A Survey ThroughThe Heidelberg Catechism

LORD’S DAY #47

I. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

V. Honor thy father and thy mother.

VI. Thou shalt not murder.

VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

VIII. Thou shalt not steal.IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness.

X. Thou shalt not covet.

PrayerThe Lord’s

Our Fatherwho art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our debtsas we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptationbut deliver us from evil.

G.I. Williamson

“True prayer is not cheap. It is costly. It means that we put God and the Lord Jesus Christ first.”

Herman Hoeksema

“Prayer always means – and can never mean anything else – that our souls drink out of the fountain of all good. We need something. We desire something. And that need and desire is also expressed in the first three petitions.”

… hallowed be thy name.

hallowed – “holy” regarding creation: separated for divine

purposeSabbathArticles of WorshipWord and Works: creation and providenceChristian: God’s work of redemptionThe Church (God’s people)

… hallowed be thy name.

hallowed – “holy” regarding God: absolutely & utterly unique

“wholly other” (?) righteousness, knowledge and holinessnot to be imitated by “other gods”not to be depicted by graven imagesto be held in holy honorto respond by glorifying his name

… hallowed be thy name.

His name equals himself It is the essence of his self-revelation

“I am who I am”His revealed attributesHis Moral LawHis Ceremonial Law ChristHis Civil Law Kingdom

… hallowed be thy name.

His name equals himself that his name is hallowed and to be hallowed

Heidelberg Catechism #122

Q. What is the first petition?A. Hallowed be thy name.That is: grant us, first, rightly to know Thee, and to sanctify, glorify and praise Thee in all Thy works, in which Thy power, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy, and truth shine forth;further also, that we may so order and direct our whole life, thoughts, words, and actions, that Thy Name may not be blasphemed but honored and praised on our account.

… hallowed be thy name. His name equals himself

that his name is hallowed and to be hallowedby rightly knowing God through His Word.by appropriately worshipping God in corporate

and individual life.by growing under the influence of this

relationship throughout your life.by submitting his will through all things w/joy.asking for the grace/strength to desire and seek

his glory through all things.by denying all things false and every impure

desire and motive.

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