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- Title: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (The Meaning of the Lords Prayer on Affluent Christians) (Essay)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 256 KB
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The prophet Joel summoned the people of God to a fast: "Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast" (Joel 2:15-16a). Joel harkened the people of God to repent and weep at the outbreak of famine. A plague of locusts threatened to devastate the land and to leave the people bereft of the basic necessities of life, including even grain for an offering to God. Not only human life was in danger but also the beasts of fields. All creation moaned at the lack of grain for daily bread. In that moment, the prophet called the people to fast as a sign of repentance. Brothers and sisters, the testimony of the law and the prophets makes stunningly clear God's command to feed the hungry, to share our daily bread, so that all people have enough to eat. Nothing is clearer in God's word than the witness about justice to the poor. Moreover, we have a Savior, Jesus Christ, who said, "If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead" (Luke 16:31). This same Savior taught his disciples to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," the theme verse of our Lutheran World Federation Assembly. How do we dare to continue to pray this petition when we do not mean it? We are living in just such a time when many Christians, including many from North America, continue to pray for our daily bread but do not mean it.
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