Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition?
Question. What do we pray for in the second petition?
Answer. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray, that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Proofs.
- [a] Matt. 12:25-28; Rom. 16:20; I John 3:8
- [b] Ps. 72:8-11; Matt. 24:14; I Cor. 15:24-25
- [c] Ps. 119:5; Luke 22:32; II Thess. 3:1-5
- [d] Rev. 22:20
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 102, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1CO.15.24-1CO.15.25, 1JN.3.8, LUK.22.32, MAT.12.25-MAT.12.28, MAT.24.14, PSA.119.5, PSA.72.8-PSA.72.11, REV.22.20, ROM.16.20
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