Jesus closes the Lord’s Prayer with the famous doxology, “For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen.” In light of the rest of the Lord’s Prayer, we are led to praise. In this message, Tony Evans explains that we are looking forward to His kingdom. We recognize His power. And we give Him His deserved glory. And the praise will go on forevermore.
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the blood of Christ has given Believers
a passport to enter into a realm that is
closed to the general public prayer is
how you show your passport
God has given so much clout to prayer
that’s relationally driven to draw
Heaven into history that he will even
allow prayer to change his mind
the disciples never asked Jesus to teach
them to preach
them to do Miracles the one thing they
did ask him is will you teach us to pray
if you pursue a relationship and bring
your needs along with that in your
secret place
you will hear from God because God will
hear from you ask and it will be given
to you seek and you will find knock and
it will be open to you don’t let things
that God is willing to change go
unchanged because we refuse to meet him
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we call it in theology a doxology
taken from two Greek words
one is
don’t say which means praise
and then logos which means a word or an
expression
so a doxology is an expression of praise
that many doxologies in the Bible but
there are many
spontaneous eruptions
of the recognition and celebration of
God
for who he is and for what he has done
it is
blowing a lid off of the top
it is a volcanic eruption of the Soul
it’s not emotionalism
emotionalism is when you get excited and
nothing happened
but it is legitimate emotion
where you are responding to something or
someone
for who they are or what you just saw
them do
if it’s Jesus’s understanding when he
concludes the Lord’s Prayer
that if you really understood what he
said
there will be an eruption in your soul
there will be a doxological response
when you understand what kind of name he
has
and that it ought to be hollowed when
you understand what kind of Kingdom he
oversees
and it ought to be submitted to when you
understand the Perfection of his will
to carry out his purposes
when you understand that nothing you
have or will ever have could come to you
if he wasn’t the source of it getting to
you and so you praise him for your daily
bread
if you really understood what it means
to be a forgiving person and to be a
forgiver and letting somebody else off
the hook like you want God to let you
off the hook
and if you really understood how bad
Satan was out to get you so that God
would have to lead you from being
overrun by him or deliver you out of
evil he’s already trapped you in
it’s Jesus’s understanding
that if you understood all that he’s
already said
in the Lord’s prayer that there ought to
be a doxological response
there ought to be something welling up
in your soul
of Praise not because we have a praise
leader not because we have a praise
group
not because we have a choir or even
because we have a preacher but because
you’ve come to know God just a little
bit better
in the Lord’s Prayer creating a
doxological response a robust expression
of praise
so the reason we don’t have volcanic
praise
is we really don’t understand who he is
and what he’s done
because it’s Jesus’s understanding and
understanding through the doxologies all
throughout the Bible
that you’ve got a volcano that wants to
erupt in your soul if you really
understood who God is what God deserves
and what you benefit from because of who
he is and what he has done
Jesus closes the Lord’s Prayer with the
famous doxology
one of the great doxologies of scripture
he says for thine is the kingdom
the power and the glory
forever
amen
he starts off with the word for
in other words in light of everything I
just taught you to pray
you ought to be excited now
in light of everything that you’ve
learned about the Lord’s Prayer you
ought to be motivated now to give him
what he deserves he says for thine is
the kingdom
it’s about you
it’s all about you it’s about your name
your kingdom your will your provision
your forgiveness your protection when
you finish the Lord’s Prayer it’s all
about you
for thine is the kingdom now I’m a
beneficiary but it’s all about you so
let’s start there don’t start your
prayer making it about you
make it about him because then it can
Boomerang back to you but if you’re
making about you and you forget him then
you flip
you flip places in the prayer and you’ve
made the prayer about who you are and
not who he is
for thine
he first of all says I’m gonna praise
him for his kingdom
for thine is the kingdom now this is the
second time we’ve seen the word Kingdom
in the word in the prayer thy kingdom
come
we’ve explained that the kingdom is the
rule of God
is the comprehensive rule of God first
Corinthians 10 26 says both Heaven and
Earth belong to God so everything was
created for the rule of God
for thine is the kingdom well if you’ve
got to do the national anthem at a
sporting event and say the Pledge of
Allegiance to a flawed flag how much
should you give to the king of kings and
Lord of lords who is the king over all
things he says for thine is the kingdom
you are the ruler you are in charge but
the problem is we have too many of God’s
people who switch kingdoms
they wear a uniform of God’s kingdom
while they serve another kingdom and so
as a result they are living in a kingdom
in Conflict so let me help you
if you don’t recognize God as your king
not only in what you say but how you
function then you have jeopardized the
rest of the Lord’s Prayer for the Lord’s
Prayer only works if it’s his kingdom
that is your concern but if you’re
concerned about your rule your
management your status your position not
under the king but you just want the
king to do what you want for you then
you’ve jeopardized all the rest of the
prayer why for thine is the kingdom let
me tell you why you and I all of us must
be willing to voluntarily submit
ourselves to the rule of God over every
area of Our Lives as we pursue our
relationship with him as father
it is because if he is allowed to rule
then he will control the outcome
remember thy kingdom come why so that
your will is done so the outcome ties to
his rule
if you lose or leave his rule you’ve
jeopardized the outcome since everything
belongs to God’s kingdom he can use
anything that is created for his kingly
purposes
if you really understood who God was you
shouldn’t be ashamed of that ruled
you shouldn’t have to nobody should have
to beg you to praise him
nobody should have to beg you to glorify
him in fact if you only come to church
to hear the sermon that’s because you
don’t have a doxological worship because
worship just don’t come to hear a
preacher they come to meet the Lord they
come to let them hear him hear them sing
him hear them pray so that he can hear
my praise why because it’s about him
it’s about him thy kingdom come
and then he says
he says thy power
he says thine is the kingdom
thine is the power
a lot of Christians give God position
but no power
Oh They’ll worship Him they’ll wave
their hand in the air like they just
don’t care they’ll jump a Pew they’ll
shout hallelujah
but there’s no power
do you don’t see God doing anything in
their lives you don’t see God changing
anything turning anything because they
hold him in a high position while
removing the clout from him
see the only way you get to see the
power if he knows you’re subjected to
the kingdom if you’re not subjected to
the kingdom Psalm 62 verse 11 says power
belongs to God Hebrews 1 verse 3 says
God upholds all things by his power God
exercises power how much power does God
have the Bible declares that he created
the Universe ex-nilo X nilo means
without raw material he simply spoke it
into existence you know anybody who can
do that he simply spoke it into reality
if you go to a forest where no human
being has ever been and you see a rubber
ball you’re going to ask the question
how did it get here well when you see a
ball the size of Earth you need to ask a
question how did that ball get here
there had to be somebody who put this
ball in space and told it to stay there
what God has done demonstrates his power
why don’t we see more of his power
because we’re not submitted to his
kingdom his kingdom is tied to his power
that’s why the Bible says in Ephesians 3
verse 20 now through him who can do
exceedingly abundantly above all you ask
or think but then he says according to
the power that works in you so if you’re
not submitted to his kingdom you don’t
have access to his power and if you
don’t have access to his power you won’t
see him working in your life even though
you hold him in high position
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it’s easy to go around say God is first
in my life
that’s nice talk
great speech but there’s no power in
that unless it’s real submission real
relationship he says thine is the power
Psalm 89 11 says Heaven and Earth
belongs to God he’s King he’s in charge
first chronicles 16 9 God shares his
power with those who are completely his
let me say that again God shares his
power with those who are completely his
so if you’re not completely his if
you’re a part-time Christian not a
full-time Saint if he doesn’t own you
because you’ve been bought with a price
if you’re still trying to run your life
and simply asking him to bless what you
want to run then don’t be surprised that
you are a powerless Saint and that you
don’t see the supernatural entering into
the natural because who who are you
going to give power to when you can’t
trust them
if he knows you’re going to use his
power for your thing not his power for
his glory his kingdom and his name
so what God is saying today is that he
is the power Daniel 11 32 says the
people who know their God shall be
strong and do exploits the people who
know God will see God do stuff change
stuff flip stuff help stuff reverse
stuff heal stuff provide stuff the
people who know their God not just the
people who go to church
the issue in your life my life and in
our corporate life is are we pursuing
God
now did we have a great song and a great
sermon but are we pursuing him we’re not
pursuing him then it was wasted worship
thine is the kingdom
thine is the power
for thine it’s about him oh and then it
comes to this one nine is the glory
ah
the word Glory
means to put something on display
to highlight it
or advertise it
okay
Glory means to show something off
thine is the glory
I hate to tell you what I’m getting
ready to tell you I just hate it because
I just know that so many will not like
it
God’s not here for you
to this this
I just thought I’d tell you that
God’s not here for you Psalm 115 verse 1
says not to us but to your name give
Glory
God’s glory is so intrinsic that if
nobody glorifies him he can glorify
himself and be fine because his glory is
intrinsic to his being now
because he created us the Bible says for
his glory the scripture says we were
created for his glory in Isaiah 43 Verse
7. you were created for his glory
then you need to know you are going to
glorify him
now one way or another
everybody
is going to glorify God
now you can glorify him in one of two
ways you can glorify him voluntarily
or mandatorily
because everybody is going to glorify at
the name of Jesus every knee will bow
every tongue will confess that Jesus is
Lord to the glory of the father now you
have to understand something God says I
will share my glory with no man
okay I will share my glory with no man
my glory cannot be tampered with I’m not
going to share it not if it’s my glory
Isaiah 50 48 11. I will share my glory
with no man so here’s what you got to do
here’s what I have to do okay
you must be to God what the moon is to
the Sun
the moon reflects
the light of the Sun
on the earth so light hits it but the
moon can’t keep it
the moon gotta pass it on to planet
Earth because it has no life of its own
so if you give me Glory
and I own it
and don’t reflect it
I’m sharing Glory that belongs to
somebody else
your job and my job when we’re hit with
glory is to reflect it back to the
source of Glory
the source of light on the earth comes
from the Sun and is merely reflected by
the moon so when you give me Glory or I
give you glory make sure you go back to
the source
and give recognition God I ain’t taking
your glory all I’m doing is a pass
through they gave me some recognition
for writing a study Bible but it’s your
Bible it’s your book so you get the
glory and the moment any man any woman
any preacher any politician who takes
the glory to themselves and doesn’t pass
it on to God has insulted God and taken
a position like Herod when he took the
glory to himself and the Bible says and
the worms ate him up
because God will not share it soon or
later you’re gonna bow to the glory of
God so you might as well do it now
voluntarily since he’s going to make you
do it later mandatorily thine is the
glory the glory belongs to you the Bible
says the heavens and earth declare the
glory of God
Psalm 19 verse 1. the heavens declare
the glory of God okay
the Bible declares to ascribe Psalm 29
verse 1 and 2 to the Lord the glory to
his name in other words
the bigger you see him the more praise
you’ll give to him the smaller you make
him the less praise you and give him you
know why more of us don’t praise God
because he’s too small
I’m not going to praise God we get more
praise to LeBron James than we give to
God
why because God has gotten so small
that’s why the Lord’s Prayer is designed
for you to magnify God there are two
ways to make something bigger you
magnified or you get closer to it and
when you do those two things it gets
bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger
and bigger and the bigger he gets the
more praise you’re gonna give
the focal really praised God and seen
how big he is and understand every good
and perfect gift comes from above
and then he says one other thing here
thine is the kingdom thine is the power
thine is the glory okay watch this
forever
forever
no end in sight so let me let me help
you understand
what’s going to happen when you die
since it’s forever
Kingdom power and Glory forever
when you go to heaven if you’ve accepted
Jesus Christ when you go to heaven
there will be no night
night is canceled
no nighttime there will be no sleep
because you will have a glorified body
that is a body that will not and cannot
get tired cannot get worn out cannot be
bored it is a body that is pulsating
with life okay so God is going to give
you the equipment to handle heaven a
glorified body
he’s going to remove night and the Bible
says and he will be the son
what God is going to do when you get to
heaven is give you and me and us
believeth in Christ the uninterrupted
glory of God
right now you have the interrupted glory
of God because you have night time you
have sleep you have problems we have all
these things that interrupt us seeing
how massive God is but when we get to
Glory God is going to remove all the
interruptions and he’s going to show us
infinitude
infinitude means that which is Without
End
because God is inexhaustible he’s
infinite therefore there is no
conclusion to him that’s why it will
take forever to learn him it will take
forever because he goes on forever now
that’s an Excedrin headache and that
will make you jump out of a window I
understand that you can’t grasp what I
just said you need a glorified body to
grasp it but 100 quadzillion years from
now you will be learning new things
about God’s kingdom God’s power and
God’s glory because he says it goes on
forever
so guess what you’re supposed to be
doing now practicing
practicing praising his kingdom
practicing praising his power practicing
praising his glory giving him the worth
the doxology the praise you would think
that’s the end of the prayer
but it’s not
the prayer ends with the word amen the
word amen means so be it
the word amen means I got it
the word amen means that’s what I’m
talking about
the word amen means it will be done
amen means my affirmation on what was
just said
so don’t say Amen unless you’re gonna
Hollow his name
don’t say Amen unless you’re going to
submit to his kingdom and do his will
don’t say Amen unless you’re going to
look at him as your provider don’t say
Amen if you’re not willing to forgive so
you can be forgiven don’t say Amen if
you’re gonna not let him control what
the devil does in your life don’t say
Amen just say I’m finished because once
you say Amen you say I agree yes I’m
with you bank on me I’m all in God is
looking for some amen Saints he’s
looking for some saints who will give
God the praise to his name that when
they wake up tomorrow God I’m gonna
bless you because you got me out of bed
as they’re driving the work I’m gonna
praise you cause I got a job to go
through when they eat their meals I’m
gonna bless you that I’m not starving
when you go to bed at night thank you
Lord for taking me through another day
the Bible says from the rising of the
son tell the going down are the same
that the name of the Lord be praised
when a football player makes a great
play they walk around and they do that
they do that what they’re telling the
crowd is joining me in praising join me
because of what you saw I just did what
this means is give it up God is looking
for some folk who give it up who’ll give
up some worship give up some praise and
you keep praise in silence you can
worship in silent but you can’t praise
in science
let the redeemed of the Lord say so let
the redeemed of the Lord declare he’s
worthy to be praised when I’m healthy
I’m going to praise him when I’m sick
I’m going to praise him when I’m needy
I’m going to praise him Mama belly’s
full I’m going to praise him I’m gonna
praise him when I get up I’ma praise him
when I lay down my whole day will be
praising the god of the Lord’s Prayer
somebody in here ought to give it up and
give him the glory do his name give him
the praise that he is worthy
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for God’s kingdom to be manifested on
earth
for his power to be realized in and
through our lives
and for him to be glorified
advertised because he got involved with
us when we communicated with him prayer
is really
Earthly permission for Heavenly
intervention
it is saying God we recognize
that we need you down here from up there
if down here is going to make sense and
if we’re going to get the resources we
need
to fulfill your commission in our lives
in a world that does not take you
seriously and when God responds
to us talking to him about our need for
him in time and space
then we’ll be able to say Amen so be it
because we will have seen him with our
own eyes because we will have invited
him to be involved in our lives
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