The Final Request. (Mathew 6:9-13) Part One “Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” The first request pertains to our physical need; the second request is concerned with our relationship with brothers and sisters; this final one speaks of our relationship with Satan. “Bring us not into temptation” is the negative side; whereas “deliver us from the evil one” is the positive. As we live on earth for God we encounter the need to have peace, for this sake we ask God to deliver us from the hand of Satan. We do not know when temptation will come, but we can pray beforehand that God will not bring us into it; such a prayer is for the sake of protection. Instead of waiting daily for temptation to come upon us, we should daily pray that the Lord will not bring us into it. Only whatever is permitted of the Lord may come to us; but what He does not permit, we ask that it may not happen to us. Otherwise, we will be so occupied with fighting against temptation from dawn to dusk that we can do nothing else. We must ask the Lord to not lead us into temptation, so that we may neither meet those whom we should not meet nor encounter the things which should not happen to us. This is a kind of protective prayer. God bless.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:49:10 +0000
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