Communion

[Ovedya]

The "daily bread" in the Lord's prayer has a deeper significance.

Someone mentioned that bread had to be made daily due tot he fact that it spoiled so quickly. This makes a lot of sense and gives great significance to the Lord's prayer. I do not think that we can gloss so quickly over this point.

But perhaps more than this is where this portion is given in the prayer. The first part of the prayer gives honor to the Triune God: "Our Father, who is in the heavens. Your name be Sanctified." The word usually rendered as "hallowed" means "to be separate from profane things." The Father's very name is not common or profane in any way. Therefore His name is Sanctified or Hallowed. Then there's, "Your kindgom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth." In this section alone, we can see the divine Trinity in God's coordinating work to join the earth to the heavens and to bring the heavens to the earth. First there is the Father as the source, then there is the Son bringing the kingdom of the heavens to the earth, and joining the earth to the heavens, according to the Father's will, which is carried out by the Spirit.

The first part of this prayer is concerning the Triune God in His dispensation to recover the entire earth and all that is in it. But the next part: Give us today our daily bread" - and onward - is concerning man's need to partake of the Triune God daily, for his daily portion. The daily bread is the bread that is for this day. This indicates that God's desire is that we live and pray today, setting our minds on the things above, not on the earth - not worrying about tomorrow or fretting over yesterday, but taking the Triune God as our source for today. Thus, the kingdom people live a live out of faith, a faith that relies solely upon God and not upon what they have stored up, or what they intend to store up.

Like a fountain drawing from a deep well, the Father is the source, or deep well of life; the Son is the course, or the gushing up of this fountain, and the Spirit imparts all that the well has and is into the believer's spirit through faith.

We have a song that illustrates this fact beautifully (Sung to the tune of "The Old Rugged Cross")

"From my spirit within flows a fountain of life

The Triune God flowing in me

God the Father's the source, Christ the Son is the course

And the Spirit imparts life to me.

(chorus)

Lord I treasure the sweet flow of life,

And my soul-life at last I lay down

Oh, Lord, deepen the pure flow of life

At your coming may life be my crown

In the fresh tender grass, Jesus makes me lie down

He leads me by waters of rest

No more struggle and strain

All life's effort is vain

In the flow I am perfectly blessed

Jesus called me one day to the Holiest Place,

To live in His presence divine;

Hallelujah, I've heard an encouraging word:

"Abide - you're a branch in the vine."

[ServingHim]

so logic would dictate that Jesus was merely talking about asking God to provide for our physical needs.

our faith is not based on 'logic'...

[ServingHim]

The "daily bread" in the Lord's prayer has a deeper significance.

you got that right! Jesus IS the bread from heaven, our 'heavenly manna'... John 6 covers the entire issue... :il:

[Guest Called]

our faith is not based on 'logic'...

That is a nice, safe answer, but God does require us to use wisdom. There are alot of people with "faith", but it is in the wrong thing or in the wrong idea.

[Ovedya]

The "daily bread" in the Lord's prayer has a deeper significance.

you got that right! Jesus IS the bread from heaven, our 'heavenly manna'... John 6 covers the entire issue... :il:

Let's not turn this into a transubstantiation aregument. K?

[ServingHim]

The "daily bread" in the Lord's prayer has a deeper significance.

you got that right! Jesus IS the bread from heaven, our 'heavenly manna'... John 6 covers the entire issue... :il:

Let's not turn this into a transubstantiation aregument. K?

ok! :il:

[Guest yod]

There are different levels of interpretation for almost any passage in the Bible.

You are ALL right.

[ServingHim]

Um, Jesus is not even mentioning Communion in the Lord's Prayer, in fact, The Lord's supper had not even occured when Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, so logic would dictate that Jesus was merely talking about asking God to provide for our physical needs.

where in the bible does it ever even say "communion"?

[ServingHim]

There are different levels of interpretation for almost any passage in the Bible.

You are ALL right.

:il:

[Guest Called]

Um, Jesus is not even mentioning Communion in the Lord's Prayer, in fact, The Lord's supper had not even occured when Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, so logic would dictate that Jesus was merely talking about asking God to provide for our physical needs.

where in the bible does it ever even say "communion"?

Looks to me like you are skirting the issue. Would you like for me to call it a different name, would that make you happy? I can say:

Jesus is not even mentioning The Lord's Supper in the Lord's Prayer, in fact, The Lord's supper had not even occured when Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, so logic would dictate that Jesus was merely talking about asking God to provide for our physical need

or I can say:

Jesus is not even mentioning breaking bread in the Lord's Prayer, in fact, The Lord's supper had not even occured when Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, so logic would dictate that Jesus was merely talking about asking God to provide for our physical need

You didn't answer my statement, you picked out one word and complained about it. Try to be objective and not legalistic here. Thanks!