Yesterday at the men’s Bible study at Holly Hills [I did not design that site, nor do I endorse the use of Flash as the medium for an entire site.] we got derailed because a fellow there was confused about “The Lord’s Prayer” and its application to Christians. For the record, “The Lord’s Prayer” (recorded in Matthew 6 and the book of Luke as well) is not for Christians, it was asked for by the disciples, and replied to, by Christ, for the disciples. Why are we stuck on this? Because people don’t understand hermeneutics. Get your time lines straight, get your audience straight, get your language information strait so that your observations are all in a row, then interpret, then look for applications. If there are no applications to you as a modern day Church-Age saint, then don’t sweat it. God made promises to lots of folks in the Bible, not all of them are for you. This is OK. If you go around claiming blessings that God promised to any old body (Jabez for example) then you best start claiming the curses, too.

OK, the rant’s over.

Ranty Peterman