Episode Seven: On the Lord's Prayer, Pt. 2 Brews with Andrewes

Episode Seven: The Lord’s Prayer, Pt.2
Andrewes on Establishing God’s
Heavenly Honor, Kingdom, and Will on Earth
Nov.14, 2020
Special Guest: Bishop Chandler Jones
 
Sermons 10 - 12 of Lancelot Andrewes’
Nineteen Sermons upon Prayer in General,
and The Lord’s Prayer in Particular.
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Copies can be found in Lancelot Andrewes Works,
Sermons, Volume Five, or on The Project Canterbury Website.
 
Summary:
      With the 4th, 5th, and 6th sermons of this 13-sermon collection on the Lord’s Prayer, Andrewes teaches on the often over-looked, or unconsidered, realties contained in the intentional wording of “Thy Kingdom Come” “Thy Will Be Done,” and “In Earth as it is In Heaven.”
 
Outline:
“Thy Kingdom Come”
Seek first the kingdom of God/heaven (“Thy Kingdom”)
By seeking the renewal of our minds by God’s Spirit of Wisdom and understanding (cf.Isa.11:2; Rom.12:2; Eph.1:27).
By seeking the renewal of our hearts and learning to contemn, and live for more than, earthly pleasures, our own selves, and this mortal life.

Aspects of God’s Kingdom
It is a Universal Kingdom, with God reigning over all things, kings, rulers, and nations (cf.Ps.99)
It is a Kingdom of Glory (referring to God’s outer power and protection)
Against this, the Kingdom of Satan seeks to rule the world in God’s stead,
The Kingdom of Sin pushes back against the glory of God’s Kingdom, and
The Kingdom of Death pushes back against the power of God’s Kingdom.

It is a Kingdom of Grace (referring to God’s inner working)
This part aspect of the Kingdom grants the New Birth to those who desire it,
Roots out the presence of Satan’s Kingdom of Sin and Death, and
Produces the virtues of righteousness, peace, and joy.


The Nature of Its Coming
When it comes, it reveals our corrupted appetites for the things of this world,
It lightens our blind eyes for us to be able to walk in God’s ways,
It inflames/enlarges our hard hearts to love God’s ways (cf.Ps.119:32)
It removes from our lives all that offends God, and
Its fullest coming will be at the eschaton (Bliss for some and Hell for others):
We enter the Kingdom of Grace now that we might enter the Kingdom of Glory;
Those who do not become acclimated to God in His Kingdom of Grace will find the coming of His Kingdom of Glory dark and torturous.



“Thy Will Be Done” (not just known, but done)
We are seeking the grace to “Do”
We seek God’s grace to reign in us now that we might reign with Him in glory.
It’s not about calling Jesus Lord, but serving Him as Lord. It’s not about wishing, or desiring, but doing.

We are seeking that God’s Will would become our own will by submitting to His hidden/secret will and framing our actions to His revealed/open will:


God’s Hidden/Secret Will


God’s Revealed/Open Will


For His Pleasure
What He wills
Knowable only to Him
Irresistible
To be adored (election/reprobation)
Passive (kept with or without our intention or awareness)
In regards to the Secret Will we pray that nothing God’s commands will displease us and that nothing we do displeases Him:
Anything not plainly spelled out can be dissented to
It is possible in good will to desire something else than what God wills secretly (e., death of a loved one)

It is possible in ill will to desire to do something God has willed not


Disclosed to us
What we ought to will
Knowable and to be searched by all
Resistible (thus we pray to be able to do it)
To be studied
Active (must be made aware of and intentionally acted upon)
In regards to the Open Will we pray that when God does reveal His Will, we will have what it takes to see that it is done:
Be it death,
Be it trials and tribulations, or
Be it His commands,
We pray we might do it well




We show our desire for God’s Kingdom by our obedience to His Will.
Requirements for doing God’s Will
We must lay aside, seek the conversion of, and discipline of our own wills for God’s Will
We must acknowledge and honor