tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post6787697449099812684..comments2023-10-23T11:50:35.699-07:00Comments on Marks of Authentic Mission: 'Lead us not into Temptation'Andrew Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714318748847734699noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-7152476423486771202011-02-18T16:17:59.544-08:002011-02-18T16:17:59.544-08:00If we pray and put our trust in the word of God re...If we pray and put our trust in the word of God revealed in Scripture, God will help us resist temptation.<br /><br /><br />But we must be careful: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world" (1 Peter 5:8,9). "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).<br /><br /><br />"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (1 Corinthians 10:12,13). We must take advantage of the way of escape that God provides.<br /><br /><br />We must be spiritually minded to resist temptation, realizing that eternal spiritual values are more important that temporary earthly pleasure or gain. "And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows" (1 Timothy 6:8-10). Notice again that the promise of worldly riches is a false promise. They who love money get sorrow.<br /><br /><br />Jesus can help us resist temptation. He was tempted like we are. He understands what it is like to be tempted. "In all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted" (Hebrews 2:17,18). "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:15,16). <br /><br /><br />"The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment" (2 Peter 2:9). <br /><br /><br />"Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been proved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him" (James 1:12).Roy Davisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-73856572729655801372011-02-15T09:22:32.326-08:002011-02-15T09:22:32.326-08:00Here by this petition, when we say, “Lead us not i...Here by this petition, when we say, “Lead us not into temptation,” we learn to know our own impossibility and infirmity; namely, that we be not able of our ownselves to withstand this great and mighty enemy, the devil. Therefore here we resort to God, desiring him to help and defend us, whose power passeth the strength of the devil. So it appeareth that this is a most needful petition: for when the devil is busy about us, and moveth us to do against God, and his holy laws and commandments, ever we should have in remembrance whither to go, namely, to God; acknowledging our weakness, that we be not able to withstand the enemy. Therefore we ought ever to say, “Our Father, which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation.”hugh latimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-25803235436883562902011-02-15T09:10:08.206-08:002011-02-15T09:10:08.206-08:00The eighth sentence is a petition respecting our w...The eighth sentence is a petition respecting our weakness: "Lead us not into temptation."<br /><br />It teaches us that we are liable, at all times, to be led astray and to fall: it instructs us to confess our infirmity, and beseech God to hold us up, and not allow us to run into sin. We ask Him, who orders all things in heaven and earth, to restrain us from going into that which would injure our souls, and never to suffer us to be "tempted above that which we are able to bear." (I Cor. 10:13.)r.c.rylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-63851472830085098752011-02-14T14:01:14.111-08:002011-02-14T14:01:14.111-08:00And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us fr...And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil — Whenever we are tempted, O thou that helpest our infirmities, suffer us not to enter into temptation; to be overcome or suffer loss thereby; but make a way for us to escape, so that we may be more than conquerors, through thy love, over sin and all the consequences of it. Now the principal desire of a Christian's heart being the glory of God, (ver. 9, 10,) Matthew 6:9,10 and all he wants for himself or his brethren being the daily bread of soul and body, (or the support of life, animal and spiritual,) pardon of sin, and deliverance from the power of it and of the devil, (ver. 11, 12, 13,) Matthew 6:11,12,13 there is nothing beside that a Christian can wish for; therefore this prayer comprehends all his desires. Eternal life is the certain consequence, or rather completion of holiness. .John Weslynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-5278413826898468112011-02-14T13:59:47.790-08:002011-02-14T13:59:47.790-08:00AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"
This petiti...AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION" <br />This petition goes to the root of the preceding one, for our sins result from our consenting to temptation; we therefore ask our Father not to "lead" us into temptation. It is difficult to translate the Greek verb used by a single English word: the Greek means both "do not allow us to enter into temptation" and "do not let us yield to temptation."[] "God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one";[] on the contrary, he wants to set us free from evil. We ask him not to allow us to take the way that leads to sin. We are engaged in the battle "between flesh and spirit"; this petition implores the Spirit of discernment and strength. <br /><br /> The Holy Spirit makes us discern between trials, which are necessary for the growth of the inner man,[] and temptation, which leads to sin and death. We must also discern between being tempted and consenting to temptation. Finally, discernment unmasks the lie of temptation, whose object appears to be good, a "delight to the eyes" and desirable,[ when in reality its fruit is death. <br />God does not want to impose the good, but wants free beings.... There is a certain usefulness to temptation. No one but God knows what our soul has received from him, not even we ourselves. But temptation reveals it in order to teach us to know ourselves, and in this way we discover our evil inclinations and are obliged to give thanks for the goods that temptation has revealed to us.<br /> "Lead us not into temptation" implies a decision of the heart: "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.... No one can serve two masters."[<br /> "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit."[157] In this assent to the Holy Spirit the Father gives us strength. "No testing has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, so that you may be able to endure it." Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.[159] In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "custody of the heart," and Jesus prayed for us to the Father: "Keep them in your name."[160] The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch.[161] Finally, this petition takes on all its dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation of our earthly battle; it asks for final perseverance. "Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake."Origennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-4367256852248323522011-02-14T13:55:50.990-08:002011-02-14T13:55:50.990-08:00Lead us not into temptation. Keep us fit and alert...Lead us not into temptation. Keep us fit and alert, eager and diligent in Your Word and service, so that we do not become complacent, lazy and slothful as though we had already achieved everything. In that way the fearful devil cannot fall upon us, surprise us and deprive us from of Your precious Word or store up strife and factions among us and lead us into other sin and disgrace…Dr.Luthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-13155748150439281132011-02-14T13:52:19.224-08:002011-02-14T13:52:19.224-08:00“And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us f...“And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from the evil one: .”<br /><br />Here He…quells our pride, instructing us to deprecate all conflicts, instead of rushing upon them…<br /><br />Just as when we are dragged forth, we must stand nobly; so also when we are not summoned, we should be quiet, and wait for the time of conflict; that we may show both freedom from vainglory, and nobleness of spirit.<br /><br />And He here calls the devil “the wicked one,” commanding us to wage against him a war that knows no truce, and implying that he is not such by nature.<br /><br />[...] We should note that He did not say “deliver us from the wicked ones”, but “from the wicked one”, instructing us in no case to entertain displeasure against our neighbours for whatever wrongs we may suffer at their hands, but to transfer our enmity from these to him, as being himself the cause of all our wrongs.<br /><br />Having then made us anxious as before conflict, by putting us in mind of the enemy, and having cut away from us all our remissness, He again encourages and raises our spirits, by bringing to our remembrance the King under whom we are arrayed, and signifying Him to be more powerful than all.John Chrysostomnoreply@blogger.com