Prayer - Forgive Us Our Debts

Introduction
• Conditional Forgiveness? (Matt. 6:14-15, 12)
• If True, We are in Big Trouble & Contradicts other Passages of Scripture (Eph. 1:7; Rom. 3:21-26; 1 Jn. 1:7-9)

The Lord’s Prayer – 3 Parts:
A. The Preface (v. 9a) – 2 Thoughts

1. Our Father – God’s Goodness Expressed
2. Who is in Heaven – God’s Power Expressed

B. Six Petitions (vs. 9b-13a)

1. “Hallowed Be Your Name” – In Us & By Us
2. “Your Kingdom Come” – To Us & Through Us
3. “Your Will be Done on Earth, As it is in Heaven” – His Revealed Will/As It is Done Heaven – Eagerly; Willingly; Faithfully
4. “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” – Looking to God alone to supply all our Earthly Needs
5. “Forgive Us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors” – 3 Questions:

• What Does Christ Mean by Debt? (Lk. 17:7-10; 11:4; Psa. 51:1-7; Rom. 6:23; 3:23; Gal. 3:10, 13)
• What Does it Mean to Remit Debts, or Forgive Our Sins? (Matt. 18:27; Psa. 130:3-4; 32:1-2; Isa. 53:4-6; Eph. 2:14-16; Col. 2:14; 2 Cor. 5:17 Psa. 103:12; Heb. 10:18; Titus 3:5)
• Why is it Added, “As We Forgive Our Debtors”? (Eph. 4:31-32; Col. 3:12-13: Matt. 18:28-30; Jas. 2:13; Matt. 6:15)

6. “Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From The Evil One”

C. The Conclusion of the Praying – Closing & Amen

Conclusion and Application
• Heidelberg Catechism #126
• Evidence the Work of Grace in You by Forgiving Your Debtors, as God has Forgiven Our Debts