Thy kingdom come.

The Messiah's kingdom, which in its organized form had not yet come, was proclaimed by the Lord himself as at hand. It did speedily come, as opposed to the Old Testament theocracy; but in its fulness, including the triumph of Christ's kingdom over the kingdom of darkness, it has not yet come. For this coming we may now pray, and the prayer is answered in part by each success of the gospel, and will be answered entirely when the King himself comes again.-- Schaff. The disciples were taught to pray for its inauguration; we may not pray for that, as it is already inaugurated, but we may pray for its coming into every part of the earth and into every human heart.

Thy will be done, as in, heaven, so on earth.

In heaven there is perfect obedience to the divine will, but on earth there is discord and rebellion. The petition asks for the prevalence of the divine will on earth. It is. missionary petition. None can pray it who have not merged their own wills into the divine will. He, in effect, prays the prayer of Gethsemane, "Not my will but thine be done." It is mockery for disobedient lips to utter such. prayer. See that thou be. child devoted to the Father's will, and then thou canst, from thy heart, pray the prayer that Jesus has taught you. Notice also there is the idea of doing the will. There must be active service.

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