Lord’s Day 52
Q127. What does the sixth request mean?
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one means, by ourselves we are too weak to hold our own even for a moment. And our sworn enemies—the devil, the world, and our own flesh—never stop attacking us. And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that we may not go down to defeat in this spiritual struggle, but may firmly resist our enemies until we finally win the complete victory.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Psalm 103:14–16
John 15:1–5
2 Corinthians 11:14
Ephesians 6:10–13
1 Peter 5:8
John 15:18–21
Romans 7:23
Galatians 5:17
“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”
Matthew 10:19–20
Matthew 26:41
“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Mark 13:33
Romans 5:3–5
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.”
1 Thessalonians 3:13
1 Thessalonians 5:23