R.C. Sproul

which is a status and a privilege that is paramount to the New Testament concept of redemption and should be brought to the front of our minds every time we use the word our when we say the Lord's Prayer, our Father who art in heaven. How many times have you heard that expression, the universal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man?

which is a status and a privilege that is paramount to the New Testament concept of redemption and should be brought to the front of our minds every time we use the word our when we say the Lord's Prayer, our Father who art in heaven. How many times have you heard that expression, the universal fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man?

I hope you listen carefully to what I said today so that you don't think that I'm saying that we should set ourselves up as superior to other people and to withhold our love or graciousness from anybody. But I can hear somebody say, but that is so patronizing. You're saying, well, yes, I have to love everybody.

I hope you listen carefully to what I said today so that you don't think that I'm saying that we should set ourselves up as superior to other people and to withhold our love or graciousness from anybody. But I can hear somebody say, but that is so patronizing. You're saying, well, yes, I have to love everybody.

I have to consider everybody my neighbor, but I'm really not recognizing the validity of their religion. I'm putting them outside of the exclusive camp of the church. Did you hear me say that? I didn't say that, but what I said means that. I'm doing just that.

I have to consider everybody my neighbor, but I'm really not recognizing the validity of their religion. I'm putting them outside of the exclusive camp of the church. Did you hear me say that? I didn't say that, but what I said means that. I'm doing just that.

I am saying that other world religions are outside the camp, that there is a difference between Christianity and Buddhism, and that that difference is of eternal significance. And I know that when I say that, I'm opening up the possibility for significant conflict But what else is new in the history of Judaism or Christianity?

I am saying that other world religions are outside the camp, that there is a difference between Christianity and Buddhism, and that that difference is of eternal significance. And I know that when I say that, I'm opening up the possibility for significant conflict But what else is new in the history of Judaism or Christianity?

Did God say to Israel, it doesn't matter whether you follow Baal or follow me. Both roads come to me. All religions are essentially the same. Beloved, go back to the first commandment. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. And in the eyes of God, Baal was a false god. Dagon, the god of the Philistines, was a false god.

Did God say to Israel, it doesn't matter whether you follow Baal or follow me. Both roads come to me. All religions are essentially the same. Beloved, go back to the first commandment. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. And in the eyes of God, Baal was a false god. Dagon, the god of the Philistines, was a false god.

And the prohibition against idolatry is at the same time, beloved, a mandate for exclusiveness.

And the prohibition against idolatry is at the same time, beloved, a mandate for exclusiveness.

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Jesus, when he gave the Lord's Prayer to the church, did not say, when you pray, pray this prayer. What he did say to his disciples was, when you pray, pray like this. And he gave them an example of godly prayer.

Jesus, when he gave the Lord's Prayer to the church, did not say, when you pray, pray this prayer. What he did say to his disciples was, when you pray, pray like this. And he gave them an example of godly prayer.

We are talking about prayer. And we raised this subject initially by looking at the disciples who came to Jesus with this request, Lord, teach us how to pray. And we've seen that Jesus began His teaching on prayer by telling us how not to pray, how we ought not to emulate the hypocrites of His day, whose sole purpose of praying was to be seen of men.

We are talking about prayer. And we raised this subject initially by looking at the disciples who came to Jesus with this request, Lord, teach us how to pray. And we've seen that Jesus began His teaching on prayer by telling us how not to pray, how we ought not to emulate the hypocrites of His day, whose sole purpose of praying was to be seen of men.

to give a public display of piety that was in fact fraudulent, and how that Jesus told us that we ought to go into our houses, into our closets, close the door, and pray to God in secret who would reward us openly. And we also saw that Jesus warned against not only praying like hypocrites, but also praying like pagans who, thinking that they could manipulate God

to give a public display of piety that was in fact fraudulent, and how that Jesus told us that we ought to go into our houses, into our closets, close the door, and pray to God in secret who would reward us openly. And we also saw that Jesus warned against not only praying like hypocrites, but also praying like pagans who, thinking that they could manipulate God