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To: Alamo-Girl
The Didache is not authenticated by the Holy Spirit. It is not Scripture. It is the work of men, sometime between 40 and 200 A.D. It is to be respected, like other ancient manuscripts, but it is not authentic words of God.

I should like you to post the Lord's Prayer, as you know it, and it's source...

1,021 posted on 04/29/2008 10:55:10 AM PDT by pgyanke ("Huntered"--The act of being ignored by media and party to prevent name recognition)
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To: pgyanke; Dr. Eckleburg; 1000 silverlings; hosepipe; Quix
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. - Matthew 6:9-15

Many of us skip right past that last part, so I included it to be thorough. In other words, if we continue to harbor resentments towards other people, we may as well be talking to a wall. The same point is made in Mark:

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. - Mark 11:24-26

The Lord's Prayer is a daily meditation for me and I presume it must be for you, too. So here's a question in return - when you say "give us this day our daily bread" are you asking God to give you more of the living Word of God, the filling of the Holy Spirit, more of the words of God, Spiritual discernment, etc.?

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. – Matthew 4:3-4

To God be the glory!

1,046 posted on 04/29/2008 11:14:26 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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