After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
When Jesus prayed "Thy will be done in earth" He was talking to the Father; therefore it's the Father's will that was prayed to be done in the earth. God the Father sent Jesus to do His will upon the earth. How do we know this? The Bible tells us so!
John 5:23
...He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
John 5:30
...I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 5:36
...for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
John 5:37
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.
John 6:39
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me.
John 6:44
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
By the scriptures we have established that the Father sent Jesus into the world to do His will. After Jesus completed all of His earthly assignments, He left earth. While on earth Jesus sent His disciples forth two by two giving them power over unclean spirits (Mk 6:7) and commanded them to go into all the world to preach the gospel (Mk16:15) teaching all nations whatsoever He had commanded them to do (Mk 16:15 & Mt 28:20).
Jesus, who was sent to do the will of the Father, in like manner He sends us, His disciples, forth to do the will of the Father (Jn 20:21). Because Jesus was going back to the father, leaving the earth; He gave not only the disciples of the Bible the assignment to go forth, but all disciples (past, present & future) (Jn 17:6-20) to go forth and do the Father's will on earth even doing greater things than He did while on earth (Jn 14:12). Just as Jesus was sent forth by the Father to do His will in the earth; in like manner Jesus sends us, His disciples to do the Father's will in the earth. The Father sends the Son, and the Son sends us.
In addition to Jesus sending us out to do the Father's will, he gave us the Holy Spirit. It is by the Holy Spirit we know what the will of the Father is. Jesus said that He will pray that the comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, may abide with us forever (Jn 14:16). The Holy Spirit teaches us all things and bring all things to our remembrance (Jn 12:26) and guides us into all truth showing us all things to come (Jn 16:13). Jesus, the light of the world was leaving the earth. Because the Light was leaving the earth, he made us light ( Mt 5:14 ) by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell in us (1st Corin 3:16) Who guides us into all truth (Jn 16:13) to make known unto us the true will of the Father. (17:20
As Christians, the Church of Christ, we can only carry out our assignments, the will of the Father, by yielding our members unto the Holy Spirit. "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness" (Rm 6:16)? When we yield ourselves to the Spirit we become servants of the Father carrying out His will. When we do not yield to the Spirit, we are not servants of the Father. Therefore, we cannot and do not carry out His will. The Holy Spirit was given specifically to guide us into all truth (Jn 16:13); truth from God's perspective whereby we know the will of the Father.
Summary:
God the Father sends His Son to earth to do His will. God the Son sends His disciples, with whom He is builds His Church. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to communicate to the Church what the will of the Father is.
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(Eph 4:11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers
(Eph 4:12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(Eph 4:13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto
one perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ
Whether an Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor or Teacher, we are only one single small rock (Pétros) awaiting instruction from the Holy Spirit as to how to unify in the faith and knowledge of Christ unto one perfect man, (body of Christ with Christ as the Head) unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Pétra/Church).
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