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Your Kingdom Come
Pastor Tom Pennington's sermon, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Part 6)," explores the second petition of the Lord's Prayer: "Your kingdom come" (Matthew 6:10). He posits that truly praying this petition requires understanding three crucial spiritual realities. First, we must acknowledge the "clash of kingdoms." This includes Satan's kingdom, which exerts influence over the world's values, systems, and unbelievers, and the "kingdom of self," where individuals prioritize their own desires over God's. Both stand in opposition to God's divine rule. Second, the "character of God's kingdom" has both a present and a future dimension. The present aspect is God's spiritual rule in the hearts of those who repent and believe in Jesus Christ, the "realm of salvation." Praying "Your kingdom come" in this sense is an evangelistic prayer, seeking the conversion of more souls. The future aspect anticipates Christ's literal, physical reign on Earth for a thousand years, followed by an eternal kingdom, for which believers eagerly await His return.
Adopted By God
This sermon unpacks the doctrine of adoption, a central tenet of Christian systematic theology, emphasizing it as an amazing act of God's redeeming love. It highlights that while God is the creator of all, before conversion, humanity is spiritually aligned with Satan, identified as "children of wrath," and in desperate need of a new spiritual family. Adoption is a legal and divine act, predestined in eternity past, accomplished through Christ's death, and applied to believers at the moment of salvation through faith. The Holy Spirit, referred to as the "spirit of adoption," assures believers of their new status, enabling them to cry out, "Abba! Father!" The full realization of this adoption awaits the future glorification of their bodies. This profound privilege brings immense benefits: God becomes a loving, compassionate Father; Christ becomes our older brother and co-heir; and believers become members of God's eternal family, inheriting eternal life and God Himself. The Holy Spirit provides confidence in God's love and guidance, and even God's discipline is a sign of His fatherly care.
Hallowed Be Your Name
The sermon, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Part 5)," begins by highlighting God's demand for holiness from those who approach Him, exemplified by the swift judgment on Nadab and Abihu for offering "strange fire" in Leviticus. This principle underpins Jesus' model prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, which is structured around six petitions: God's glory, work, and will, followed by our daily needs, sin confession, and pursuit of holiness. The speaker emphasizes that the first three petitions focus entirely on God, stressing the critical importance of prioritizing His glory. "Hallowed be Your Name," the initial petition, means to sanctify, set apart, and glorify God's entire being�His person, essence, attributes, and actions. This petition is paramount because God judges severely those who fail to honor Him (e.g., Nadab and Abihu, Moses, Belshazzar), and His glory is the ultimate purpose of both creation and redemption. We are called to hallow God's name by speaking reverently of Him, praising and thanking Him, thinking rightly about Him, responding in faith to Jesus Christ, living righteously, loving and serving other Christians, trusting Him through trials, and committing our lives to His glory.
Lord, Teach Us To Pray - Part 4
The sermon "Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Part 4)" from Matthew 6:5-15 underscores prayer's vital role in Christian life, focusing on the preface "Our Father who is in heaven." Pennington highlights three crucial attitudes for approaching God. First, we should pray as a **member of a family** ("Our Father"), recognizing our connection to others and praying for their needs, not just our own. It also means praying with Christ. Second, prayer must embody the spirit of a **child of a father** ("Our Father"). This involves awareness of our adoption, confident expectation of His gracious, loving response (surpassing any earthly father's), and humble submission to His will, as Jesus demonstrated. Third, we are to pray as a **subject of a king** ("who is in heaven"). This acknowledges God's transcendent majesty, absolute sovereignty, and infinite power, inspiring awe and a deep sense of unworthiness. Yet, it also fosters joyous expectation of His generosity. Cultivating these three attitudes ensures our prayers honor God and reflect our profound relationship with Him.
Declared Righteous!
Tom Pennington emphasizes that justification is the most crucial doctrine, the "hinge and pillar of Christianity," vital for the church's health and individual believers' spiritual well-being. Defined as "to declare righteous," justification is a singular, objective legal decision by God, the Judge, rather than an internal process of becoming righteous. Scripturally, it is evident that God justifies the "ungodly," meaning He declares them righteous while they are still ungodly, highlighting it as a declaration, not an inherent change. In justification, God performs three essential acts: He credits our sins to Christ, imputes Christ's perfect righteousness to us, and then legally declares us pardoned of all sins and forever righteous in His sight. This means we are treated not merely as if we had never sinned, but as if we had lived a perfectly obedient life. This "alien righteousness," which is not our own, is received solely through faith, not by any human effort, merit, or infused righteousness. Faith acts as an empty hand, receiving God's free gift made possible by Christ's sacrificial death and perfect life.
Lord, Teach Us To Pray - Part 3
This sermon, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Part 3)," from Matthew 6:5-15, emphasizes the profound importance and privilege of prayer. Inspired by George Mueller's miraculous life of prayer and personal experiences, Pastor Tom Pennington highlights that despite witnessing God's answers, believers often lack consistency in prayer. Jesus' teaching clarifies that prayer should not be motivated by seeking human reputation or divine merit, but by aligning with God's will, cooperating in His plan, and expressing utter dependence. The Lord's Prayer is presented as both a *model* or *pattern* for all prayers, encompassing essential categories, and as *acceptable words* for direct recitation, provided it's done thoughtfully, not as meaningless repetition. This segment specifically focuses on the prayer's preface: "Our Father who is in heaven." This biblical pattern of beginning with an invocation teaches believers to approach God with thoughtful "recollection," avoiding rushed, casual prayers. Approaching God "as a member of a family" means praying *for others* (emphasizing "us" over "me"), *with others* (following the early church's example of corporate prayer), and critically, *with Christ as our older brother*, whose concerns and intercessions align with these petitions for us.
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