How to Pray (5): Deliver Us
The Lord's Day Morning June 13, 2010 Luke 11:1-4 “How to Pray (5): Deliver Us” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III We’re today, in the sermon, at the end of a five part series on the Lord's Prayer. Around the time of Christ's life on earth, it was very common for Jewish rabbis to be asked by their followers, their disciples, how to pray or to be taught to pray. And we have examples in extra biblical literature of people who did this. In the Bible, we also have the example of John the Baptist who, apparently, as a good Jewish rabbi, was teaching his disciples how to pray. And apparently, Jesus’ disciples were jealous for Him to teach them to pray like John was teaching his disciples. And so what we call the Lord's Prayer today is an answer to that. We've been looking at it,…