The Lord's Prayer: Who is the "us" in that prayer? When you say.. ..........?

Question

forgive us our trespasses. Who are you referring to? Isn't your prayer inclusive of those you despise like Atheist. Wouldn't your prayer be enough for them to be delivered from hell without them asking for it?

Answer 1

OUR Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give US this day our daily bread.
Forgive US our trespasses,
as WE forgive those who trespass against US.
And lead US not into temptation,
but deliver US from evil.
Amen.

When we say "our" Father and "we" and "us," we are including everyone who recognizes God as "father."

If you do not recognized God as your father then you have voluntarily removed yourself from the prayer.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The Lord's Prayer is often said as a group. In a church service etc. And no, it's not inclusive of atheists. Each person is responsible for his or her own salvation. It's up to you to repent and accept the Lord Jesus as Lord of your life. No one else can do it for you.

Answer 3

If that were true, then only one person would have to pray and everyone would be saved.

I believe US refers to those who are in prayer with you. Ive never in my life said the Lords prayer by myself, its always been in a group setting. I have my own personal prayer time where I talk to God like I would talk to anyone.

Answer 4

The US in the prayer is referring to the people who are praying with you and those who believe the same as you do.

Answer 5

Jesus taught the Lord's Pryaer in a group setting, where he was asked how they are a group should pray. While it can be used as a guideline, or blueprint, for individual prayer, it was given in a group situation. So the "us" refers to the people who are saying it.

(Nice try...)

Answer 6

I like how Christians keep asking why Atheists get snarky with them. Everyone? This is why.

What's it to you where I end up in the afterlife? Or does the thought of others suffering make you feel all warm and happy inside? Oh yeah, that's a morality I want to sign up for. Hold me back.

Answer 7

Why do you think we despise atheists? Don't think that is so, feel sad for them tho!

The Lord's Prayer is necessary for us to say often as we need the strength and peace it brings to our hearts and spirits.

Answer 8

“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12) Jesus was not here speaking of debts of money. He had in mind the forgiveness of our sins. In Luke’s record of the model prayer, this request reads: “Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone that is in debt to us.” (Luke 11:4) Thus, when we sin, it is as if we incur a debt to Jehovah. But our loving God is prepared to ‘blot out,’ or cancel, that debt if we sincerely repent, “turn around,” and ask him for forgiveness on the basis of faith in Christ’s ransom sacrifice. Acts 3:19; 10:43

From another standpoint, we sin when we miss the mark of Jehovah’s standards of righteousness. Through inherited sin, we all transgress in word, deed, and thought or we fail to do what we should do. Therefore, whether we are conscious of having sinned during the day or not, we need to include in our daily prayers a request for forgiveness of our sins.

Prayer for forgiveness should follow honest self-examination, repentance, and confession, based on faith in the redemptive power of Christ’s shed blood. (1 John 1:7-9) To prove the sincerity of our prayer, we must back up our request for forgiveness by “works that befit repentance.” (Acts 26:20) We can then have faith in God's readiness to forgive our sins. The result is incomparable peace of mind, “the peace of God that excels all thought,” which in turn “will guard [our] hearts and [our] mental powers by means of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7) But Jesus’ model prayer teaches us even more about what we must do to obtain forgiveness of our sins.

To Be Forgiven, We Must Forgive

Interestingly, the request “forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors,” is the only part of the model prayer that Jesus commented on. After concluding the prayer, he added: “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; whereas if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14, 15) Thus, Jesus made it very clear that our being forgiven by Jehovah is contingent on our being willing to forgive others.

Answer 9

the us is everyone... meaning humans and sinners, believers and non believers.

it includes everyone, but god chooses who he saves,
the other people must also believe.

i pray for people all the time, but the people have to accept and have faith for the prayer to even be considered.

god answers prayers in three ways.... yes, no, and later

Answer 10

All men that commit sin and does follow the will of God is called a trespasser... Sin is transgression therefore man accepting that he is a sinner in the sight of God is first step of accepting God.