Lord’s Day 47 Themes and Divisions
Stephen ‘t
Hart
May
we live to hallow God’s Name
Bible
readings: Psalm 145, Romans 11:22-36
May
we join all creation in the hallowing of God’s holy name!
1.
We were made for his glory
2.
We were saved for his glory
Bible
readings: Psalm 104, Matthew 10:27-39
Wes Bredenhof
Our
Master teaches us to pray that God’s Name would be honoured as holy
The
first petition teaches us to pray this regarding our:
1.
Hearts
2. Mouths
3.
Hands
Bible
reading: Ezekiel 36:16-38
Our
love and gratitude leads to our prayer for the hallowing of God’s Name
1.
What our Lord Jesus meant by this
petition
2.
Why our Lord Jesus taught this petition
Bible
reading: Jeremiah 32
The
Lord teaches us to pray for the holiness of God’s Name
This
petition involves praise to God:
1.
From us
2.
Because of us
Bible
readings: 1 Kings 8:22-43, John 15
R. H. Bremmer
The
first petition in the Lord’s Prayer
Bible
reading: Psalm 8
Clarence Stam
The
Lord teaches us first to pray with respect to the wondrous Name of God
Bible
reading: Psalm 76
B. Holwerda
The
prayer for the hallowing of God’s Name as a great factor in world history
Bible
reading: Psalm 8
K. Dijk
The
petition for the hallowing of God’s Name
Bible
reading: Ephesians 3:14-21
Jesus
and our first petition
Bible
reading: none given in original source
J. Kok
Prayer
for the hallowing of God’s Name
Bible
reading: none given in original source
“Hallowed be your Name”
Bible reading: none given in original source
Mendel Retief
We pray for the hallowing
of God’s Name
We will note:
1. That it is the sole purpose of our life to glorify God
2. That we pray for the true knowledge of God’s holy Name
3. That we pray for sanctified hearts that will rightly
respond to God’s self-revelation
Bible readings: Leviticus 10:1-3, Rev. 4:8-11, Rev. 5:11-14, Rev. 15:1-16:7.