Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Reformed Answer

Here is the Westminster Shorter Catechism (a critical document issued during the Reformation) answer to the question:

Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition [of the Lord's Prayer]?
A. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed;[Mt. 12:25-28; Ro. 16:20; I Jn. 3:8] and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,[Mt. 72:8-11; Mt. 24:14; I Cor. 16:24-5] ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it;[Ps. 119:5; Lk. 22:32; II Th. 3:1-5] and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.[Rev. 22:20]

Do you agree with that assessment? Is it too limited? Too broad? Does it leave out the workplace, politics, the Church, etc.? Or are those aspects of life implied in the terms used in that answer, terms like Satan's kingdom, the kingdom of grace, etc.

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