4. As the name of our Father is glorified here on earth by the preaching of His pure Word and by our holy life, so it is dishonored by _false doctrine and an ungodly life._ In our sinful hearts we are always inclined _to teach and live otherwise than God's Word teaches,_ and thus to profane the name of God. _"Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking the Law dishonorest thou God. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you."_ Rom. 2,23.24. Therefore we pray: _Preserve us, O Heavenly Father, for Christ's sake, from false doctrine and an ungodly life!_ REMEMBER:-- _We pray in this petition:_-- 1. _Dear Heavenly Father, grant that we may always teach Thy Word in its truth and purity, and that we may always live in accordance with it, so that Thy name may be hallowed among us!_ 2. _Dear Heavenly Father, preserve us from ever teaching and living otherwise than Thy Word teaches!_ MEMORIZE:-- _Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven._ Matt. 5,16. _Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking the Law dishonorest thou God. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you._ Rom. 2,23.24. QUESTIONS. 1. Why does Christ teach us to pray in the first place that God's name may be hallowed, held sacred, among us? 2. How is God's name in itself? 3. Why do we nevertheless pray that His name be hallowed? 4. What must we know before we shall hold God's name sacred as we should? 5. Where has God revealed Himself? 6. How, therefore, is God's name hallowed among us? 7. How must God's Word be taught among us? 8. What does it mean to teach God's Word in its truth and purity? 9. What, furthermore, is necessary if we wish to glorify our Father's name? 10. In what way is God's name honored by a godly life? 11. What does our Lord say Matt. 5,16? 12. Who profanes God's name among us? 13. From what do we ask God to preserve us? 14. What are the two things for which we pray in the First Petition? LESSON 41. The Lord's Prayer. The Second Petition. Which is the Second Petition? _Our Father who art in heaven. Thy kingdom come._ What does this mean? _The kingdom of God comes indeed without our prayer, of itself; but we pray in this petition that it may come unto us also._ How is this done? _When our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy Word and lead a godly life, here in time and hereafter in eternity._