WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:05.860 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:12.119 thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:18.519 in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:22.679 our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:26.920 as we forgive them that trespass against us. 00:00:28.109 --> 00:00:31.609 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver 00:00:31.609 --> 00:00:37.429 us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, 00:00:37.590 --> 00:00:47.590 and the glory forever and ever. And that is the 00:00:47.590 --> 00:00:54.289 prayer that Jesus taught us to pray. The Lord's 00:00:54.289 --> 00:00:57.179 Prayer is the most important of all. all of the 00:00:57.179 --> 00:01:01.780 Christian documents carefully constructed by 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:08.560 Jesus with certain very clear ends in view. That's 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:12.439 why, of all of his teachings, it's by far the 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.799 best known and the most often quoted. And you 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.780 and I have been having some good heart -to -heart 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:26.400 talks in discussing this marvelous prayer. Because 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:31.340 of its importance, we have been taking a little 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:35.719 more time in discussing the real meaning of this 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:39.040 prayer than we usually take. And now we come 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:44.140 to that part of the prayer. Thy kingdom come. 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:49.359 Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:58.230 Thy kingdom come. This petition is plainly a 00:01:58.230 --> 00:02:00.750 reference to the doctrine which Jesus preached 00:02:00.750 --> 00:02:04.629 at this time, which John the Baptist had preached 00:02:04.629 --> 00:02:09.430 before, which he afterwards sent his apostles 00:02:09.430 --> 00:02:15.189 out to preach. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:02:15.889 --> 00:02:18.409 The kingdom of your Father who is in heaven, 00:02:18.530 --> 00:02:23.189 the kingdom of the Messiah, which is at hand. 00:02:24.139 --> 00:02:29.960 Pray that it may come. It was the Jews' daily 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:34.240 prayer to God. Let him make his kingdom reign. 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:39.900 Let his redemption flourish. Let his Messiah 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:43.139 come and deliver his people. It was the daily, 00:02:43.139 --> 00:02:50.979 constant prayer of the Jewish people. Let thy 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:55.030 kingdom come. Let the gospel be preached to all 00:02:55.030 --> 00:02:59.590 and embraced by all. Let all be brought to subscribe 00:02:59.590 --> 00:03:02.090 to the record that God has given in his word 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:05.810 concerning his son. To embrace him as their savior 00:03:05.810 --> 00:03:11.490 and sovereign. Let the bonds of the gospel church 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:15.349 be enlarged. The kingdom of the world be made 00:03:15.349 --> 00:03:20.490 Christ's kingdom. And all men become subjects 00:03:20.490 --> 00:03:29.400 to it. and live as becomes their character. Thy 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:40.659 kingdom come. Now go a little deeper. Thy will 00:03:40.659 --> 00:03:50.629 be done in earth as it is in heaven. I pray that 00:03:50.629 --> 00:03:53.050 somehow in the next several minutes, the Holy 00:03:53.050 --> 00:03:55.750 Spirit shall make this portion, that prayer, 00:03:55.849 --> 00:04:00.210 very real to your heart, that he and he alone 00:04:00.210 --> 00:04:05.710 will give you that wonderful revelation. And 00:04:05.710 --> 00:04:11.050 I have to pause right here and remind you of 00:04:11.050 --> 00:04:15.650 dear old Brother McCloud when I was only a 16 00:04:15.650 --> 00:04:19.370 -year -old girl. And I shall never forget it. 00:04:19.769 --> 00:04:24.810 So long as I shall live. That marvelous saint 00:04:24.810 --> 00:04:28.290 of God in Portland, Oregon, who even as he spoke 00:04:28.290 --> 00:04:33.689 to me, was probably well in his 80s. It was one 00:04:33.689 --> 00:04:36.410 Sunday afternoon. I can tell you exactly where 00:04:36.410 --> 00:04:40.029 I was standing. It was at the close of a religious 00:04:40.029 --> 00:04:45.930 service. And he took my hands and held them very 00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:51.800 tightly, securely in his hands. bony hands, not 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.079 much flesh on his hands. But those precious hands 00:04:56.079 --> 00:05:01.939 of his had seen many a long year of faithful 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:08.300 service to his master. And as he gripped my young 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:11.300 hands in his, for I was not more than sixteen 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:16.199 years of age then, and he said, Girl, my life 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:21.870 is at an end. My years of service for the Master 00:05:21.870 --> 00:05:27.689 are ending. You're young. You have your whole 00:05:27.689 --> 00:05:33.709 lifetime to live before you. And then this was 00:05:33.709 --> 00:05:38.329 the advice that he gave to me. Never get out 00:05:38.329 --> 00:05:43.870 of the will of God. I had no idea what that dear 00:05:43.870 --> 00:05:49.220 old saint of God meant. Never. I was young. The 00:05:49.220 --> 00:05:53.300 whole world was mine. I thought that I was going 00:05:53.300 --> 00:05:57.000 out and I could lick the whole world for God, 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:07.160 so full of zeal, but such little knowledge. But 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:10.540 today, believe me, lo, after these many, many 00:06:10.540 --> 00:06:17.300 years of service, after the hardships, after 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:22.490 the... Tears after the heat of the day, after 00:06:22.490 --> 00:06:32.850 the stones have bruised my feet. Lo, after years 00:06:32.850 --> 00:06:38.509 of experience, having gone through the valley 00:06:38.509 --> 00:06:43.870 of the deep waters, and yet those marvelous mountaintop 00:06:43.870 --> 00:06:48.540 experiences, my lord. serving him in the brightest 00:06:48.540 --> 00:06:52.879 of the sunshine, and yet following him in the 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:59.240 deepest of waters, but waters that never did 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:06.500 overflow. I know now what dear old Brother MacLeod 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:11.540 meant when he said, Girl, never get out of the 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:20.120 will of God. Thy will be done in earth as it 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:25.560 is in heaven. God has a perfect will for every 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.879 man and every woman, and you are no exception. 00:07:30.660 --> 00:07:36.360 A perfect blueprint. God is perfect in all things. 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:40.959 He is not promiscuous in anything. And as surely 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:47.170 as God had a perfect will, when he spoke the 00:07:47.170 --> 00:07:51.910 world into existence. As surely as God had a 00:07:51.910 --> 00:07:56.850 perfect will that he wanted carried out on this 00:07:56.850 --> 00:08:00.439 planet when he said to let there be light. And 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:04.199 there was like. As surely as God had a perfect 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:07.740 plan, a perfect will, when he said, let us make 00:08:07.740 --> 00:08:10.000 man in our own image and after our likeness. 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:13.920 As surely as God had a perfect will for Abraham, 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:18.740 for Moses, for Elijah, for Paul. As surely as 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:24.500 God had a perfect plan for the saints, the Old 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:30.120 Testament saints. As surely as God had a perfect 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:36.039 blueprint in laying out redemption's plan, so 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:40.799 surely God has a perfect plan, a perfect will, 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:46.899 a perfect blueprint laid out for every person 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:51.899 who is a part of humanity. It is my firm conviction 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:57.700 that when that precious little baby makes his 00:08:57.700 --> 00:09:04.100 first cry. God has a perfect blueprint in heaven 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:11.460 in his own plans for that one. I believe that. 00:09:11.539 --> 00:09:17.299 You'll never argue me out of it. But we as individuals 00:09:17.299 --> 00:09:24.519 are not living in that perfect will. according 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.860 to those perfect plans until we accept the Christ, 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:31.679 the Savior, the very Son of the living God, in 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.860 the forgiveness of our sins. That's the reason. 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:40.740 There are thousands, yea, millions, who have 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:44.909 lived and died. who have been a part of humanity, 00:09:45.250 --> 00:09:48.750 who have never, not even for a day, lived any 00:09:48.750 --> 00:09:52.250 part of their life according to the blueprint, 00:09:52.490 --> 00:09:55.690 according to the plan that the great creator, 00:09:55.830 --> 00:10:01.210 that God had for their lives. They've missed 00:10:01.210 --> 00:10:05.250 it entirely. Remember, you were not made for 00:10:05.250 --> 00:10:13.399 defeat. No person was ever made for defeat. It 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.779 was never in the plan of God that any man should 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:19.179 be defeated, any person who's a part of humanity. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:27.059 You were not born for defeat. That's the reason 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:32.080 that God has made all the provisions for every 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:37.200 man's success, for every man to live a life of 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:41.080 victory. If you're listening to me this very 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:47.009 moment, and you are living a defeated life, I 00:10:47.009 --> 00:10:48.990 can promise you upon the authority of God's word 00:10:48.990 --> 00:10:55.570 that you are living out of the will of God, contrary 00:10:55.570 --> 00:11:00.830 to God's blueprint for your life. If you are 00:11:00.830 --> 00:11:07.269 not a Christian this hour, you are out of the 00:11:07.269 --> 00:11:16.330 perfect will of God. Know that. It is his will, 00:11:16.429 --> 00:11:22.009 his perfect will, that every man should know 00:11:22.009 --> 00:11:29.789 his son as a savior, as a redeemer. Not willing 00:11:29.789 --> 00:11:36.149 that any should perish. If you're living outside 00:11:36.149 --> 00:11:41.240 of the will of God, if you are living outside 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:45.539 of this wonderful inheritance, this marvelous 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:51.720 relationship of adoption by the Father, it is 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:59.120 because you have made the choice. But God's first 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:06.360 choice for you is a life of victory. Know that. 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:13.990 A relationship, with him. And I repeat something. 00:12:16.149 --> 00:12:22.409 Thy will be done in earth. Are you living according 00:12:22.409 --> 00:12:28.429 to the will of God here on earth as he wills 00:12:28.429 --> 00:12:33.070 that it should be lived according to his will 00:12:33.070 --> 00:12:40.049 and blueprint in heaven? That's it. He forces 00:12:40.049 --> 00:12:45.730 no man, he forces no person to live this life 00:12:45.730 --> 00:12:53.629 in his perfect will. It's so simple. It's so 00:12:53.629 --> 00:12:59.990 wonderful. There's something about the will of 00:12:59.990 --> 00:13:08.509 man. When you can get to the place, Where you 00:13:08.509 --> 00:13:14.490 have no will of your own. And sometimes I think 00:13:14.490 --> 00:13:22.049 that's the hardest position to get to. I do not 00:13:22.049 --> 00:13:28.509 know of anything that's harder than to get to 00:13:28.509 --> 00:13:34.350 the place where you completely surrender your 00:13:34.350 --> 00:13:39.039 will. to the will of the Father, to the will 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:45.980 of God. But it's inescapable if you're going 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:48.659 to live your life here on earth according to 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:55.480 the will of God in heaven. When you realize that 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:59.620 even Jesus himself, having come in the form of 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:06.230 flesh, a physical body, had a will separate and 00:14:06.230 --> 00:14:12.250 apart from the will of God. And one of the very 00:14:12.250 --> 00:14:17.629 last things that Jesus did, for remember something, 00:14:17.789 --> 00:14:22.610 Jesus could have exercised his own will separate 00:14:22.610 --> 00:14:28.269 and apart from the will of the Father. Even as 00:14:28.269 --> 00:14:33.029 you can exercise your own will. Separate and 00:14:33.029 --> 00:14:36.970 apart from that of a holy God. And thousands 00:14:36.970 --> 00:14:42.950 are doing exactly that today. They are exercising 00:14:42.950 --> 00:14:48.009 their wills. Separate and apart from the will 00:14:48.009 --> 00:14:52.470 of God. And they're living contrary to the will 00:14:52.470 --> 00:15:00.070 of God. Because they are using that will to live 00:15:00.070 --> 00:15:07.279 their life. as they so desire delivered. This 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.919 is something to think about. But I want you to 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:17.480 know something. And that is that you are not 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:24.240 receiving God's best for you. You are not receiving 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.580 all that God has for you if you are exercising 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:36.340 your will contrary to the will of God. Jesus 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:43.679 had to surrender his will before salvation's 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:49.120 plan was carried out according to the plan of 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:54.070 God. when he looked up in the garth and said, 00:15:54.190 --> 00:16:04.690 Nevertheless, not my will be done, but thy will 00:16:04.690 --> 00:16:13.110 be done. And it's then, remember something, there 00:16:13.110 --> 00:16:18.669 are many, many of God's precious children. who 00:16:18.669 --> 00:16:22.190 are claiming a promise in the Word of God that 00:16:22.190 --> 00:16:28.230 is not rightfully theirs to claim. And here it 00:16:28.230 --> 00:16:34.429 is, and I hear it quoted constantly. Oh, you 00:16:34.429 --> 00:16:37.909 will mark it in your Bible while you'll take 00:16:37.909 --> 00:16:41.169 that little promise out of your promise box and 00:16:41.169 --> 00:16:43.509 you have it there above the sink in your kitchen 00:16:43.509 --> 00:16:46.629 or you keep it there by the light in your bedroom. 00:16:47.850 --> 00:16:52.870 You're claiming it? All things work together 00:16:52.870 --> 00:16:59.370 for good. But watch to whom was this promise 00:16:59.370 --> 00:17:07.210 given. To those who are living their life according 00:17:07.210 --> 00:17:18.109 to the will of God. things will not work together 00:17:18.109 --> 00:17:23.430 for good if you are living a life outside of 00:17:23.430 --> 00:17:26.410 the will of God. If you are living your life 00:17:26.410 --> 00:17:38.529 as you desire to have it lived. Know that. Oh, 00:17:38.650 --> 00:17:41.230 it's having to go deep in the word of God. It 00:17:41.230 --> 00:17:44.210 is something right here in the heart of the prayer 00:17:44.210 --> 00:17:48.230 that Jesus taught us to pray. It's something 00:17:48.230 --> 00:17:59.109 that's vitally important. Oh, so important. Thy 00:17:59.109 --> 00:18:03.569 will be done. Do you want the will of God more 00:18:03.569 --> 00:18:07.119 than you want your own will? Do you want it so 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.500 much that you have surrendered your will to the 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:14.559 will of God? Until you've gotten to the place 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:20.420 that you have no will of your own? Then you can 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:23.599 claim that wonderful promise that all things 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:28.500 work together to them that love God, to them 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:35.339 who are called according to His purpose. are 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:38.720 you living according to his purpose you are if 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:41.619 you've surrendered your will to his will and 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:46.279 two wills have become as one oh i'm telling you 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:55.980 i know now what dear brother macleod meant you 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:59.259 may even be living in the perfect will of god 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:03.460 and the waters will still be deep But there'll 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:10.279 be peace of mind, a peace that passeth all understanding. 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:20.180 Oh, a glorious peace. You can smile through hardships. 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:24.119 You can smile even though you do not understand. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:27.640 You can smile when you're standing at the open 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:31.599 grave. You can smile when the sun has ceased 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:35.279 to shine. You can smile when those stones are 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:38.640 bruising your feet. You can smile when disappointments 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:46.299 come. Because you know that you are in the center 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:54.420 of his will. You know that. Thou hast made us 00:19:54.420 --> 00:20:01.720 for thyself, and our hearts are restless until 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:15.180 they repose in thee. We were made for God, made 00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:23.089 in his image and after his likeness. And our 00:20:23.089 --> 00:20:31.809 hearts are restless until they repose in thee. 00:20:32.910 --> 00:20:42.049 Our lives are without meaning until we are led 00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:52.029 by the Holy Spirit in the perfect will. of God.