Being Delivered from Temptation and from the Evil One
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt.6:13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver
us from the evil one.
1 Cor. 10:13 No temptation has taken you except that which
is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow
that you be tempted beyond what you are able, but will, with
the temptation, also make the way out, that you may be able
to endure it.
1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober; watch. Your adversary, the devil, as a
roaring lion , walks about, seeking someone to devour.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since the Lord has asked us to pray, we should pray that God
would not bring us into temptation. We do not know when
temptation will come. But we can pray ahead of time that we
not be brought into temptation. This prayer is for our
protection. We are not waiting every day for temptation to
come. Rather, we are praying every day for temptation not to
come. We should ask that we only encounter what the Lord
allows to come upon us and not encounter anything that the
Lord does not allow to come upon us. If we do not pray this
way, we will not be able to withstand temptation for a
moment; we will not be able to accomplish anything. We must
ask the Lord to not bring us into any temptation, not
allowing us to encounter anyone that we should not encounter
nor to come across anything that we should not come across.
This is a protective prayer.
Not only do we have to ask God not to bring us into
temptation, but we also have to ask Him to deliver us from
the evil one. This is a positive prayer. No matter where
Satan puts his hand, we have to ask the Lord to deliver us
from the evil one. In other words, we pray that we not fall
into the hand of the evil one in anything. In reading Matthew
8 and 9, we find that Satan�s hands are beyond what we expect
and know. They are hidden behind the fever which comes
suddenly upon a person�s body (8:14) and the storm which
rises suddenly from the sea (8:24). They cause the demons to
attach themselves to men and drown the pigs (8:28-32). They
work within man�s heart and cause him to reject and oppose
the Lord for no reason at all (9:3, 11). In short, Satan is
out to harm man and inflict suffering on man. Therefore, we
have to pray that we will be delivered from the evil one.
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the Recovery
Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from �The Prayer Ministry
of the Church� in the Collected Works of Watchman Nee, Vol. 22, pp.
172-173. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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