(Introduction) Adoration Principle: Hallowed Be Thy Name...
Adoration |Lesson |Why is it first?
| What Does It Mean?
How Does it Apply in Prayer?
From the Prayer Notebook
Hallowed be Your name.
DT 6.5; HE 11.6, EX 3.14; DA 2.20; 1 PE 3.15
1A. ADORATION – I set
You apart today because of...
To hallow is to set apart.(=To put special
reverence upon, make high priority of, spend special time with – a few of the
many ways to HALLOW GOD NAME) "He is" [He. 11.6]
Deut. 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He
is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Exodus 3:14
And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I
AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM
has sent me to you.' "
Daniel 2:20
Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the
name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His.
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts,
and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
PR 3:5-6 Acknowledge Him in all your ways. The two basic
ways to hallow God are 1B) to recognize His person– God's IDENTITY. The
second is 2B) to recognize His Works – His ACTIVITY.
[personal application:] Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding; [6] In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
1B. WHO YOU ARE – You are the God. (God's IDENTITY)
Because God wants to be First, and
to be honored as such.
2. What does it mean?
To be set apart, treated uniquely,
revered or specially honored
3. How do I apply it during prayer?
1. First we ask: Why is it first? Without a God to pray to, why pray at all? Naturally we
should go first to Him in prayer- We were created by Him! Next, by going first to
Him our focus is away from our self. Having a self-centered focus prevents us from
seeing God as He truly is. But going first to Him aligns our focus on Him and His
ways. This helps us understand Him much more easily, and then the remainder of
our prayer is more logical and acceptable to us.
Often we find it difficult to submit to God's will or wishes for us, but usually it is only
because our view is incomplete of Him. As it becomes more complete of Him we
tend to love and appreciate Him more, just as we love human companions as we get
more acquainted with them- be they spouse or sibling or neighbor or whoever else
we love and admire. Thus we acknowledge the one we have begun to love and that
acknowledgment builds for us a relationship we eventually depend on for all of our
life. Proverbs 3:5-6 for this reason is many a Christian's favorite verse.
This verse explains to us several important things that help us understand why God
wants us to 'set His name apart' from all other things.
Hebrews 6:6 But 1)without faith it is impossible to please Him:
for he that cometh to God must believe 2) that He is,
and 3) that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Without faith we cannot know who God is and what He does because He cannot be
seen with the mortal eye.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen.
The two ways to have faith are
1) to believe that "He Is..." The verb here is "being," "to be," that is "to exist." In
other words, we have to trust in the fact that God does exist with a recognizable
character even though He cannot be seen nor His existence proven.
2) to believe that "He is a rewarder..." This means that He does Works that reward
those who exercise faith in Him.
Thus when we hallow His name in prayers we are acknowledging
1. His Attributes - they describe WHO HE IS.
Also when we hallow His name in prayers we are acknowledging
2. His Works- they describe WHAT HE DOES.
(Cont. on back)
Notes:
What it means to adore; should it be the same as worship? and at the Christmas time of year:
December 1, 2005
Studying the wise men and the shepherds - their worship: The Wisemen:
[kjv]
Mt 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother,
and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented
unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Tsk* on this vs:
Lu 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Lu 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he
had seen the Lord's Christ.
Lu 2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus,
to do for him after the custom of the law,
Lu 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Lu 2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
Lu 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Lu 2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
Lu 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Lu 2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all
them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Mt 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him.
Mt 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mt 14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the
Son of God.
Ps 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a
little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Ps 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not
the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Ac 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped
him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Re 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Re 22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down
to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand.
Ge 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in
the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey,
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
1Sa 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and
brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1Ki 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very
much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of
all that was in her heart.
1Ki 10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great
store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the
queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Ps 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall
offer gifts.
Ps 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made
for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Isa 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they
from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of
the LORD.
Ex 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet
cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred
and fifty shekels,
Ex 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and
galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
Le 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour;
and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the
flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the
memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Le 6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof,
and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a
sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
Nu 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
Nu 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel
of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
Ps 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby
they have made thee glad.
Mal 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be
great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure
offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Re 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before
the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers
of saints.
* TSK= Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, R.A.Torrey, an
excelllent topical Bible Study Book
Preview of The Attributes
The prayer notebook thus begins with the attributes of God. The first three are:
God is 1)Infinite (endless) 2)Eternal (timeless, enduring) and 3)Immutable
(changeless)
1)Infinite (endless) Because we are made in His Image, though we are none of these
three, the character of God manifests Himself through us.
His infinity creates an influence, and Our existence creates an influence. The
application of His attribute of infinity is our duty to be influential more than we
originally began to be. "Be fruitful, multiply and replenish..." is His command. (It
was given To Adam and Eve, To Noah, To Ishmael, To Jacob, again to Joseph at the
death of Jacob, and finally to all Israel)
Genesis 1:22, 28 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let fowl multiply in the earth. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (God to Adam & Eve)
Genesis 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle,
and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth,
and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. (God to Noah for all the Animals on the Ark)
Genesis 9:1, 7 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth. 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein. (God to Noah & his Sons)
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,
and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. (God
to Abraham for Ishmael)
Genesis 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a
multitude of people; (Isaac to Jacob)
Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company
of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; (God to Jacob)
Genesis 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a
multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting
possession. (Jacob to
Joseph)
Leviticus 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my
covenant with you. (God to all Israel in the Law)
His eternity creates a purpose for living, and an urgency of life. Though He has no end
or beginning of his being, He calls us to be "redeeming the time for the days are
evil." - Eph 5:16; Col 4:5
His immutability creates consistency that we rely on each morning as the sun rises,
each spring when the earth renews itself, and each event of the heavens which
astronomers predict with astounding accuracy. We are commanded not to change,
and to be unmoveable, and resolved to continue in the ways He sets for us to go.
Psalms 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Psalms 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful
bow.
Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to
change.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Now see 1A--Adoration for The First attribute, Infinite God
