by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Power For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory Jesus Christ received all his power from Heavenly Father: the power to create, the power to do many mighty miracles, the power of speech beyond human ability to persuade to do good, the godly power to suffer...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
For thine is the kingdom The Lord’s Prayer Kingdom here for the second time in this prayer, making it the beginning and the end of the prayer. This harks back to the dawn of creation, when Lucifer, the son of the morning, tried to usurp God the Father’s kingdom from...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Deliver us from Evil” The Lord’s Prayer One of the Names of Jesus Christ is “The Deliverer”[i] In Romans Paul quotes Isaiah: “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
And Lead Us Not into Temptation[i] God the Father does not lead us into temptation, Satan does. We need protection from the adversary of all righteousness. The liar from the beginning is so deceptive as to turn our feet ever so slightly from the path to God a little...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
What are our debts, sins, wrongs, doing wrong, shortcomings and trespasses?[i] In ancient Hebrew, “to sin” meant to wander off the path God has ordained for us, the straight and narrow path back to Him. There are several words in Hebrew describing different aspects of...
by rogerjsimpson | Apr 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Oh Lord of Experience Who suffered it all for us Caught up in an unjust cosmos, Suffering the slings and arrows Of many hurts and sorrows, Death and Destruction With enemies prowling around, Thy blood dripped on the ground, Not needed in thy glorious Resurrection....
