God in heaven, and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of theģdly. His MAJESTY and DOMINION over his creatures. 1Ki 8:27: that is, Thou fillest immensity.Ģdly.
This phrase in the Scriptures seems used to express:ġst. The ancient Jews and was used by them precisely in the same sense Sheboshemayim, our Father who art in heaven, was very common among Obedience to his will, submission to his dispensations andĬhastisements, and resemblance to his nature. The relation we stand in to this first and best of beingsĭictates to us reverence for his person, zeal for his honour, Last, to that confidence which we have in the love he bears to us. This prayer stand in strictest reference to the word Father theįirst three referring to the love we have for God and the three That strong confidence in God's love to us, suchĪs fathers have for their children. Should feel for God, such as that which children feel for theirįathers. Includes two grand ideas, which should serve as a foundation toĪll our petitions: 1st. The word Father, placed here at the beginning of this prayer, Nothing but in the spirit of unity, fellowship, and ChristianĬharity desiring that for its brethren which it desires for The heart, says one, of a child of God, is aīrotherly heart, in respect of all other Christians: it asks And hence we are taught to say, not MY Father,īut OUR Father. This prayer was evidently made in a peculiar manner for theĬhildren of God. as the glossĮxpounds it, the prayer in the singular, but in the plural number. They say, Let none pray the short prayer, i.e. Plural number as comprehending all the followers of God. Meant that he should, whether alone or with the synagogue, use the Pray alone, but join with the Church by which they particularly It was a maxim of the Jews, that a man should not As such, Jesus rejects the idea of pantheism, the notion that God is not transcendent but only exists within the universe (in other words, everything we see around is in some way God, or part of God, and God does not exist apart from this). " Who is in Heaven" - God is also separate from us, in eternity. The Apostle Paul develops this idea in his writings to the believers in Rome 'by him we cry, “Abba, Father.†' ( Rom 8:15) This is not some far off uncaring distant being we are addressing! God is our loving parent.
Define hallowed be thy name full#
Here we can think of the attributes of a good father - protector, provider, carer and full of love and admiration for his child. "Our Father" - God is revealed as father. This idea is developed by the writer of the book of Hebrews "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see" - notice it is not "I" but "we" again.
But Christ reminds us that our connection with God is experienced as a community of faith. In an individualistic age, faith often gets spoken of as "my relationship with God". Notice Jesus's careful choice of words here.
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