Series: Our Lord's Prayer
Hallowed Be Your Name
April 23, 2023 | Peter Rowan
Passage: Matthew 6:5-15
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Summary:
What do we pray when we pray that God's name would be hallowed? We pray that there would be no imposters, no false gods in his place. We pray that he would be rightly recognized for who he is. He is the great I Am, the One who was and is and is to come. We pray that he would make his real identity properly known so that we and all others would recognize and then honor him as he really is, the true and living God. Remarkably, this true God who exists as the I Am, outside of our categories and our complete comprehension, chose to reveal himself in Jesus, the Great I Am and the name above all names!
Series Information
It was common for a rabbi, for a great teacher, to teach others how to talk to God. When Jesus' teaches his disciples to pray he does so in response to their request for him to teach them "as John taught his disciples". But Jesus begins his prayer "Our Father", an incredibly intimate and therefore entirely radical way to approach God. Ever since, the Lord's prayer has been the foundation of all Christian prayer.
