A question has come in from a listener who asks this, Pastor John, Jesus tells us to

pray this line in the Lord's Prayer.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

So how are we delivered from evil and how does he save us from temptation?

The primary strategy of the devil.

I think when it says deliver some evil, it probably does mean the evil one, but it works

either way because he's behind every temptation.

The primary strategy of the devil is to deceive us.

That's his, he's primarily a deceiver.

Revelation 12.9, the great dragon was thrown down that ancient serpent who is called the devil

and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world.

That's Revelation 12.9 and John 8.44, when he lies, he speaks out of his own nature.

So the strategy of the devil in bringing about temptation and evil is to deceive us, put

thoughts in your mind or feelings in your soul at our faults.

He lies to us about where happiness is best to be found.

So how does Jesus ask the Father to deliver us?

And we have another prayer, interestingly enough, besides the Lord's Prayer, and Jesus

prays the same thing, only he expands it and answers the question, compare John 17 to

the Lord's Prayer.

Here's what John 17 Jesus prays, I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but

that you keep them from the evil one, and then verse 17, sanctify them in the truth.

Your word is truth.

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