It is easy to get lost in all of the opinions and interpretations of the Bible. I was searching for the reference for yesterday’s post and got lost in a site that attacked Paul as a false prophet and even asserted that Jesus Christ was not only not the name of our Savior but a substitution by the early Christians that really translated into the name of a false god.
I’ve also read sites that attack any translation of the Bible except for the King James Version. Whenever I start reading all of that kind of stuff, I wish I could read the original manuscripts. Still reading some of this today, I happened across a site I had visited months ago…
It is called Hebrew For Christians. It contains some great information. There are several pages dedicated to the Lord’s Prayer. It is some awesome information and very interesting. I really dig listening to the sound clips, too. It speaks the prayer in Hebrew, so it can be heard on-line in the same way our Lord spoke it. It will give you chills.
It is important to note that the prayer is also the Lord’s direct guidance to us concerning how to pray. Each line says so much. Before the prayer, there is this guidance also from the Lord:
6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. 6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 6:7 When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard. 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Prayer is meant to be a personal one-on-one communication with The Lord God, not a ritual or public display. Likewise, how you pray is important. If you pray for a million dollars because you want stuff, you probably won’t see the prayer answered. If you pray for what you need if it be the Will of God, you will likely see it answered. Consider the Lord’s Prayer:
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.
Matthew 6:9(b)-13 KJV
Rather than breaking it down here now, I want to share that link with you. Here it is:
The Lord’s Prayer in Hebrew @ Hebrew4Christians.com
Peace!
Originally posted 2007-08-23 on http://amencomelordjesus.com/blog
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