Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 103

 

Repeat after Jesus

“Our Father who art in Heaven.”

“Hallowed be your name.”

 

The second temptation our Lord Jesus faced in the desert is aimed at the fatherhood of God over Jesus and included the temptation against God’s name, who has given his word to protect us from harm.

 

God is his word. We are our word. As a man who keeps his word builds his name. A temptation against the word is also against the name. The tempter says, “If you are the Son of God, if you really believe God’s word, test God’s word, let God prove his word to you.”

 

The eyes of the world are upon his servants.

The servants are at the top of the temple of the Lord.

The servants are up in the most visible place.

The precipice is high enough that the servant would break his neck should he fall. The higher you are, the harder you fall.

 

How can you resist the temptation of making a name for yourself by tempting God, by avoiding the cross, and by building the church of Christ on your bold testimony rather than the Word of God?

 

If people see the miracle of angels coming to the rescue in front of the watching world, they certainly would put their trust in God. No need of the cross. (This is an invitation to suicide)

 

How do you keep from falling from such a slippery and high dome? It is by preferring to hold to and to pray in the name of the Lord and say, “Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name and your will alone."

 

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

Gerry Gutierrez.