God’s Name

Matthew 6:5-15
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Pastor Colin outlines the six petitions of the Lord’s Prayer, explaining that three relate to God’s glory and three to human needs. These are: hallowing God’s name, the coming of God’s kingdom, God’s will being done, God’s provision, God’s forgiveness, and deliverance from evil. Pastor Colin explains that the Lord’s Prayer serves as a template or framework for our prayers.

He suggests a practical approach by dividing a jotter page into six sections corresponding to the petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. This technique can be used to write down and organise prayer points under each section, either starting with the headings or beginning with specific needs and considering how they relate to each petition.

Pastor Colin mentions Martin Luther’s practice of using the Lord’s Prayer as a template for his own prayers and praises Luther’s book “A Simple Way to Pray” written for his barber. Luther advised using the Lord’s Prayer to prompt heartfelt and thoughtful prayer, rather than rote repetition.

The sermon then delves into the context and meaning of the first petition, “Hallowed be Your Name,” noting that all six petitions are addressed to God as “Our Father in Heaven.”

1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:05,380 Well, please open your Bible at Matthew’s Gospel and chapter 6. 2 00:00:05,380 –> 00:00:10,260 Today we’re beginning a new series on the Lord’s Prayer entitled, 3 00:00:10,260 –> 00:00:13,700 Six Things to Ask of God. 4 00:00:13,700 –> 00:00:23,020 Now, in any time of crisis the first duty and the first instinct of God’s people, is to pray. 5 00:00:23,020 –> 00:00:25,660 But what are we to pray? 6 00:00:25,680 –> 00:00:31,040 What exactly are we to ask of God? 7 00:00:31,040 –> 00:00:35,560 Prayer, I think is an area where all of us need to grow. 8 00:00:35,560 –> 00:00:40,740 I think it’s an area in which all who really love the Lord Jesus Christ wants to grow. 9 00:00:40,740 –> 00:00:48,619 I’ve met over the years a few folks who would style themselves as experts in evangelism, 10 00:00:48,720 –> 00:00:51,740 experts in youth work or in men’s ministry. 11 00:00:51,740 –> 00:00:59,900 I have never yet met a Christian who thinks of him or herself as an expert in regards 12 00:00:59,900 –> 00:01:00,900 to prayer. 13 00:01:00,900 –> 00:01:10,199 All of us feel that we need to stand with the disciples and to say, Lord, teach us to 14 00:01:10,199 –> 00:01:17,680 pray and aren’t you so glad that Jesus answered that question of the disciples and that we 15 00:01:17,699 –> 00:01:21,239 have the answer of Jesus to that question. 16 00:01:21,239 –> 00:01:28,059 Teach us to pray right in front of us here in the Scriptures today. 17 00:01:28,059 –> 00:01:38,660 What we have here then is the Son of God teaching us how to pray and who would not want to pull 18 00:01:38,680 –> 00:01:47,760 up a chair and to sit down and to hear him as he teaches us today. 19 00:01:47,760 –> 00:01:54,760 Now I’ve called this series six things to ask of God because there are six petitions 20 00:01:54,760 –> 00:01:56,500 in the Lord’s Prayer. 21 00:01:56,500 –> 00:02:03,360 Three of them relates to God’s glory and three of them relate to our good. 22 00:02:03,620 –> 00:02:10,839 In relation to God’s glory, we ask first that God’s name will be honored, then that his 23 00:02:10,839 –> 00:02:15,600 kingdom will come, and then that his will should be done. 24 00:02:15,600 –> 00:02:22,339 And then, in relation to ourselves, we ask that God will provide what we need, that God 25 00:02:22,339 –> 00:02:29,339 will forgive our many sins and that God will deliver us from evil. 26 00:02:29,860 –> 00:02:36,860 So 6 things Jesus teaches us we should ask of God, and all that we could ever ask, all 27 00:02:39,119 –> 00:02:46,119 that we need ever ask can be included under one of these six petitions. 28 00:02:47,100 –> 00:02:53,600 So the Lord’s Prayer is really like a kind of template for praying. It gives us a plan 29 00:02:53,600 –> 00:02:58,020 for prayer. It gives us an outline, it gives us a framework, 30 00:02:58,199 –> 00:03:05,199 it teaches us how to pray. So if you were to take, for example, a jotter and you were 31 00:03:08,360 –> 00:03:15,360 to divide a page into six very simple sections, you could call them God’s Name, God’s Kingdom, 32 00:03:17,699 –> 00:03:24,699 God’s Will, God’s Provision, God’s Forgiveness, and God’s Deliverance. 33 00:03:25,460 –> 00:03:32,460 And on that page, in these six sections, you would have a perfect outline for prayer. You 34 00:03:34,600 –> 00:03:39,419 could use it in two ways when you have it in your jotter. You could first start with 35 00:03:39,419 –> 00:03:44,899 the headings and then just fill in under each of them things that you think you ought to 36 00:03:44,899 –> 00:03:51,399 pray in relation to each of these six petitions. Or you could do it another way. You could 37 00:03:51,940 –> 00:03:58,139 with what’s on your mind. You have a friend who is in some need. They need help and they 38 00:03:58,139 –> 00:04:03,080 need support so where does that belong? Well, of course, that’s part of what God would provide 39 00:04:03,080 –> 00:04:08,320 for them so you write that down there. But then you think to yourself, now wait a minute, 40 00:04:08,320 –> 00:04:15,320 what else do I need to pray in regards to this person? I mean, what would it mean for 41 00:04:15,720 –> 00:04:22,720 God’s name to be honored in this situation that this person is facing? What would it 42 00:04:23,559 –> 00:04:30,559 mean for God’s will to be done in their situation? So the requests of the Lord’s Prayer, they 43 00:04:34,619 –> 00:04:41,619 are really like six pegs on which you can hang all of your other prayers. The Lord’s 44 00:04:42,359 –> 00:04:49,359 Prayer is given to us in order to shape our prayers. It is Jesus teaching us how we should 45 00:04:54,980 –> 00:05:00,339 pray. Now my aim in this series is that through 46 00:05:00,339 –> 00:05:07,339 these six petitions, we will learn better how to pray, that we’ll learn to pray more 47 00:05:08,100 –> 00:05:15,100 effectively. And it is for this reason that Jesus has given us the Lord’s Prayer. Lord, 48 00:05:15,220 –> 00:05:22,220 teach us how to pray. Using the Lord’s Prayer as a template in this 49 00:05:27,700 –> 00:05:34,700 way, it’s not something new. You know, Martin Luther used the Lord’s Prayer as a template 50 00:05:35,179 –> 00:05:42,179 for his own prayers throughout his entire life and he commended this practice in a delightful 51 00:05:43,119 –> 00:05:50,119 little book called A Simple Way to Pray. This book was written by Martin Luther for 52 00:05:50,519 –> 00:05:57,519 his barber. And my imagination just runs into overdrive with this, I picture Luther sitting 53 00:05:57,899 –> 00:06:04,899 in the chair getting his hair cut. And he leans back in the chair and the barber begins 54 00:06:06,839 –> 00:06:13,200 to shave the stubble from his chin and, as he’s doing this delicate work, he says to 55 00:06:13,200 –> 00:06:20,200 Luther, Pastor Martin, I have a question, how should I go about praying? And I think 56 00:06:20,540 –> 00:06:26,299 I should go about praying. And I think to myself, well maybe Luther just said at that 57 00:06:26,299 –> 00:06:32,459 point, my friend, please just focus on what you’re doing with that razor blade. I’ll 58 00:06:32,459 –> 00:06:38,359 answer your question but let me do it later. I’ll write you a book entitled A Simple 59 00:06:38,359 –> 00:06:42,940 Way to Pray. And that’s what Luther did. He wrote this marvelous little book for his 60 00:06:42,940 –> 00:06:48,700 barber telling this man, who wanted to know how to pray more effectively, how to do it 61 00:06:48,720 –> 00:06:58,519 by using the Lord’s prayer as a template for his own prayers. And Luther says in this book, 62 00:06:58,540 –> 00:07:05,239 I do not want you to recite all these words in your prayer. In other words, he’s saying, 63 00:07:05,239 –> 00:07:11,660 this prayer is not given simply so that we use it as a repeated recitation. No, Luther 64 00:07:11,739 –> 00:07:21,799 says, here’s what I want you to do. I want your heart to be stirred and to be moved by 65 00:07:21,799 –> 00:07:29,239 the thoughts that are prompted from the Lord’s prayer. In other words, use this as a template. 66 00:07:29,239 –> 00:07:37,640 Use each of these six petitions as pegs on which you will hang your prayers, a framework 67 00:07:37,640 –> 00:07:44,720 on which you will build the prayers that you offer to God. And this simple way to pray 68 00:07:44,720 –> 00:07:51,920 was not simply Luther’s idea of you know, what a barber should do. This is what Luther 69 00:07:51,920 –> 00:08:01,299 did himself, throughout his entire life. He says this, to this day, I suckle at the Lord’s 70 00:08:01,899 –> 00:08:11,920 prayer like a child. And as an old man, I eat and drink from it and never get my fill. Well 71 00:08:11,920 –> 00:08:20,660 friends, that describes exactly what I want us to do over these next weeks together. I 72 00:08:20,920 –> 00:08:35,039 us to suckle at the Lord’s prayer. To learn from Jesus Christ himself, how we should pray. 73 00:08:35,039 –> 00:08:44,780 Now today we look at the first petition of the Lord’s prayer, Hallowed be your name. 74 00:08:45,280 –> 00:08:51,020 We’re going to look at the relationship in which this prayer is prayed, we’re going to look 75 00:08:51,020 –> 00:08:57,080 at the prayer itself and its meaning, we’re going to look at the ways in which it is answered, 76 00:08:57,080 –> 00:09:02,020 we’re going to look at the challenge that it brings, and then we’re going to look at 77 00:09:02,020 –> 00:09:07,799 the example of our Lord Jesus Christ. And then at the end I want us to take time to 78 00:09:07,799 –> 00:09:17,559 pray from this prayer together, hallowed be your name. Now let’s start here, because this 79 00:09:17,559 –> 00:09:24,039 is where Jesus begins with the relationship, Matthew Chapter 6 and verse 9, Pray then like 80 00:09:24,039 –> 00:09:35,739 this, Our father in heaven. It’s very important. The 6 petitions of the Lord’s prayer are all 81 00:09:36,059 –> 00:09:45,640 addressed to our Father in heaven. In other words, this is a prayer for God’s children. 82 00:09:45,640 –> 00:09:53,299 These are prayers that are to be brought by those who have been reconciled to God through 83 00:09:53,299 –> 00:10:00,299 faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. And that’s a very important reminder for us because by 84 00:10:00,739 –> 00:10:07,739 nature, we simply cannot pray this prayer. The Bible makes it very clear that by nature, 85 00:10:08,580 –> 00:10:15,580 we are alienated from God and we are dead towards him. By nature, we are more concerned 86 00:10:16,539 –> 00:10:23,539 about our name than we are about God’s name. By nature, we tend to think that life revolves 87 00:10:23,539 –> 00:10:30,539 around us and so if we’re left to ourselves, if we were to pray at all, we begin with ourselves 88 00:10:31,179 –> 00:10:35,539 and we begin with our needs and we never really get any further. 89 00:10:35,539 –> 00:10:42,419 But Jesus came into the world to bring us into an entirely new and different relationship 90 00:10:42,419 –> 00:10:49,419 with God. God is his Father and through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we come to know 91 00:10:50,260 –> 00:10:57,260 God as our Father as well. Jesus brings you into a new relationship with God, in which 92 00:11:01,080 –> 00:11:08,080 you love him, you trust him, you worship him, you serve him and you obey him. 93 00:11:10,919 –> 00:11:17,919 In love for this perfect Father, you will discover a new peace, a new strength, a new 94 00:11:20,400 –> 00:11:27,400 hope and a new joy. How great is the love that the Father has lavished on us, that we 95 00:11:30,400 –> 00:11:37,400 should be called children of God! In Christ, we are adopted into the family of God and 96 00:11:40,280 –> 00:11:46,239 that’s why God sends his Spirit into our hearts, the apostle Paul says, to cry out 97 00:11:47,219 –> 00:11:48,619 father. 98 00:11:48,619 –> 00:11:54,780 So the Lord’s Prayer has six petitions and they are all addressed to our Father in Heaven. 99 00:11:54,780 –> 00:12:00,140 They are all prayed out of this relationship in which, through faith in the Lord Jesus 100 00:12:00,140 –> 00:12:07,140 Christ we are reconciled to God. Father Hallowed be your Name. Father let 101 00:12:07,419 –> 00:12:13,380 your Kingdom come and your will be done. Father give us this day our daily bread. Father forgive 102 00:12:13,380 –> 00:12:20,380 our sins and Father deliver us from evil. These are the prayers of a Christian Disciple. 103 00:12:21,739 –> 00:12:27,380 They are not the things that we would ask of God if we were left to ourselves. They 104 00:12:27,380 –> 00:12:34,380 are the prayers that Jesus brings us into. They are the prayers of God’s own children 105 00:12:34,580 –> 00:12:41,580 and so you want to pray as Jesus taught us to pray. Here is where we must begin. We must 106 00:12:42,000 –> 00:12:49,000 enter by faith in Jesus that relationship in which we come to know God as our own Father. 107 00:12:50,239 –> 00:12:57,239 We come to the Father only through Him and John makes this very clear in his Gospel where 108 00:12:58,119 –> 00:13:05,119 he says to those who received him that is received Jesus. To those who believe in his 109 00:13:05,659 –> 00:13:12,659 name God gives the right that they should be his own children. If you want to know God 110 00:13:14,159 –> 00:13:21,159 as your own Father. If you want to learn how to pray as Jesus teaches us to pray, you must 111 00:13:22,900 –> 00:13:29,900 receive Jesus as the Lord and as the Savior of your life and you do this by believing 112 00:13:29,900 –> 00:13:36,900 I listen. That is where all true prayer begins. Now what a marvelous thing it is to know the 113 00:13:48,760 –> 00:13:55,760 Sovereign Lord of the universe as your own heavenly Father. 114 00:13:56,580 –> 00:14:03,580 Dr Jim Packer has a wonderful little image and phrase on this that has been very helpful 115 00:14:03,919 –> 00:14:10,000 to me. I just call it because it sticks in my mind Packer’s pendulum. And here’s what 116 00:14:10,000 –> 00:14:17,000 Dr Packer says. Let your thoughts flow to and fro like an accelerating pendulum. 117 00:14:17,000 –> 00:14:24,000 Taking ever wider swings. He is my Father! He is God in heaven. He is God in heaven. 118 00:14:32,099 –> 00:14:39,099 He is my Father. Packer’s pendulum. Try and take this in that when you come before 119 00:14:39,599 –> 00:14:46,599 your Father in prayer, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are speaking to the 120 00:14:46,760 –> 00:14:53,760 sovereign Lord of the universe, our Father in heaven. 121 00:14:53,960 –> 00:14:59,020 When Jesus brings you to know that his Father is your Father, you will have such a great 122 00:14:59,020 –> 00:15:06,119 desire to pray. You will love the Father for his love. You will love him for his love for 123 00:15:06,260 –> 00:15:13,260 you will love the Father from your heart, and because you love him, well, your first 124 00:15:13,940 –> 00:15:19,940 desire will be that his name should be honored. 125 00:15:19,940 –> 00:15:21,059 That’s the relationship. 126 00:15:21,059 –> 00:15:27,299 Then let’s look together at the prayer itself, and what this prayer actually means. 127 00:15:27,299 –> 00:15:34,299 Praying like this, Jesus says, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 128 00:15:34,880 –> 00:15:41,880 Now, what exactly are we asking God to do when we pray this prayer? 129 00:15:43,679 –> 00:15:48,960 What does it mean, hallowed be your name? 130 00:15:48,960 –> 00:15:55,960 Now, I want you to notice that heaven frames the first three petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. 131 00:15:58,840 –> 00:16:00,200 Did you notice that? 132 00:16:00,200 –> 00:16:04,260 Your father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 133 00:16:04,260 –> 00:16:09,700 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 134 00:16:09,700 –> 00:16:16,700 In other words, heaven frames the first three petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. 135 00:16:18,320 –> 00:16:21,260 Hallowed be your name on earth as it is in heaven 136 00:16:21,260 –> 00:16:23,960 Your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven 137 00:16:23,960 –> 00:16:27,979 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 138 00:16:28,919 –> 00:16:35,059 Now you see that invites us immediately to think about the scene 139 00:16:35,059 –> 00:16:38,719 as it is described to us in the Bible in heaven itself. 140 00:16:38,719 –> 00:16:40,260 What is the scene in heaven? 141 00:16:40,260 –> 00:16:44,340 Well, angels cry out in heaven right now, 142 00:16:44,340 –> 00:16:47,219 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord! 143 00:16:47,219 –> 00:16:52,000 In fact the worship in heaven, the exalting of the Father’s name in heaven. 144 00:16:52,000 –> 00:16:54,659 It never ends! 145 00:16:54,659 –> 00:17:01,059 The Scripture says day and night they, that is the heavenly creatures, 146 00:17:01,059 –> 00:17:03,059 never cease to cry, 147 00:17:03,059 –> 00:17:08,180 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty 148 00:17:08,180 –> 00:17:13,819 who was and is and is to come. 149 00:17:13,819 –> 00:17:18,939 Every creature in heaven without exception joins in saying, 150 00:17:18,939 –> 00:17:23,680 to him who sits upon the throne and to the lamb be blessing and honour 151 00:17:24,160 –> 00:17:27,880 and glory and might for ever and for ever. 152 00:17:29,599 –> 00:17:33,920 That’s the scene in heaven. 153 00:17:33,920 –> 00:17:38,520 Unceasing worship, God’s name 154 00:17:38,520 –> 00:17:42,920 exalted and God’s name 155 00:17:42,920 –> 00:17:46,199 adored. 156 00:17:46,199 –> 00:17:49,520 Now what about the scene on earth? 157 00:17:49,560 –> 00:17:52,959 Listen to how that’s described by the prophet Isaiah. 158 00:17:54,020 –> 00:17:56,339 God says through Isaiah, 159 00:17:56,339 –> 00:18:00,660 continually all the day 160 00:18:01,939 –> 00:18:04,520 my name is despised. 161 00:18:06,459 –> 00:18:07,979 That’s the reality on earth 162 00:18:09,219 –> 00:18:11,920 and it could not be more different 163 00:18:11,920 –> 00:18:15,439 from the reality right now in heaven. 164 00:18:16,420 –> 00:18:19,540 In heaven, God’s name worshipped, 165 00:18:19,540 –> 00:18:22,880 adored without ceasing on earth, 166 00:18:22,880 –> 00:18:27,380 his name despised, blasphemed, 167 00:18:28,319 –> 00:18:30,339 all day long. 168 00:18:32,180 –> 00:18:34,380 And it’s into that chasm 169 00:18:35,319 –> 00:18:37,459 of the difference between the reality 170 00:18:37,459 –> 00:18:39,479 in heaven and the reality on earth 171 00:18:39,479 –> 00:18:43,319 that we pray the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer. 172 00:18:43,319 –> 00:18:45,260 Hallowed be Your Name. 173 00:18:46,199 –> 00:18:49,819 Let Your Name, O Father, be exalted, 174 00:18:49,819 –> 00:18:51,979 worshipped, treasured, and adored 175 00:18:51,979 –> 00:18:54,520 on earth as it is in heaven. 176 00:18:56,300 –> 00:18:58,900 We are asking when we pray this prayer 177 00:19:00,040 –> 00:19:03,800 that God will so move in this world 178 00:19:05,119 –> 00:19:07,160 that God will act in such a way 179 00:19:07,160 –> 00:19:11,040 that people around the globe will come 180 00:19:11,040 –> 00:19:14,280 to worship Him, to treasure Him, 181 00:19:14,280 –> 00:19:16,800 to adore Him, to live for Him on earth 182 00:19:16,800 –> 00:19:18,680 as it is in heaven. 183 00:19:18,680 –> 00:19:22,000 Father, please bring people to love 184 00:19:22,000 –> 00:19:25,520 and worship and trust, and adore You. 185 00:19:26,900 –> 00:19:31,180 Father, make that true of us in Your Church. 186 00:19:32,420 –> 00:19:37,160 Father, make that true of me in my life today. 187 00:19:38,319 –> 00:19:40,140 Now notice this is very significant 188 00:19:40,140 –> 00:19:42,760 for a person who really comes to know 189 00:19:42,800 –> 00:19:46,380 God as Father, and truly to love Him. 190 00:19:46,380 –> 00:19:48,579 Through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 191 00:19:48,579 –> 00:19:52,859 the very first request that Jesus teaches us to pray. 192 00:19:52,859 –> 00:19:56,439 He says, begin here, not with yourself and your own needs, 193 00:19:57,979 –> 00:20:02,979 but with God the Father, and His name, and His glory. 194 00:20:05,060 –> 00:20:06,319 That’s the first petition. 195 00:20:07,959 –> 00:20:12,040 Now that’s the prayer, what about the answer? 196 00:20:13,160 –> 00:20:15,160 Will this prayer be answered? 197 00:20:15,160 –> 00:20:16,520 I guess that’s the first question 198 00:20:16,520 –> 00:20:19,000 that comes to our minds in regards to any prayer, 199 00:20:19,000 –> 00:20:21,760 will this prayer be answered? 200 00:20:23,579 –> 00:20:26,939 And, of course, the answer to that question is yes. 201 00:20:26,939 –> 00:20:31,000 Our Lord Jesus Christ did not teach us 202 00:20:31,000 –> 00:20:33,280 to pray futile prayers. 203 00:20:34,160 –> 00:20:36,040 And, you know, one of the wonderful things 204 00:20:36,040 –> 00:20:37,880 about using the Lord’s Prayer 205 00:20:37,880 –> 00:20:40,160 as a template for your prayers, 206 00:20:40,199 –> 00:20:42,619 these six petitions as pegs, as it were, 207 00:20:42,619 –> 00:20:44,979 on which you can hang your own prayers, 208 00:20:44,979 –> 00:20:47,280 one of the wonderful things about doing that 209 00:20:47,280 –> 00:20:49,959 is that when you frame your prayers in this way, 210 00:20:49,959 –> 00:20:52,839 you can always pray with confidence. 211 00:20:52,839 –> 00:20:54,359 You will always be able to know 212 00:20:54,359 –> 00:20:56,459 that you are praying in God’s will 213 00:20:56,459 –> 00:20:58,359 because these are the things 214 00:20:58,359 –> 00:21:03,040 that your Lord Jesus Christ taught you to pray. 215 00:21:04,619 –> 00:21:07,439 Each of these petitions 216 00:21:07,459 –> 00:21:11,540 has a wonderful double answer. 217 00:21:13,239 –> 00:21:17,319 Each will be answered when the Lord returns 218 00:21:18,339 –> 00:21:21,920 and each has an answer that we can experience 219 00:21:21,920 –> 00:21:24,479 in our lives here and now. 220 00:21:24,479 –> 00:21:29,160 In other words, for every petition of the Lord’s prayer, 221 00:21:29,160 –> 00:21:34,160 there is a now answer and there is a then answer. 222 00:21:34,760 –> 00:21:39,079 When Christ returns, in power and in glory, 223 00:21:39,079 –> 00:21:42,000 God’s name will be hallowed and honored 224 00:21:42,000 –> 00:21:44,140 and glorified and exalted. 225 00:21:44,140 –> 00:21:47,000 The Bible says the earth will be filled 226 00:21:47,000 –> 00:21:51,199 with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. 227 00:21:51,199 –> 00:21:55,520 You know, when Jesus Christ returns in power and in glory, 228 00:21:55,520 –> 00:22:00,239 this world is going to become the home of righteousness. 229 00:22:01,199 –> 00:22:06,319 Never again on this planet will God’s name be blasphemed. 230 00:22:07,280 –> 00:22:09,599 His name will be honored, loved, treasured, 231 00:22:09,599 –> 00:22:12,959 adored on earth as it is in heaven. 232 00:22:14,000 –> 00:22:18,699 All of God’s people will love him, worship him, 233 00:22:19,599 –> 00:22:24,359 walk with him, forever and forever. 234 00:22:24,359 –> 00:22:28,859 Lord, hasten that day when this prayer will be answered. 235 00:22:31,119 –> 00:22:35,520 But how can the prayer be answered here and now? 236 00:22:35,520 –> 00:22:37,319 There’s not only a then answer, 237 00:22:37,319 –> 00:22:41,219 there’s also a now answer to this prayer 238 00:22:41,219 –> 00:22:43,359 and to all the other petitions 239 00:22:43,359 –> 00:22:45,479 in the Lord’s prayer as well. 240 00:22:45,479 –> 00:22:48,040 How can this prayer be answered here and now 241 00:22:48,040 –> 00:22:52,359 in a world that still despises 242 00:22:52,359 –> 00:22:55,359 and even blasphemes God’s name? 243 00:22:56,359 –> 00:22:59,959 What is God’s answer to a world 244 00:22:59,959 –> 00:23:02,439 that blasphemes his name all the day long? 245 00:23:04,000 –> 00:23:07,579 Well, God himself tells us in the prophecy of Isaiah 246 00:23:07,579 –> 00:23:09,520 that we looked at earlier, 247 00:23:09,520 –> 00:23:14,520 continually all the day God says my name is despised, 248 00:23:15,599 –> 00:23:18,260 there’s the awful reality on earth, 249 00:23:18,260 –> 00:23:20,119 but here’s the answer. 250 00:23:20,119 –> 00:23:22,319 Therefore, God says, 251 00:23:22,359 –> 00:23:26,180 my people shall know my name. 252 00:23:27,280 –> 00:23:32,280 You see God’s answer to a world that despises his name 253 00:23:33,680 –> 00:23:37,219 is a people who know his name. 254 00:23:38,859 –> 00:23:42,119 Hallowed be your name. 255 00:23:43,359 –> 00:23:46,599 That’s not a prayer for some kind of a change in God. 256 00:23:46,599 –> 00:23:49,680 It’s a prayer for a change in us. 257 00:23:49,699 –> 00:23:52,780 We’re not asking God to make himself more holy. 258 00:23:52,780 –> 00:23:54,280 How could that be? 259 00:23:54,280 –> 00:23:56,239 God is holy, holy, holy. 260 00:23:56,239 –> 00:24:00,359 He is infinite and perfect and complete in his holiness. 261 00:24:00,359 –> 00:24:03,239 He cannot be more holy than he already is. 262 00:24:04,219 –> 00:24:09,219 So when we pray, Father, hallowed be your name, 263 00:24:10,739 –> 00:24:14,839 we are asking God to raise up here on earth 264 00:24:14,839 –> 00:24:18,479 people who know him and who love him 265 00:24:18,479 –> 00:24:21,959 and who treasure him more than life itself 266 00:24:22,959 –> 00:24:26,000 so that in a world that still despises 267 00:24:26,000 –> 00:24:28,420 and blasphemes God’s holy name, 268 00:24:28,420 –> 00:24:31,979 his name may be honored by these people. 269 00:24:33,219 –> 00:24:35,500 That’s how it’s answered here and now. 270 00:24:37,979 –> 00:24:40,359 Dear friends, that leads us on very quickly then 271 00:24:40,359 –> 00:24:43,260 to the challenge that this prayer brings to us 272 00:24:43,260 –> 00:24:46,260 and the challenge that we face when we pray it. 273 00:24:47,180 –> 00:24:51,719 Playing the Lord’s Prayer will change your life. 274 00:24:53,319 –> 00:24:57,040 And as we go through this prayer together, 275 00:24:57,040 –> 00:24:58,760 we’re going to see that the Lord’s Prayer 276 00:24:58,760 –> 00:25:00,540 is not for the faint hearted, 277 00:25:01,579 –> 00:25:04,540 it searches us out, 278 00:25:04,540 –> 00:25:07,920 it plumbs the depths and the motives of our own hearts 279 00:25:07,920 –> 00:25:11,079 even as these petitions get into us 280 00:25:11,079 –> 00:25:14,180 and as we get on the inside of them. 281 00:25:15,060 –> 00:25:19,040 Lord, I want your name to be hallowed, 282 00:25:20,859 –> 00:25:25,520 and so dear Lord, let my life bring honour to you. 283 00:25:27,979 –> 00:25:29,119 Think about this, 284 00:25:30,560 –> 00:25:35,560 who bears God’s name in this world? 285 00:25:38,560 –> 00:25:41,380 The answer is we do. 286 00:25:41,819 –> 00:25:45,900 Brothers, sisters, we are his people. 287 00:25:47,420 –> 00:25:50,900 We are the sheep of his pasture. 288 00:25:51,579 –> 00:25:55,760 Peter says very clearly to Christian believers, 289 00:25:55,760 –> 00:26:00,500 you are a people for his own possession. 290 00:26:00,500 –> 00:26:01,660 You’re his people. 291 00:26:03,060 –> 00:26:08,060 And you are his people in order that you may proclaim 292 00:26:09,060 –> 00:26:13,579 the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness 293 00:26:13,579 –> 00:26:16,140 and into his marvelous light. 294 00:26:18,219 –> 00:26:19,819 You are the ones 295 00:26:20,619 –> 00:26:25,260 who will honor God’s name on Earth as it is in heaven. 296 00:26:27,939 –> 00:26:29,819 Now, we saw a few moments ago 297 00:26:29,819 –> 00:26:32,859 that God’s answer to a world that despises his name 298 00:26:32,859 –> 00:26:35,560 is a people who know his name. 299 00:26:35,560 –> 00:26:38,000 And here’s the challenge that that brings. 300 00:26:39,060 –> 00:26:42,739 The apostle Paul quotes the words of Isaiah 301 00:26:43,599 –> 00:26:48,599 that God’s name is despised all day long. 302 00:26:49,020 –> 00:26:52,359 He takes up that quotation from Isaiah chapter 52 303 00:26:52,359 –> 00:26:55,079 in Romans chapter two and verse 24, 304 00:26:55,079 –> 00:26:56,540 for it is written, 305 00:26:56,540 –> 00:26:59,060 here’s the quote from Isaiah, 306 00:26:59,060 –> 00:27:03,479 the name of God is blasphemed 307 00:27:04,160 –> 00:27:05,719 among the Gentiles. 308 00:27:06,660 –> 00:27:10,979 The nations of the world Paul says blaspheme, 309 00:27:10,979 –> 00:27:12,020 the name of God. 310 00:27:13,660 –> 00:27:15,739 Now you would expect him to say, 311 00:27:15,739 –> 00:27:18,579 because he’s quoting from Isaiah and chapter 52, 312 00:27:18,579 –> 00:27:19,900 you would expect him to say, 313 00:27:19,900 –> 00:27:22,579 but as Isaiah says, 314 00:27:22,579 –> 00:27:27,579 God’s answer to a world that blasphemes His name 315 00:27:28,839 –> 00:27:32,140 is a people who know His name. 316 00:27:32,160 –> 00:27:35,719 But that’s not what the apostle Paul says. 317 00:27:35,719 –> 00:27:39,819 Instead, there’s a sting in the tail, 318 00:27:40,959 –> 00:27:42,920 Romans chapter two and verse 24. 319 00:27:42,920 –> 00:27:44,180 This is what it says. 320 00:27:44,180 –> 00:27:46,000 For as it is written, 321 00:27:46,000 –> 00:27:50,699 the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles 322 00:27:50,699 –> 00:27:52,800 because of you, 323 00:27:54,780 –> 00:27:55,880 because of you. 324 00:27:56,619 –> 00:28:01,560 Brothers, sisters, we all know what this is like. 325 00:28:03,119 –> 00:28:06,420 We’ve seen the damage that comes to the name 326 00:28:06,420 –> 00:28:11,420 and the reputation of our holy father, 327 00:28:11,599 –> 00:28:16,599 when the world sees someone who bears his name 328 00:28:17,599 –> 00:28:22,339 and then acts in a way that is obviously inconsistent 329 00:28:22,339 –> 00:28:25,300 with the faith that he or she professes. 330 00:28:26,619 –> 00:28:29,160 And you see what the Apostle Paul is saying here? 331 00:28:29,160 –> 00:28:31,800 He’s saying to people who bear the name of the Lord 332 00:28:31,800 –> 00:28:32,640 in the world, 333 00:28:32,640 –> 00:28:35,719 you ought to be the answer to the world’s blasphemy 334 00:28:35,719 –> 00:28:38,140 and actually you’re becoming the cause of it. 335 00:28:39,280 –> 00:28:42,400 And if you live in a way that is inconsistent 336 00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:44,459 with the name that you bear, 337 00:28:46,560 –> 00:28:49,140 then you invite the world to blaspheme 338 00:28:49,140 –> 00:28:51,800 God’s holy name all the more. 339 00:28:52,439 –> 00:28:55,979 I told you this wasn’t a prayer for the faint hearted. 340 00:28:58,300 –> 00:29:01,900 It searches us to the very core of our being. 341 00:29:03,239 –> 00:29:05,280 Praying this prayer, brother, sister, 342 00:29:05,280 –> 00:29:06,920 really will change you. 343 00:29:06,920 –> 00:29:09,119 And it really will change me. 344 00:29:11,560 –> 00:29:14,079 It will light a fire within you 345 00:29:14,079 –> 00:29:17,920 to live in a way that honors your Father in heaven. 346 00:29:17,920 –> 00:29:20,800 Father, hallowed be your name. 347 00:29:22,459 –> 00:29:27,459 Lord, I want your name to be honored. 348 00:29:29,339 –> 00:29:33,380 Let me never act or speak 349 00:29:33,380 –> 00:29:38,380 in a way that dishonors your holy name. 350 00:29:40,579 –> 00:29:41,680 That’s the challenge. 351 00:29:44,780 –> 00:29:46,839 And now, fifthly, the example. 352 00:29:47,780 –> 00:29:49,760 And we’ll ask this question each time 353 00:29:50,079 –> 00:29:52,000 and we’ll ask this question each time 354 00:29:52,000 –> 00:29:56,579 as we go through the six petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. 355 00:29:57,520 –> 00:30:01,680 Did Jesus ever pray this prayer himself? 356 00:30:02,959 –> 00:30:05,839 And the answer is yes, he did. 357 00:30:05,839 –> 00:30:08,959 He prayed each of the petitions of the Lord’s prayer, 358 00:30:08,959 –> 00:30:13,119 either for himself or for others. 359 00:30:14,199 –> 00:30:16,060 And John records in his Gospel 360 00:30:16,060 –> 00:30:18,040 how our Lord Jesus prayed 361 00:30:18,040 –> 00:30:20,319 this first petition of the Lord’s Prayer. 362 00:30:20,319 –> 00:30:24,140 It’s in John chapter 12 and verse 27. 363 00:30:24,140 –> 00:30:24,979 Jesus says, 364 00:30:24,979 –> 00:30:27,500 Now is my soul troubled. 365 00:30:28,780 –> 00:30:30,079 And what shall I say? 366 00:30:31,199 –> 00:30:33,619 Father save me from this hour, 367 00:30:35,119 –> 00:30:39,380 but for this purpose, I have come to this hour. 368 00:30:39,380 –> 00:30:43,459 Father glorify your name. 369 00:30:46,420 –> 00:30:47,239 Now you see that prayer 370 00:30:47,239 –> 00:30:49,939 of Jesus father glorify your name. 371 00:30:49,939 –> 00:30:54,939 That’s Jesus praying the first petition 372 00:30:56,060 –> 00:30:57,239 of the Lord’s Prayer. 373 00:30:58,400 –> 00:30:59,880 And I want you to notice this 374 00:30:59,880 –> 00:31:01,339 because it’s very significant 375 00:31:01,339 –> 00:31:03,339 that Jesus prayed the first petition 376 00:31:03,339 –> 00:31:06,859 of the Lord’s Prayer when his own soul was in trouble. 377 00:31:08,260 –> 00:31:11,839 Our Lord faced the prospect 378 00:31:11,839 –> 00:31:14,500 of unspeakable suffering. 379 00:31:15,339 –> 00:31:19,859 He would be scourged, he would be mocked. 380 00:31:19,859 –> 00:31:21,619 He would be crucified. 381 00:31:21,619 –> 00:31:25,859 He would bear the curse of all our sin. 382 00:31:25,859 –> 00:31:28,160 He would plumb the depths 383 00:31:28,160 –> 00:31:30,619 of the darkness of hell itself. 384 00:31:32,020 –> 00:31:34,819 And as he thinks about what lies ahead of him, 385 00:31:34,819 –> 00:31:38,239 his own soul is troubled. 386 00:31:38,239 –> 00:31:39,939 What will he do? 387 00:31:40,859 –> 00:31:45,859 Will he say, Father, save me from this hour? 388 00:31:46,119 –> 00:31:47,520 No, he’s not going to do that. 389 00:31:47,520 –> 00:31:48,880 It was for this very hour 390 00:31:48,880 –> 00:31:51,880 and for this very purpose that he came into the world. 391 00:31:52,939 –> 00:31:57,859 So he says, Father, glorify your name. 392 00:31:57,859 –> 00:32:00,540 He prays the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer 393 00:32:00,540 –> 00:32:01,780 right there and then, 394 00:32:01,780 –> 00:32:05,760 honoring the Father’s name was everything to Jesus, 395 00:32:05,760 –> 00:32:09,020 everything to Jesus, even he. 396 00:32:10,660 –> 00:32:15,140 Now, friend, there may come a time in your life 397 00:32:16,060 –> 00:32:20,099 when you find yourself facing great darkness 398 00:32:20,959 –> 00:32:25,520 and even looking into the face of unspeakable evil. 399 00:32:27,180 –> 00:32:31,579 And you wonder how could God’s name 400 00:32:31,579 –> 00:32:34,020 possibly be honored here? 401 00:32:35,979 –> 00:32:37,239 And here’s your answer. 402 00:32:38,180 –> 00:32:40,599 God’s name will be honored 403 00:32:41,780 –> 00:32:46,239 when even here you love him 404 00:32:47,040 –> 00:32:49,439 and you trust him still. 405 00:32:52,040 –> 00:32:53,099 Now I want you to notice 406 00:32:53,099 –> 00:32:55,180 that when Jesus prayed this prayer, 407 00:32:55,180 –> 00:32:59,020 he received an immediate answer. 408 00:32:59,020 –> 00:33:00,859 The very next verse, we read, 409 00:33:00,859 –> 00:33:04,300 Then a voice came from heaven, 410 00:33:05,300 –> 00:33:11,180 I have glorified it and I will glorify it again. 411 00:33:11,180 –> 00:33:12,640 Now notice again here 412 00:33:12,640 –> 00:33:16,979 that there is a now and a then answer to this prayer. 413 00:33:16,979 –> 00:33:21,979 When Jesus brings the first petition glorify your name, 414 00:33:22,280 –> 00:33:23,359 there’s an immediate 415 00:33:23,359 –> 00:33:27,959 and there’s an ultimate answer to this prayer. 416 00:33:27,959 –> 00:33:32,000 I have and I will. 417 00:33:32,000 –> 00:33:33,839 I have glorified it. 418 00:33:34,619 –> 00:33:36,540 That is God’s name was glorified 419 00:33:36,540 –> 00:33:40,140 by what Jesus did in submitting to the cross. 420 00:33:40,140 –> 00:33:43,599 And God’s name is glorified here and now 421 00:33:43,599 –> 00:33:45,800 in this world that still despises him 422 00:33:45,800 –> 00:33:50,800 by people who love him and people who trust him 423 00:33:51,219 –> 00:33:55,400 even in the darkest place as Jesus did. 424 00:33:57,239 –> 00:33:59,140 That’s how God’s name is honoured now, 425 00:34:00,300 –> 00:34:01,520 but then the father says, 426 00:34:01,520 –> 00:34:03,579 I will glorify it again. 427 00:34:04,800 –> 00:34:07,180 See, God’s name was glorified 428 00:34:07,180 –> 00:34:11,219 not only by what Jesus did in submitting to the cross, 429 00:34:11,219 –> 00:34:15,780 but in what the father did by a raising him from the dead. 430 00:34:15,780 –> 00:34:17,760 And one day, brothers and sisters, 431 00:34:17,760 –> 00:34:20,500 our faith is going to be turned to sight. 432 00:34:20,500 –> 00:34:24,000 We’re going to see our risen Lord Jesus Christ 433 00:34:24,000 –> 00:34:26,780 face to face. 434 00:34:26,780 –> 00:34:30,060 And when He comes in power and in glory, 435 00:34:30,060 –> 00:34:33,600 darkness will be dispelled and a new day will dawn. 436 00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:36,860 Our souls, they’re going to be made perfect, 437 00:34:36,860 –> 00:34:39,439 when we see Him, we’ll be like Him, 438 00:34:39,439 –> 00:34:43,300 and our bodies will be transformed. 439 00:34:43,300 –> 00:34:46,879 God will be with us, we will be with Him, 440 00:34:46,879 –> 00:34:51,879 and we are going to exalt His name forever and forever. 441 00:34:54,320 –> 00:34:57,600 Do you know, there’s a very good reason 442 00:34:58,280 –> 00:35:03,280 why this is the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer? 443 00:35:06,139 –> 00:35:10,679 And surely among other reasons, there is this, 444 00:35:12,000 –> 00:35:16,560 that when all the other petitions 445 00:35:16,560 –> 00:35:18,719 of the Lord’s Prayer have been answered, 446 00:35:20,439 –> 00:35:23,800 this will still be the first and the greatest desire 447 00:35:23,800 –> 00:35:26,260 of all our hearts to all eternity? 448 00:35:27,840 –> 00:35:30,439 Think about it, in the presence of Jesus, 449 00:35:30,439 –> 00:35:33,979 no one will be saying, give us this day our daily bread, 450 00:35:33,979 –> 00:35:35,580 because all will be provided? 451 00:35:37,199 –> 00:35:39,939 No one will be saying, Father, forgive us our sins, 452 00:35:39,939 –> 00:35:41,719 because sin will be no more. 453 00:35:43,360 –> 00:35:45,840 No one will be saying, deliver us from evil, 454 00:35:45,840 –> 00:35:48,500 because evil will be banished 455 00:35:48,500 –> 00:35:52,719 to the lake of fire forever and forever. 456 00:35:52,719 –> 00:35:54,919 No one will be saying, your kingdom come, 457 00:35:54,959 –> 00:35:57,080 because the kingdom in all its fullness 458 00:35:57,080 –> 00:35:58,959 will be all around us. 459 00:35:59,879 –> 00:36:02,959 And no one will be saying, Father, your will be done, 460 00:36:02,959 –> 00:36:06,320 because our wills will be one with his will 461 00:36:06,320 –> 00:36:09,060 forever and forever, and in that we will find 462 00:36:09,060 –> 00:36:12,159 perfect freedom and perfect joy. 463 00:36:14,360 –> 00:36:19,360 But God himself will be honored forever and forever, 464 00:36:19,659 –> 00:36:24,360 and that will always be the first and greatest desire 465 00:36:26,659 –> 00:36:30,199 of our redeemed and glorified hearts. 466 00:36:32,179 –> 00:36:36,060 Will you join with me in praying this prayer? 467 00:36:40,040 –> 00:36:45,040 Our Father in heaven, we bow before you in worship today, 468 00:36:45,800 –> 00:36:49,280 and we exalt you for who you are 469 00:36:49,280 –> 00:36:51,899 and for all that you have done for us 470 00:36:51,899 –> 00:36:54,239 in your Son Jesus Christ. 471 00:36:55,600 –> 00:37:00,600 You are love, and in love you gave your Son for us. 472 00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:07,000 You are just, and justly you made Him our substitute 473 00:37:07,000 –> 00:37:09,639 and allowed Him to stand in our place. 474 00:37:11,159 –> 00:37:12,939 You re sovereign, and by your power 475 00:37:12,939 –> 00:37:14,979 you have raised Him from the dead. 476 00:37:16,060 –> 00:37:21,060 You are gracious, and by your Spirit you drew us to Christ, 477 00:37:21,659 –> 00:37:25,860 made us alive in Him, and pardoned our many sins. 478 00:37:26,879 –> 00:37:28,479 And God, you are faithful, 479 00:37:29,500 –> 00:37:32,820 for all the times we have doubted you 480 00:37:32,820 –> 00:37:35,659 and for all the times we have failed you, 481 00:37:36,679 –> 00:37:39,760 you have kept us, and father, 482 00:37:39,760 –> 00:37:42,399 you have never, never let us go. 483 00:37:43,939 –> 00:37:45,979 Father, we exalt your holy name. 484 00:37:47,060 –> 00:37:49,219 Right now, the angels surround you 485 00:37:49,219 –> 00:37:51,800 and cry out holy, holy, holy 486 00:37:51,800 –> 00:37:55,199 and we gladly join them in worship. 487 00:37:56,659 –> 00:37:59,679 Father, we grieve that this world does not know you. 488 00:38:00,919 –> 00:38:04,899 We grieve that millions can study the order 489 00:38:04,899 –> 00:38:07,080 and the beauty of all that you have made 490 00:38:07,080 –> 00:38:09,459 and yet give no thanks to you. 491 00:38:10,320 –> 00:38:12,879 We grieve because instead of praising 492 00:38:12,879 –> 00:38:16,040 the works of your hands many rage against you 493 00:38:16,040 –> 00:38:18,860 as if you were the author of all evil. 494 00:38:20,800 –> 00:38:22,959 Father, the world doesn’t know you. 495 00:38:24,479 –> 00:38:29,159 We grieve that your name is blasphemed all day long 496 00:38:29,159 –> 00:38:33,760 across every continent of this world that you have made. 497 00:38:33,760 –> 00:38:37,820 Father, how great is the hatred 498 00:38:37,820 –> 00:38:39,600 of the human heart against you. 499 00:38:41,040 –> 00:38:42,780 And how great is the love 500 00:38:42,780 –> 00:38:45,580 that you should love a world like this 501 00:38:46,939 –> 00:38:49,659 and send your son knowing that we would scourge him 502 00:38:49,659 –> 00:38:52,860 and spit on him and crucify him. 503 00:38:54,879 –> 00:38:56,179 Oh Lord, have mercy on us. 504 00:38:58,219 –> 00:39:00,500 We are so thankful that in your grace 505 00:39:01,659 –> 00:39:03,260 you have made us your children 506 00:39:03,600 –> 00:39:05,719 and that we can call you our father. 507 00:39:07,500 –> 00:39:10,060 We bear your name in the world 508 00:39:10,060 –> 00:39:15,060 and we tremble to think that anyone would despise you 509 00:39:15,219 –> 00:39:17,360 because of what they see in us. 510 00:39:19,540 –> 00:39:22,300 Deliver us then from merely calling you Lord 511 00:39:22,300 –> 00:39:24,500 and not doing what you command us. 512 00:39:26,020 –> 00:39:28,280 Let us be done with living for ourselves 513 00:39:28,280 –> 00:39:30,899 and help us live in a way that honors you. 514 00:39:31,820 –> 00:39:36,320 We pray today for friends and loved ones 515 00:39:36,320 –> 00:39:38,780 who are under great pressure, 516 00:39:38,780 –> 00:39:41,060 who endure great distress 517 00:39:41,060 –> 00:39:42,840 and who face great darkness. 518 00:39:44,020 –> 00:39:47,080 Grant that your name will be honored 519 00:39:47,080 –> 00:39:52,080 as they trust you and love you even in this. 520 00:39:53,800 –> 00:39:55,820 And as your son glorified your name 521 00:39:55,820 –> 00:39:57,199 by enduring the cross, 522 00:39:57,379 –> 00:40:00,040 so grant them endurance 523 00:40:00,040 –> 00:40:02,580 that they may reflect your sons likeness. 524 00:40:04,239 –> 00:40:06,899 Father, we long for your name to be hallowed. 525 00:40:08,399 –> 00:40:11,000 Please move and act in this world 526 00:40:11,000 –> 00:40:13,699 in such a way that more and more people 527 00:40:13,699 –> 00:40:17,300 will treasure you above all else 528 00:40:18,219 –> 00:40:20,699 and make that true of us. 529 00:40:21,820 –> 00:40:22,719 We pray. 530 00:40:23,479 –> 00:40:28,639 We bless you for our Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ. 531 00:40:28,639 –> 00:40:31,399 We often think of his great love for us, 532 00:40:31,399 –> 00:40:35,500 but today we are reminded of how much he loves you, 533 00:40:37,439 –> 00:40:38,979 and we want to be like him, 534 00:40:40,620 –> 00:40:42,600 not just in this service of worship 535 00:40:42,600 –> 00:40:46,919 but in every hour of every day of our lives. 536 00:40:48,820 –> 00:40:51,979 So Lord, hasten the day when our faith will be sight, 537 00:40:53,439 –> 00:40:55,020 and until that day comes, 538 00:40:55,020 –> 00:40:58,840 let us be done with exalting ourselves, 539 00:41:00,340 –> 00:41:03,419 and let us live for your praise, 540 00:41:03,419 –> 00:41:04,419 your honour, 541 00:41:05,360 –> 00:41:10,360 your glory alone through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 542 00:41:12,540 –> 00:41:13,379 Amen.

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Colin Smith

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Colin Smith is the Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He has authored a number of books, including Heaven, How I Got Here and Heaven, So Near – So Far. Colin is the Founder and Teaching Pastor for Open the Bible. Follow him on X formerly Twitter.

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