LEAD US
NOT INTO TEMPTATION
Matthew 6:13: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen."
Introduction:
The Lord's Prayer serves as an example to
every genuine Christian. Every Christian should pray this way because if Jesus
was tempted by the Devil, Christians will also be tempted. We all face
temptations.
James 1:13-15: "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any
man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it
is finished, bringeth forth death."
We will all be tempted to do what is wrong;
we cannot avoid temptation. However, God has designed a way for the temptation
we face to be reduced drastically.
1 Corinthians 10:13: "There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
As we ask Him, He will give us victory over
temptation.
Five Important Things to Know About This
Prayer
1. THE PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR FLESH IS
WEAK.
Romans 8:4-8 Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:5 For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Rom 8:6 For
to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and
peace.
Rom 8:7
Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the
law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom 8:8 So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom 8:9 But
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
2. THE PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR FORMER
FATHER, THE DEVIL, IS WORKING TO DECEIVE US.
John 8:44 Jn 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 10:10: "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and
to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly."
3. THE PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR FLESH
WILL OVERCOME TEMPTATION BY THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Galatians 5:16, 25: "Walk in the Spirit, and
ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit."
4. THE PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGES OUR FIRM FAITH IN
GOD WILL BE REWARDED WITH VICTORY OVER TEMPTATION.
Matthew 26:41: "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
1 John 5:4-5: "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the
world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
5. THE PRAYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR FIRST LOVE
IS JESUS CHRIST, LEADING US TO ALWAYS OBEY HIM IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
(John 14:15) "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
(2 Corinthians 5:14) "For the love of Christ
constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all
dead."
Conclusion
(Matthew 6:13) "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen."
God bless you all always
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