Q. 105 What do we pray for in the fifth petition---A. In the fifth petition, -which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors- we pray, that God, for Christ's sake, would freely pardon all our sins- which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.--Forgiveness is letting go of wrongs that have been done to you. You all know about this. God describes forgiveness as not holding our sins against us in His word.

Jesus has a much greater role and a much greater status in God's house than Moses does. Jesus is the One who builds the house -3-3-- Jesus is the One who owns the house -3-5-6-.

Q. 104 What do we pray for in the fourth petition---A. In the fourth petition, -which is, Give us this day our daily bread,- we pray, that of God's free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy His blessing with them.--You will notice a change that comes with the fourth petition from the use of the word -Your- to the use of the word -our.- Here we begin to pray for our own needs. This shows that prayer for the things due to God comes first, for our needs, second. It is the same emphasis that we find in the Ten Commandments. The first four commandments concern our duty to God and the last six our duty to each other. But though it comes second, we are to pray for our needs.

Today we come to chapter 3 in the Epistle to the Hebrews. When I introduced this letter, we saw that the author calls it an exhortation -Heb 13-22-. An exhortation is a push for you to do something important. But chapter 3 this is the first time that he addresses the recipients directly. The exhortation can be summed up in just two words- -Consider Jesus.-

Q. 103 What do we pray for in the third petition---A. In the third petition -which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven- we pray, That God, by His grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to His will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.--As with last week, my text for this sermon is simply the words in Matthew 6-10, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven

This Psalm shows us how we should relate to God as God's people-as Christians. This Psalm has the Psalmist -ultimately Jesus- telling us how to relate to God. He calls us to come with Him to God to praise God -1-5- and to worship Him -6-7-. But then God the Father interrupts with a solemn warning-telling us that we must not harden our hearts. He warns us that if we do- we will not enter His rest.

Q. 102 What do we pray for in the second petition---A. In the second petition -which is Thy Kingdom come- we pray, that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed- and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it- and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.--As we consider what it means to pray for God's kingdom to come, we will begin with a foundational question- What is the Kingdom of God-

Today, we come to yet another reason that it was necessary for Him to become a man-a reason that we often do not think about as much as we should- That He, being a man who was tempted, might be able to help us when we are tempted.