LORD’S PRAYER MATTHEW GOSPEL VERSION (1)

Lord’s Prayer version of the Gospel of Matthew, there is the Matthew 6:5-15, where Jesus teaches how to disciples should pray. In teaching, Jesus advises two important points regarding with prayer. First, he advises his disciples, that they "do not pray like the hypocrites," which love to show off his prayer in front of the crowd (cf. v. 5). To avoid hypocrisy, let the disciples to pray in secret, which is much from the crowd (cf. v. 6). Second, Jesus counseled His disciples, so that in prayer, they "do not long-winded as the habits of people who do not know God"(cf. v. 7). Rather than beat around the bush, far better they instantly convey what they need: for before they ask for, really God knows (cf. v. 8). After Jesus suggests two important things are, He then taught the Lord’s Prayer in the following:

'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
'Give us this day our daily bread.
'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]' (New American Standard Bible (NASB) Version)

(a) "Our Father who is in heaven"
In teaching his disciples, Jesus were often refer to God as "Father which is in heaven "(cf. Mt 5:16,45,48; 6:14,26,32, 7:11.; 18:14) or "My Father in heaven" (cf. Mt 7:21; 10:32,33; 12:50; 18:10,19,35), for "Father" of the disciples and "Father" is the same Jesus (cf. Jn 20:17). They should not call anyone "father of the earth
this ", because they only have one" Father ", ie "He who is in heaven" (cf. Mt 23:9). with refer to God as "Father", the human relationship with God has been increased from the relation between the "creation" and "Creator" to be a relation between the "child" and "Father" cf. Mk 14:36; Rom 8:15; Gal 4:5). Another of the relation "creation" and "Creator" is very tenuous (cf. Isa 55:9), the relation "child" and "Father" is very intimate, so they know each other well with each other
(cf. Mt 11:27). The students get to know "the Father" well, because Jesus had been introduced to them (cf. Jn 1:18; 14:6-11). As friends of Jesus (cf. Jn 15: 15), students has been fused with Jesus (cf. Jn 6:56; 17:23), so that with Him they shall cry: "Abba, Father!"(cf. Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6). So, by exclaiming: "Our Father who art in heaven" (cf. Mt 6:9), the students build close relationships with God, so that they can pray with ease, without fear for submit their requests to God. To foster the spirit of togetherness among students, specifically used the word "we" instead of the word "I". For God is not Father to one person or group of persons only, but the Father for all people (cf. Matthew 5:45).

To be continued ...