The Reverential Spirit of the Lord's Prayer
Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name.


This petition takes precedence in the Lord's prayer: all things must resolve themselves into a manifestation of the Divine glory.

1. God's name is Holy (Leviticus 22:2).

2. He is jealous of it (Ezekiel 39:25).

3. God notices the hallowing of His name by His people (Matthew 2:5).

4. God has hallowed His own name

(1)  in His revealed word;

(2)  in the Lord Jesus Christ;

(3)  in His dealings with His saints. How is God's name to be hallowed?We cannot make it more holy, yet may hallow it

(1)  By a deepening sense of its holiness;

(2)  By bringing it into the daily exercise of faith;

(3)  By a meek, submissive spirit, under the discipline of our Father's correcting hand;

(4)  By a full trust in the name, Person, work of Jesus.

(Dr. O. Winslow.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

WEB: Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.




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