Jesus Told His Disciples to Pray for the Kingdom (TMF:293)

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Peace to Live By: Jesus Told His Disciples to Pray for the Kingdom (TMF:293) - Daniel Litton
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       If you'll remember, Jesus taught his disciples how they should pray, on more than one occasion, by reciting to them the Lord's Prayer. In the prayer, he told his disciples to pray for God's kingdom to come. Remember, it says, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10, ESV). Undoubtedly, the disciples wanted this kingdom to come. They believed Jesus was going to be the king. One time Jesus even asked the disciples who they thought he was, and “Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”” (Matthew 16:16 ESV). You see, the disciples believed Jesus was the Messiah, and that he was going to reign as king in Jerusalem, over Israel. The angel Gabriel had told Mary, before she became pregnant with Jesus, that, “”He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end”” (Luke 1:32-33, ESV).