어린이, 청소년 웨스트민스터 소요리문답 교재 (41) 100-102문 [주기도의 머리말이 우리에게 가르쳐 주는 것은 무엇입니까? 주기도의 첫 번째 간구는 무엇을 구하는 것입니까? 주기도의 두 번째 간구는 무엇을 구하는 것입니까?]

The Means of Grace : Prayer : Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer – Questions 100-107

 

Q. 100. What does the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

The preface of the Lord’s Prayer (which is, Our Father in heaven) teaches us firstly to draw near to God with all holy reverence[a] and confidence[b] as children to a father[c] able and ready to help us;[d] and secondly, that we should pray with and for others.[e]

[a]. Psa 95:6
[b]. Eph 3:12
[c]. Mat 7:9-11, cf. Luk 11:11-13;   Rom 8:15
[d]. Eph 3:20
[e]. Eph 6:18;   1 Tim 2:1-2

Comment on Q. 100.
Our Father includes others in the family of God. The church of Jesus Christ is a community not a mere collection of individuals. We are members of Christ’s Body. While there is a real sense in which all men are children of God their Creator, yet we are rebellious, estranged children until we become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. As children by adoption, Father has a special meaning. God cannot be confined to any place, but heaven is where his glory is specially present where Christ now is.

 

Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first request?

In the first request (which is, Hallowed be your name) we pray that God may enable us and others to glorify him in all in which he makes himself known;[a] and that he would overrule all things for his own glory.[b]

[a]. Psa 67:1-3;   Psa 99:3;   Psa 100:3-4
[b]. Rom 11:33-36;   Rev 4:11

Comment on Q. 101.
The name of God stands for his character and everything which [the] mention of his name calls to our minds – his word and works. To hallow God’s name means to honour and praise God and his word and works. In praying in this way we are praying for eyes to see and hearts to appreciate his glory – for ourselves and others. In true prayer we are following out the chief purpose for which man is made – to glorify God (cf. Q. 1). David Brainerd (1718-1747), the missionary to the American Indians, put it this way. ‘My heaven is to please God, and to glorify him, and give all to him, and to be wholly devoted to his glory: that is the heaven I long for, that is my religion, and that is my happiness … I do not go to heaven to be advanced, but to give honour to God.’

 

Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second request?

In the second request (which is, Your kingdom come) we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed,[a] that the kingdom of grace may be advanced[b] and ourselves and others brought into it and kept in it;[c] and that /Christ’s return and/ the kingdom of glory may come quickly.[d]

[a]. Mat 12:25-28;   Rom 16:20;   1 John 3:8
[b]. Psa 72:8-11;   Mat 24:14;   1 Cor 15:24-25
[c]. Psa 119:5;   Luk 22:32;   2 Thes 3:1-5
[d]. Rev 22:20

Comment on Q. 102.
There are only two kingdoms on earth from the spiritual viewpoint: the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God’s dear Son (Col 1:13). All who belong to the Lord Jesus are in the kingdom of grace which will become the kingdom of glory when Christ returns at the end of the age to destroy death (see Q. 38). We cannot pray for God’s kingdom to advance without praying for the kingdom of Satan to be overthrown. You can read of the progress and triumph of God’s kingdom in many passages such as Daniel 2 and Matthew 13, and its climax in Revelation 21 & 22.