Lead us not into temptation   By Lord Buckbeak The Lord’s Prayer (Luk 11 and Mat 6) is the Biblical standard for Christian prayer. It has also been called the Disciple’s prayer as it is the prayer Jesus taught us to pray.  Yet for millennia believers have wondered and debated and questioned one phrase. They have asked why it is in the prayer and what does it mean. That phrase is: Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from (the) evil (one). How, it has been asked, does God lead one into temptation? We know that God cannot sin … Continue reading Lead us not into temptation

Lord Buckbeak  03/02/05 (prepared for Bible study at a local Church) Matt 6:13 ‘And Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Hebrews 2:18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.  Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.  The question is why would Jesus tell us to pray, ‘Lead us not into temptation’?  The answers have … Continue reading Lead us not into temptation – 2