Our Father in Heaven

We continue a year through what we believe as Christians using the Heidelberg Catechism.
This evening, we continue in its third part on our grateful response to God's grace delivering us from all guilt. In the Lord's Prayer, we learn that we were made for communion with God. In its first petition, we call out to our Heavenly Father as his children.

Introduction:
The Universal Human Response of Prayer

"Our Father" is a Prayer of Intimacy
-Illustrated in the Contrast between the Pharisees & Disciples
-Illustrated in the (Ideal) Father-Son Relationship
-Granted in the Gospel

"Our Father" is a Prayer of Simplicity
-Illustrated in the Contrast between the Pharisees & Disciples
-Confidence that the Father will give us what we ask
-Simplicity is not Simplistic (Q&A 121)