The Lord's Prayer teaches that we are members of a family, when He tells us to pray not |
My Father| but |Our Father;| not |
my soul be saved,| but |Thy kingdom come;| not |give
me| but |give
us our daily bread;| not |forgive me,| but |forgive
us our trespasses,| and that only as we forgive others; not |lead
me not,| but |lead
us not into temptation;| not |deliver
me,| but |deliver
us from evil.| After
that manner our Lord tells us to pray, and in proportion as we pray in that manner, just so far, and no farther, will God hear our prayers.
National Sermons. 1850.