2500:01:47,900 –> 00:01:52,580where our Lord himself says, well, let me teach you how to pray.2600:01:52,839 –> 00:01:57,559And so, I’m so grateful that we have the opportunity of opening the scriptures together today.2700:01:57,559 –> 00:01:59,000Well, let’s do that.2800:01:59,180 –> 00:02:02,559We’re looking at the Gospel of Matthew today in chapter 6,2900:02:02,800 –> 00:02:08,460beginning at verse 5 and going through to verse 15 as we begin the message, God’s name.3000:02:08,660 –> 00:02:09,919Here’s Collyn.3100:02:09,940 –> 00:02:12,279Now, in any time of crisis,3200:02:12,279 –> 00:02:17,600the first duty and the first instinct of God’s people is to pray.3300:02:18,600 –> 00:02:20,619But what are we to pray?3400:02:21,259 –> 00:02:25,839What exactly are we to ask of God?3500:02:26,699 –> 00:02:30,940Prayer, I think, is an area where all of us need to grow.3600:02:31,240 –> 00:02:36,419I think it’s an area in which all who really love the Lord Jesus Christ want to grow.3700:02:36,419 –> 00:02:39,820I’ve met over the years a few folks3800:02:39,820 –> 00:02:44,020who would style themselves as experts in evangelism,3900:02:44,220 –> 00:02:47,520experts in youth work or in men’s ministry.4000:02:47,539 –> 00:02:50,759But I have never yet met a Christian4100:02:50,759 –> 00:02:56,559who thinks of him or herself as an expert in regards to prayer.4200:02:56,559 –> 00:03:01,220All of us feel that we need to stand with the disciples4300:03:01,220 –> 00:03:06,880and to say, Lord, teach us to pray.4400:03:06,960 –> 00:03:12,720Aren’t you so glad that Jesus answered that question of the disciples4500:03:12,720 –> 00:03:16,600and that we have the answer of Jesus to that question?4600:03:16,679 –> 00:03:23,520Teach us to pray right in front of us here in the scriptures today.4700:03:23,520 –> 00:03:28,220What we have here, then, is the Son of God,4800:03:28,220 –> 00:03:31,160teaching us how to pray,4900:03:31,160 –> 00:03:36,360and who would not want to pull up a chair5000:03:36,360 –> 00:03:43,440and to sit down and to hear him as he teaches us today.5100:03:43,440 –> 00:03:45,300Now, I’ve called this series5200:03:45,300 –> 00:03:48,000Six Things to Ask of God5300:03:48,000 –> 00:03:51,979because there are six petitions in the Lord’s prayer.5400:03:51,979 –> 00:03:55,139Three of them relate to God’s glory,5500:03:55,139 –> 00:03:59,039and three of them relate to our good.5600:03:59,039 –> 00:04:02,179In relation to God’s glory,5700:04:02,179 –> 00:04:06,039we ask first that God’s name will be honoured,5800:04:06,039 –> 00:04:07,940then that his kingdom will come,5900:04:07,940 –> 00:04:11,199and then that his will should be done.6000:04:11,199 –> 00:04:13,300And then in relation to ourselves,6100:04:13,339 –> 00:04:17,540we ask that God will provide what we need,6200:04:17,540 –> 00:04:20,940that God will forgive our many sins,6300:04:20,940 –> 00:04:25,380and that God will deliver us from evil.6400:04:25,380 –> 00:04:31,079So, six things Jesus teaches us we should ask of God.6500:04:31,399 –> 00:04:34,679And all that we could ever ask,6600:04:34,679 –> 00:04:37,440all that we need ever ask,6700:04:37,440 –> 00:04:42,440can be included under one of these six petitions.6800:04:42,739 –> 00:04:46,420So the Lord’s Prayer is really like a kind of template6900:04:46,420 –> 00:04:47,660for praying.7000:04:47,660 –> 00:04:50,559It gives us a plan for prayer.7100:04:50,559 –> 00:04:52,239It gives us an outline.7200:04:52,239 –> 00:04:53,559It gives us a framework.7300:04:53,559 –> 00:04:58,559It teaches us how to pray.7400:04:59,320 –> 00:05:03,160So if you were to take, for example, a jotter,7500:05:03,160 –> 00:05:05,700and you were to divide a page7600:05:05,700 –> 00:05:09,140into six very simple sections,7700:05:09,140 –> 00:05:12,179you could call them God’s name,7800:05:12,179 –> 00:05:15,799God’s kingdom, God’s will,7900:05:15,799 –> 00:05:19,679God’s provision, God’s forgiveness,8000:05:19,679 –> 00:05:21,760and God’s deliverance.8100:05:21,760 –> 00:05:24,600And on that page, in these six sections,8200:05:24,600 –> 00:05:29,600you would have a perfect outline for prayer.8300:05:30,320 –> 00:05:31,920You could use it in two ways8400:05:31,920 –> 00:05:33,399when you have it in your jotter.8500:05:33,399 –> 00:05:36,040You could first start with the headings8600:05:36,040 –> 00:05:39,000and then just fill in under each of them8700:05:39,000 –> 00:05:41,299things that you think you ought to pray8800:05:41,299 –> 00:05:45,440in relation to each of these six petitions.8900:05:45,440 –> 00:05:46,940Or you could do it another way.9000:05:46,940 –> 00:05:49,660You could start with what’s on your mind.9100:05:49,660 –> 00:05:52,019You have a friend who is in some need.9200:05:52,019 –> 00:05:54,660They need help and they need support.9300:05:54,660 –> 00:05:56,140So, where does that belong?9400:05:56,140 –> 00:05:57,980Well, of course, that’s part of what God9500:05:57,980 –> 00:05:59,359would provide for them.9600:05:59,359 –> 00:06:01,399So, you write that down there.9700:06:01,399 –> 00:06:02,959But then you think to yourself,9800:06:02,959 –> 00:06:03,880now, wait a minute.9900:06:03,880 –> 00:06:08,380What else do I need to pray in regards to this person?10000:06:09,079 –> 00:06:11,040I mean, what would it mean10100:06:11,040 –> 00:06:15,040for God’s name to be honoured10200:06:15,040 –> 00:06:17,420in this situation that this person10300:06:17,420 –> 00:06:18,320is facing?10400:06:18,320 –> 00:06:21,220What would it mean for God’s will10500:06:21,220 –> 00:06:25,239to be done in their situation?10600:06:26,260 –> 00:06:29,079So, the requests of the Lord’s Prayer,10700:06:30,440 –> 00:06:33,720they’re really like six pegs10800:06:33,720 –> 00:06:35,320on which you can hang10900:06:35,320 –> 00:06:39,920all of your other prayers.11000:06:39,920 –> 00:06:42,220The Lord’s Prayer is given to us11100:06:42,220 –> 00:06:44,839in order to shape our prayers.11200:06:44,839 –> 00:06:48,519It is Jesus teaching us11300:06:48,519 –> 00:06:51,739how we should pray.11400:06:53,079 –> 00:06:55,119Now, my aim in this series11500:06:55,119 –> 00:06:58,839is that through these Six Petitions,11600:06:58,839 –> 00:07:03,760we will learn better how to pray.11700:07:03,760 –> 00:07:08,519That we’ll learn how to pray more effectively.11800:07:08,519 –> 00:07:10,779And it is for this reason11900:07:10,779 –> 00:07:13,380that Jesus has given us the Lord’s Prayer.12000:07:13,380 –> 00:07:18,040Lord, teach us how to pray.12100:07:18,040 –> 00:07:23,500Using the Lord’s Prayer as a template in this way,12200:07:23,500 –> 00:07:25,720it’s not something new.12300:07:25,720 –> 00:07:28,339You know, Martin Luther12400:07:28,339 –> 00:07:31,260used the Lord’s Prayer as a template for12500:07:31,260 –> 00:07:35,399his own prayers throughout his entire life.12600:07:35,399 –> 00:07:37,380And he commended this practice12700:07:37,380 –> 00:07:40,619in a delightful little book called12800:07:40,619 –> 00:07:43,679A Simple Way To Pray’12900:07:43,679 –> 00:07:46,140This book was written by Martin Luther13000:07:46,140 –> 00:07:48,540for his barber.13100:07:48,540 –> 00:07:52,160And my imagination just runs into overdrive with this.13200:07:52,160 –> 00:07:56,619I picture Luther sitting in the chair13300:07:56,619 –> 00:07:58,239getting his hair cut.13400:07:58,239 –> 00:08:00,980And he leans back in the chair13500:08:00,980 –> 00:08:03,739and the barber begins to shave13600:08:03,739 –> 00:08:05,739the stubble from his chin.13700:08:05,739 –> 00:08:08,459And as he’s doing this delicate work13800:08:08,459 –> 00:08:10,559he says to Luther,13900:08:10,559 –> 00:08:15,359Pastor Martin, I have a question.14000:08:15,359 –> 00:08:19,040How should I go about praying?14100:08:19,040 –> 00:08:20,200And I think to myself,14200:08:20,200 –> 00:08:23,799well, maybe Luther just said at that point14300:08:23,799 –> 00:08:25,940my friend, please just focus on14400:08:25,980 –> 00:08:28,040what you’re doing with that razor blade.14500:08:28,040 –> 00:08:29,500I’ll answer your question,14600:08:29,500 –> 00:08:30,779but let me do it later.14700:08:30,779 –> 00:08:33,299I’ll write you a book entitled14800:08:33,299 –> 00:08:35,340A Simple Way to Pray.14900:08:35,340 –> 00:08:36,520And that’s what Luther did.15000:08:36,520 –> 00:08:39,859He wrote this marvelous book for his barber15100:08:39,859 –> 00:08:41,739telling this man who wanted to know15200:08:41,739 –> 00:08:43,340how to pray more effectively,15300:08:43,340 –> 00:08:46,780how to do it, by using the Lord’s Prayer15400:08:46,780 –> 00:08:51,400as a template for his own prayers.15500:08:51,400 –> 00:08:54,340And Luther says in this book15600:08:54,419 –> 00:08:57,820I do not want you to recite15700:08:57,820 –> 00:08:59,960all these words in your prayer.15800:08:59,960 –> 00:09:01,799In other words, he’s saying this prayer15900:09:01,799 –> 00:09:04,219is not given simply so that we use it16000:09:04,219 –> 00:09:06,840as a repeated recitation.16100:09:06,840 –> 00:09:10,919No, Luther says, here’s what I want you to do.16200:09:10,919 –> 00:09:15,020I want your heart to be stirred16300:09:15,020 –> 00:09:18,359and to be moved by the thoughts16400:09:18,359 –> 00:09:22,340that are prompted from the Lord’s Prayer.16500:09:22,539 –> 00:09:24,739In other words, use this as a template,16600:09:24,739 –> 00:09:28,020use each of these six petitions16700:09:28,020 –> 00:09:32,239as pegs on which you will hang your prayers,16800:09:32,239 –> 00:09:35,200a framework on which you will build16900:09:35,200 –> 00:09:38,219the prayers that you offer to God.17000:09:38,219 –> 00:09:41,840And this simple way to pray was not simply17100:09:41,840 –> 00:09:46,239Luther’s idea of what a barber should do.17200:09:46,239 –> 00:09:48,719This is what Luther did himself17300:09:48,719 –> 00:09:50,580throughout his entire life.17400:09:50,599 –> 00:09:51,739He says this,17500:09:51,739 –> 00:09:54,559to this day,17600:09:54,559 –> 00:09:59,559I suckle at the Lord’s prayer like a child17700:10:00,020 –> 00:10:02,659and as an old man,17800:10:02,659 –> 00:10:05,979I eat and drink from it and never17900:10:05,979 –> 00:10:08,539get my fill.18000:10:08,539 –> 00:10:09,700Well, friends,18100:10:09,700 –> 00:10:13,619that describes exactly what I want us to do18200:10:13,619 –> 00:10:15,900over these next weeks together,18300:10:16,200 –> 00:10:19,900I want us to suckle at the Lord’s prayer,18400:10:21,200 –> 00:10:25,140to learn from Jesus Christ himself18500:10:26,000 –> 00:10:29,179how here we should pray.18600:10:30,080 –> 00:10:31,919You’re listening to Open the Bible18700:10:31,919 –> 00:10:33,200with Pastor Colin Smith18800:10:33,200 –> 00:10:35,219and we’ll pause the message there for a moment18900:10:35,219 –> 00:10:36,479but we’ll be back shortly19000:10:36,479 –> 00:10:39,520to look at the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer.19100:10:39,520 –> 00:10:41,539Our message is called, God’s Name19200:10:41,539 –> 00:10:43,500and it’s the first in our series,19300:10:43,500 –> 00:10:45,619Six Things to Ask of God.19400:10:45,619 –> 00:10:47,659Don’t forget, if you ever miss one of the programs19500:10:47,659 –> 00:10:50,080or if you want to go back and listen again,19600:10:50,080 –> 00:10:52,580you can do that by coming online to our website,19700:10:52,580 –> 00:10:56,880openthebible.org, and there you’ll find all the messages19800:10:56,880 –> 00:10:59,059which have already gone out on air.19900:10:59,059 –> 00:11:02,460Back to the message now, we’re in Matthew chapter 6,20000:11:02,460 –> 00:11:05,659verses 5 to 15 and here’s Colin.20100:11:05,659 –> 00:11:08,580Now today we look at the first petition20200:11:10,479 –> 00:11:12,940of the Lord’s Prayer.20300:11:12,940 –> 00:11:16,559Hallowed be your name.20400:11:16,559 –> 00:11:19,039We’re going to look at the relationship20500:11:19,039 –> 00:11:21,679in which this prayer is prayed.20600:11:21,679 –> 00:11:25,119We’re going to look at the prayer itself and its meaning.20700:11:25,119 –> 00:11:28,400We’re going to look at the ways in which it is answered.20800:11:28,400 –> 00:11:32,200We’re going to look at the challenge that it brings20900:11:32,200 –> 00:11:34,080and then we’re going to look at the example21000:11:34,080 –> 00:11:36,039of our Lord, Jesus Christ.21100:11:36,039 –> 00:11:38,859And then at the end, I want us to take time21200:11:38,859 –> 00:11:43,440to pray from this prayer together.21300:11:43,440 –> 00:11:47,000Hallowed be your name.21400:11:47,000 –> 00:11:48,320Now, let’s start here21500:11:48,320 –> 00:11:51,599because this is where Jesus begins with the relationship.21600:11:51,599 –> 00:11:53,659Matthew chapter six and verse nine.21700:11:53,659 –> 00:11:56,719Pray then like this.21800:11:56,719 –> 00:12:00,659Our Father in heaven.21900:12:01,520 –> 00:12:03,780This is very important.22000:12:03,780 –> 00:12:06,520The six petitions of the Lord’s prayer22100:12:06,520 –> 00:12:11,520are all addressed to our Father in heaven.22200:12:12,619 –> 00:12:17,140In other words, this is a prayer for God’s children.22300:12:17,140 –> 00:12:19,900These are prayers that are to be brought22400:12:19,900 –> 00:12:24,000by those who have been reconciled to God22500:12:24,000 –> 00:12:28,119through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.22600:12:28,119 –> 00:12:30,440And that’s a very important reminder for us22700:12:30,440 –> 00:12:35,440because by nature, we simply cannot pray this prayer.22800:12:36,440 –> 00:12:39,619The Bible makes it very clear that by nature,22900:12:39,619 –> 00:12:44,619we are alienated from God and we are dead towards him.23000:12:45,020 –> 00:12:49,219By nature, we are much more concerned about our name23100:12:49,219 –> 00:12:52,039than we are about God’s name.23200:12:52,039 –> 00:12:55,580By nature, we tend to think that life revolves around us23300:12:55,580 –> 00:12:57,799and so if we’re left to ourselves,23400:12:57,799 –> 00:13:00,059if we were to pray it all,23500:13:00,059 –> 00:13:03,900we begin with ourselves and we begin with our needs23600:13:03,979 –> 00:13:06,320and we never really get any further.23700:13:07,359 –> 00:13:10,059But Jesus came into the world to bring us into23800:13:10,059 –> 00:13:14,619an entirely new and different relationship with God.23900:13:15,580 –> 00:13:18,859God is his Father,24000:13:18,859 –> 00:13:21,299and through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,24100:13:21,299 –> 00:13:26,039we come to know God as our Father as well.24200:13:26,039 –> 00:13:31,039Jesus brings you into a new relationship with God24300:13:31,739 –> 00:13:35,599in which you love him, you trust him,24400:13:35,599 –> 00:13:40,159you worship him, you serve him, and you obey him.24500:13:41,799 –> 00:13:46,219In love for this perfect Father,24600:13:46,219 –> 00:13:51,219you will discover a new peace, a new strength,24700:13:51,280 –> 00:13:55,500a new hope, and a new joy.24800:13:55,500 –> 00:13:59,000How great is the love that the Father24900:13:59,020 –> 00:14:03,440has lavished on us, that we should be called25000:14:03,440 –> 00:14:05,799children of God.25100:14:07,119 –> 00:14:11,280In Christ, we are adopted into the family of God,25200:14:11,280 –> 00:14:14,640and that’s why God sends his Spirit into our hearts,25300:14:14,640 –> 00:14:19,640the Apostle Paul says, to cry out Abba, Father.25400:14:19,640 –> 00:14:22,299So the Lord’s Prayer has six petitions,25500:14:22,299 –> 00:14:26,080and they’re all addressed to our Father in heaven.25600:14:26,080 –> 00:14:29,219They’re all prayed out of this relationship25700:14:29,219 –> 00:14:31,799in which through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,25800:14:31,799 –> 00:14:34,000we are reconciled to God.25900:14:34,000 –> 00:14:37,340Father hallowed be your name.26000:14:37,340 –> 00:14:41,340Father, let your kingdom come and your will be done.26100:14:41,340 –> 00:14:43,840Father, give us this day our daily bread.26200:14:43,840 –> 00:14:48,280Father, forgive our sins, and Father, deliver us from evil.26300:14:48,280 –> 00:14:53,280These are the prayers of a Christian disciple.26400:14:53,760 –> 00:14:55,960They are not the things that we would ask of God26500:14:56,000 –> 00:14:58,460if we were left to ourselves.26600:14:58,460 –> 00:15:01,320They are the prayers that Jesus brings us into.26700:15:02,679 –> 00:15:05,799They are the prayers of God’s own children.26800:15:05,799 –> 00:15:10,400And so you want to pray as Jesus taught us to pray.26900:15:10,400 –> 00:15:13,820Here is where we must begin.27000:15:13,820 –> 00:15:17,119We must enter by faith in Jesus that relationship27100:15:17,119 –> 00:15:21,780in which we come to know God as our own Father.27200:15:22,719 –> 00:15:27,460We come to the Father only through him.27300:15:27,460 –> 00:15:31,780And John makes this very clear in his Gospel where he says,27400:15:31,780 –> 00:15:36,539to those who received him, that is received Jesus,27500:15:36,539 –> 00:15:39,840to those who believe in his name,27600:15:40,760 –> 00:15:45,760God gives the right that they should be his own children.27700:15:46,780 –> 00:15:51,020If you want to know God as your own Father,27800:15:51,880 –> 00:15:54,919if you want to learn how to pray27900:15:54,919 –> 00:15:57,520as Jesus teaches us to pray,28000:15:57,520 –> 00:16:00,880you must receive Jesus as the Lord28100:16:00,880 –> 00:16:03,119and as the Savior of your life.28200:16:03,119 –> 00:16:08,119And you do this by believing in his name.28300:16:09,659 –> 00:16:14,659That’s where all true prayer begins.28400:16:16,099 –> 00:16:19,700Now, what a marvelous thing it is to know28500:16:19,739 –> 00:16:22,700the sovereign Lord of the universe28600:16:22,700 –> 00:16:26,280as your own heavenly father.28700:16:27,700 –> 00:16:32,099Dr. Jim Packer has a wonderful little image28800:16:32,099 –> 00:16:35,539and phrase on this that has been very helpful to me.28900:16:35,539 –> 00:16:38,219I just call it because it sticks in my mind,29000:16:38,219 –> 00:16:40,440Packer’s pendulum.29100:16:40,440 –> 00:16:43,460And here’s what Dr. Packer says.29200:16:43,460 –> 00:16:48,460”Let your thoughts flow to and fro29300:16:48,580 –> 00:16:52,719”like an accelerating pendulum29400:16:52,719 –> 00:16:56,659”taking ever wider swings.29500:16:56,659 –> 00:17:00,659”He’s my father,29600:17:00,659 –> 00:17:03,640”he’s God in heaven.29700:17:03,640 –> 00:17:06,239”He’s God in heaven,29800:17:06,239 –> 00:17:10,359”he’s my father.”29900:17:10,359 –> 00:17:12,260Packer’s pendulum,30000:17:12,260 –> 00:17:16,099try and take this in that when you come before30100:17:16,099 –> 00:17:18,020your father in prayer,30200:17:18,020 –> 00:17:20,380through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,30300:17:20,380 –> 00:17:25,380you are speaking to the sovereign Lord of the universe,30400:17:25,660 –> 00:17:29,500our Father in heaven.30500:17:30,459 –> 00:17:34,180When Jesus brings you to know his Father is your father,30600:17:34,180 –> 00:17:37,839you will have such a great desire to pray.30700:17:37,839 –> 00:17:41,699You will love the Father from your heart,30800:17:41,699 –> 00:17:44,260and because you love him,30900:17:44,260 –> 00:17:46,260well, your first desire will be31000:17:46,260 –> 00:17:49,599that his name should be honored.31100:17:50,939 –> 00:17:52,079That’s the relationship.31200:17:52,079 –> 00:17:55,839Then let’s look together at the prayer itself31300:17:55,839 –> 00:17:58,300and what this prayer actually means.31400:17:58,300 –> 00:18:00,880Pray then like this, Jesus says,31500:18:00,880 –> 00:18:02,339our Father in heaven,31600:18:02,339 –> 00:18:07,219hallowed be your name.31700:18:07,219 –> 00:18:12,579Now, what exactly are we asking God to do31800:18:12,839 –> 00:18:14,739when we pray this prayer?31900:18:14,739 –> 00:18:16,739What does it mean?32000:18:16,739 –> 00:18:20,099Hallowed be your name.32100:18:21,300 –> 00:18:23,540Now, I want you to notice32200:18:23,540 –> 00:18:28,540that heaven frames the first three petitions32300:18:28,579 –> 00:18:29,900of the Lord’s Prayer.32400:18:29,900 –> 00:18:31,160Did you notice that,32500:18:31,160 –> 00:18:33,500our Father in heaven,32600:18:33,500 –> 00:18:35,300hallowed be your name.32700:18:35,300 –> 00:18:36,339Your kingdom come,32800:18:36,339 –> 00:18:38,160your will be done on earth.32900:18:38,160 –> 00:18:39,959As it is in heaven.33000:18:40,140 –> 00:18:41,479Heaven.33100:18:41,479 –> 00:18:42,619In other words,33200:18:42,619 –> 00:18:47,459heaven frames the first three petitions33300:18:47,459 –> 00:18:49,199of the Lord’s Prayer.33400:18:49,199 –> 00:18:52,579Hallowed be your name on earth as it is in heaven,33500:18:52,579 –> 00:18:53,640your kingdom come,33600:18:53,640 –> 00:18:55,280on earth as it is in heaven,33700:18:55,280 –> 00:18:57,260your will be done on earth33800:18:57,260 –> 00:18:59,939as it is in heaven.33900:19:00,959 –> 00:19:01,800Now, you see,34000:19:01,800 –> 00:19:03,199that invites us immediately34100:19:03,199 –> 00:19:05,300to think about34200:19:05,300 –> 00:19:07,660the scene as it is described to us34300:19:07,660 –> 00:19:09,819in the Bible in heaven itself.34400:19:09,859 –> 00:19:11,500What is the scene in heaven?34500:19:11,500 –> 00:19:15,160Well, angels cry out in heaven right now,34600:19:15,160 –> 00:19:18,479holy, holy, holy is the Lord.34700:19:18,479 –> 00:19:20,599In fact, the worship in heaven,34800:19:20,599 –> 00:19:23,119the exalting of the Father’s name in heaven,34900:19:23,119 –> 00:19:24,699it never ends.35000:19:25,719 –> 00:19:27,060The Scripture says,35100:19:27,060 –> 00:19:29,060day and night,35200:19:29,060 –> 00:19:32,099they, that is the heavenly creatures,35300:19:32,099 –> 00:19:34,339never cease to cry,35400:19:34,339 –> 00:19:38,359holy, holy, holy is the Lord,35500:19:38,439 –> 00:19:43,400God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.35600:19:44,599 –> 00:19:48,339Every creature in heaven, without exception,35700:19:48,339 –> 00:19:50,219joins in saying,35800:19:50,219 –> 00:19:52,619to him who sits upon the throne,35900:19:52,619 –> 00:19:54,939and to the Lamb be blessing, and honor,36000:19:54,939 –> 00:19:59,180and glory, and might forever and forever.36100:20:00,540 –> 00:20:01,939That’s the scene in heaven.36200:20:03,819 –> 00:20:06,920Unceasing worship.36300:20:07,739 –> 00:20:12,020God’s name exalted,36400:20:12,020 –> 00:20:15,660and God’s name adored.36500:20:17,260 –> 00:20:19,180Now, what about the scene on earth?36600:20:20,619 –> 00:20:24,219Well, listen to how that’s described by the Prophet Isaiah.36700:20:25,180 –> 00:20:27,520God says through Isaiah,36800:20:27,520 –> 00:20:32,520”Continually all the day my name is despised,36900:20:37,540 –> 00:20:41,660that’s the reality on earth and it could not37000:20:41,660 –> 00:20:46,540be more different from the reality right now in heaven.37100:20:47,859 –> 00:20:50,560In heaven God’s name worshiped,37200:20:50,560 –> 00:20:53,979adored without ceasing on earth.37300:20:53,979 –> 00:20:58,979His name despised blasphemed all day long.’37400:20:59,060 –> 00:21:01,520All day long.37500:21:02,939 –> 00:21:07,479And it’s into that chasm of the difference37600:21:07,479 –> 00:21:10,619between the reality in heaven and the reality on earth37700:21:10,619 –> 00:21:14,420that we pray the first petition of the Lord’s prayer.37800:21:14,420 –> 00:21:17,719Hallowed be your name.37900:21:17,719 –> 00:21:21,719Let your name O father be exalted worshipped,38000:21:21,719 –> 00:21:25,819treasured and adored on earth as it is in heaven.38100:21:26,819 –> 00:21:30,260We are asking when we pray this prayer38200:21:31,219 –> 00:21:35,339that God will so move in the world38300:21:36,300 –> 00:21:39,760that God will act in such a way that people38400:21:39,760 –> 00:21:43,780around the globe will come to worship him,38500:21:43,780 –> 00:21:46,839to treasure him, to adore him, to live38600:21:46,839 –> 00:21:49,839for him on earth as it is in heaven.38700:21:49,839 –> 00:21:53,819Father please bring people to love and worship38800:21:54,060 –> 00:21:56,459and trust and adore you.38900:21:58,380 –> 00:22:02,359And I hope that’s true of each one of us today.39000:22:02,359 –> 00:22:03,839You’re listening to Open the Bible39100:22:03,839 –> 00:22:06,079with pastor Colin Smith and a message39200:22:06,079 –> 00:22:09,040called god’s name, the first in our series,39300:22:09,040 –> 00:22:11,099six things to ask of God.39400:22:11,099 –> 00:22:12,660And don’t forget if you ever missed one39500:22:12,660 –> 00:22:14,380of the series it’s easy to catch up39600:22:14,380 –> 00:22:15,939or go back and listen again.39700:22:15,939 –> 00:22:17,619You can do 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lives42700:23:27,680 –> 00:23:29,839and hearts of people because God’s word42800:23:29,839 –> 00:23:31,760is living seed and it bears42900:23:31,760 –> 00:23:33,079the most wonderful fruit.43000:23:33,079 –> 00:23:35,359It sustains us in the Christian life.43100:23:35,359 –> 00:23:38,319So this will get you into the Bible.43200:23:38,319 –> 00:23:39,920It’ll help you, secondly,43300:23:39,920 –> 00:23:43,160to understand the Bible story.43400:23:43,160 –> 00:23:45,359And the whole Bible is one story.43500:23:45,420 –> 00:23:48,479There is a narrative and drive through the Bible43600:23:48,479 –> 00:23:50,920takes us through the peaks and the Valleys43700:23:50,920 –> 00:23:52,579of the Bible story,43800:23:52,579 –> 00:23:55,040Old Testament, the gospels,43900:23:55,040 –> 00:23:57,119the believers’ experiences.44000:23:57,119 –> 00:24:00,160It’s laid out in the New Testament epistles.44100:24:00,160 –> 00:24:01,319And most of all,44200:24:01,319 –> 00:24:03,839because this is always the ultimate objective,44300:24:03,839 –> 00:24:06,119because the Bible is pointing us everywhere44400:24:06,119 –> 00:24:08,040to the Lord Jesus Christ,44500:24:08,040 –> 00:24:10,839as you are immersed in the scripture,44600:24:10,839 –> 00:24:12,880in this very simple introduction,44700:24:12,880 –> 00:24:15,119you’re gonna grow in your love44800:24:15,140 –> 00:24:17,300for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.44900:24:17,300 –> 00:24:18,260And that’s my biggest hope,45000:24:18,260 –> 00:24:19,699my biggest prayer.45100:24:19,699 –> 00:24:23,060As I think of people driving through the Bible story,45200:24:23,060 –> 00:24:25,099that love for Christ will grow45300:24:25,099 –> 00:24:26,839and faith in Christ will grow45400:24:26,839 –> 00:24:29,459and that hope in Christ will increase45500:24:29,459 –> 00:24:33,099as the word of God does its marvelous work in our lives.45600:24:33,099 –> 00:24:34,660Well, we’d love to send you a copy45700:24:34,660 –> 00:24:36,839of Colin’s book, Drive Through the Bible,45800:24:36,839 –> 00:24:38,420A 30-Day Journey,45900:24:38,420 –> 00:24:40,739if you were able to set up a new direct debit46000:24:40,739 –> 00:24:42,439to the work of Open the Bible46100:24:42,439 –> 00:24:45,199in the amount of £5 per month or more46200:24:45,199 –> 00:24:48,339or a one-off gift of £50 or more.46300:24:48,339 –> 00:24:51,099Full terms and conditions are on our website46400:24:51,099 –> 00:24:53,500and you can give online.46500:24:53,500 –> 00:24:56,119For Open the Bible, Pastor, Colin Smith,46600:24:56,119 –> 00:24:57,239I’m David Pick,46700:24:57,239 –> 00:24:59,119and I hope you’ll join us again next time46800:24:59,119 –> 00:25:00,520on Open the Bible.46900:25:08,520 –> 00:25:10,800Why might you want to use the Lord’s Prayer47000:25:10,819 –> 00:25:12,719when you pray yourself?47100:25:12,719 –> 00:25:15,300Find out next time on Open the Bible.