Question 119: What is the Lord's Prayer?

 Question 119: What is the Lord's Prayer?

Answer: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive those who debt us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

The prayer the Lord taught us is just one example. He tells us not to memorize the Lord's Prayer and recite it like a mantra, but to pray it according to our own circumstances.

The content of the Lord's Prayer is a prayer for the Father's name, the Father's will, spiritual food, deliverance from sin, and deliverance from Satan's temptations and evil.

The Father's name is Jehovah in heaven, and on earth Jesus. The hallowing of the name is not the noun itself, but rather the reverence and exaltation of Jesus. People are focusing on the name, but this is misguided.

The Father's will is to revive the dead spirits of our neighbors. Specifically, we pray for the salvation of those connected to the believers.

Daily bread does not refer to worldly food, but to spiritual food. By meditating on a specific Bible verse each day, we pray for spiritual enlightenment and the filling of the Holy Spirit.

Regarding the issue of sin, it is written, “Forgive us (aphiemi) our sins (opheilemi), as we forgive (aphiemi) those who sin (opheilema) against us.”

The Greek word aphiemi, used to describe those who have sinned against us, means to omit or exempt. Opheilema, not sin, refers to debt, meaning we owe God. To repay this debt, we must die to sin, but Jesus Christ paid that debt by dying in our place.

As we live, we incur a considerable amount of debt to one another. Debt stems from sin, debt owed to others, debts borrowed and not repaid—these are just a few examples. These debts can even have a pervasive impact. They extend beyond the individual's individual problems, affecting everyone in the world, knowingly or unknowingly. All of these are debts. These debts arise from spiritual death. It is crucial for believers to remember and reflect on those in debt and pray for them.

 





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