Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Tag: God Delivers from Evil
In the “Lord’s Prayer” we are taught by Jesus how to pray to the Father. The prayer would be more apt entitled, “The Disciples Prayer.” In the above line of the prayer (in many manuscripts, the last line) we are told to pray for deliverance from evil. We are, in fact, told to ask God to not lead us into temptation. The emphasis should not be that we think God WILL lead us to temptation, but that we recognize that God can keep us from temptation and deliver us for the Evil One. All other scripture teaches that God is the deliverer of our lives (Psalm 91 is a great example of one of those passages that teach us this truth). We are to pray, each day, that our protection is from God, not our own efforts. Our safety from the Evil One and his temptations is not from our own strength, smarts, or skills. The world would teach us this. The psychology of the world is that man is the captain of his own ship and the master of his own fate. But, in this prayer we are taught that God is in control of our lives. If we want deliverance from temptation and the Evil One it is first about asking God to intervene in our lives in a mighty way. This DOES NOT exempt us from putting on the armor of God (Ephesians 6) or from renewing our mind (Romans 12). But, it begins by recognizing that the power we need to resist evil begins with God protecting us and enabling us.
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