Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation
Bonhoeffer- 'Many and diverse are the temptations which beset the Christian. Satan attacks him on every side, if happily he might cause him to fall. Sometimes the attack takes the form of a false sense of security, and sometimes of ungodly doubt. But the disciple is conscious of his weakness, and does not expose himself unnecessarily to temptation in order to test the strength of his faith. Christian's ask God not to put their puny faith to the test, but to preserve them in the hour of temptation.'
My thoughts-
'Satan attacks him on every side, if happily he might cause him to fall.'
Eph_6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked
Fiery darts of the wicked.
A shield of faith. A shield of - the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. An invisible shield for invisible darts, because most certainly we do not have literal fiery darts being thrown at us.
And if we don't have literal darts being thrown at us we have figurative darks being thrown at us. We have spiritual darts that are fiery hurled in our direction and we need our spiritual shield to protect us from them.
The attacks are TEMPTATIONS.
And TEMPTATIONS are NOT all in the form of things we DESIRE but rather they can come in the form of things we despise, things that will cause us to put down our shield and leave ourselves open to the darts hitting us, wounding us….killing us, spiritually if not physically.
Satan truly does attack us on every side trying to get us to drop our shield, to throw it away.
When we pray- 'Lead us not into temptation' we are praying for our FAITH to remain strong, for our shield to remain upright, protecting us from the wicked one's evils.
Anything that tempts us to put our shield down- whether it's something we perceive as a 'pleasant' evil that will lure us into sinning against God, or perhaps something that is hurting us -mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally - is what we are asking God to lead us away from.
We need to be led away from all temptation, all sin, all evil.
'Lead us not into temptation'
Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Leading us not into temptation and our faith failing not is truly the same thing.
Keep us from temptation.
TEMPTATION is out there and will NEVER disappear. NONE of us live in a bubble of temptation free existence. Satan will forever keep trying to TEMPT us. By the grace of God we will NOT succumb to that temptation no matter what form it takes. Let our FAITH forever be.
Let us ALWAYS have our shield of FAITH ready for action, never laying it down.
Let us ALWAYS believe no matter what happens in our lives that our GOD is.
Heb_11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Please LORD-
'Lead us not into temptation' this is our DAILY prayer!
All in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, now and forever!
Bonhoeffer- 'Many and diverse are the temptations which beset the Christian. Satan attacks him on every side, if happily he might cause him to fall. Sometimes the attack takes the form of a false sense of security, and sometimes of ungodly doubt. But the disciple is conscious of his weakness, and does not expose himself unnecessarily to temptation in order to test the strength of his faith. Christian's ask God not to put their puny faith to the test, but to preserve them in the hour of temptation.'
My thoughts-
'Satan attacks him on every side, if happily he might cause him to fall.'
Eph_6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked
Fiery darts of the wicked.
A shield of faith. A shield of - the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. An invisible shield for invisible darts, because most certainly we do not have literal fiery darts being thrown at us.
And if we don't have literal darts being thrown at us we have figurative darks being thrown at us. We have spiritual darts that are fiery hurled in our direction and we need our spiritual shield to protect us from them.
The attacks are TEMPTATIONS.
And TEMPTATIONS are NOT all in the form of things we DESIRE but rather they can come in the form of things we despise, things that will cause us to put down our shield and leave ourselves open to the darts hitting us, wounding us….killing us, spiritually if not physically.
Satan truly does attack us on every side trying to get us to drop our shield, to throw it away.
When we pray- 'Lead us not into temptation' we are praying for our FAITH to remain strong, for our shield to remain upright, protecting us from the wicked one's evils.
Anything that tempts us to put our shield down- whether it's something we perceive as a 'pleasant' evil that will lure us into sinning against God, or perhaps something that is hurting us -mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally - is what we are asking God to lead us away from.
We need to be led away from all temptation, all sin, all evil.
'Lead us not into temptation'
Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Leading us not into temptation and our faith failing not is truly the same thing.
Keep us from temptation.
TEMPTATION is out there and will NEVER disappear. NONE of us live in a bubble of temptation free existence. Satan will forever keep trying to TEMPT us. By the grace of God we will NOT succumb to that temptation no matter what form it takes. Let our FAITH forever be.
Let us ALWAYS have our shield of FAITH ready for action, never laying it down.
Let us ALWAYS believe no matter what happens in our lives that our GOD is.
Heb_11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Please LORD-
'Lead us not into temptation' this is our DAILY prayer!
All in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, now and forever!
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