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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Temptation: Thinking about Part of The Lord's Prayer and Cross Referencing with James 1 and 1 Corinthians 10

I was praying through the Lord's Prayer and came to the part where He instructs us to pray, "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." My mind took me from there to James 1 : "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death" (v.v.13-15).

Why 1 Corinthians 10? Paul reminds the Corinthians of the history of the Jews, and then makes this point: "Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore, let anyone who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall" (v.v. 11-12). All of the Bible has been written down for our instruction also, and we need to pray as the Lord taught us to: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]"

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