Dear Sinapi Seeder, Welcome to the very first blog of our newly launched website. As a start, I would like to share Matt 6:8-15 with you, or as many might also known it, the Lord’s Prayer. I am not going to make this first blog a very long segment as I am sure that you are just as excited as we are, wanting to explore this web page in depth. That being said, it still is a very important blog post, one that we can either ponder on, or research in-depth, but definitely one that makes us realize again that our Heavenly Father is perfect in all and everything. Most of us are aware of what is written in this text, many a person wrote and elaborated on the meanings and contexts of this specific Scriptural piece, and we are all in agreement that this is one of the best-known texts in the world. But then, how many times are the verse before and the verse after the Lord’s Prayer (verse 8 and verse 15 in the KJV) been included, discussed or penned down? Not as often as the Prayer itself, that is for sure. So, when we do look at these two verses, both are so powerful, it is almost as if it is a summary of God Word. The verse before the Lord’s Prayer (verse 8): “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Two very specific messages are given to us here:
The verse after the Lord’s Prayer (verse 15): “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Forgive - For us to be forgiven, we also need to forgive. Not for the benefit of the person who is being forgiven, but for our inner peace, and in obedience to our Father. Forgiveness is such an important feature for God that he sent His own Son to the world to take all the worldly sin upon Him, to be tortured, to die and to rise again after three days so that we do not have to live under the law anymore, but under the grace of God, thus, to be forgiven by God as He also instructs us to forgive. Therefore fellow Seeder, we need to get closer and closer to God, every minute of every day, and that includes prayer and studying Scripture. Be safe, love one another with the love of Christ, let us forgive each other as often as we can and let us put all our faith in God Almighty, our Father, the Creator of heaven and earth. Blessings in Christ, Sidney Lottering For reference: “8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matt 6:8-15 KJV)
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