1. The Lord’s Prayer
6 th Petition: And lead us not into temptation.
Memorization Verses:
And lead us not into temptation.
What does this mean?
God tempts no one. We pray in this petition that God would guard and keep us so that the devil,
the world, and our sinful nature may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and
other great shame and vice. Although we are attacked by these things, we pray that we may
finally overcome them and win the victory.

2. LSB 665 No foe shall disarm you
Nor force you to yield,
1 Be strong in the Lord No arrow can harm you
In armour of light, With faith as your shield.
With helmet and sword,
With shield for the fight; 4 Though Satan presume
On prayer be dependent, To test you and try,
Be belted and shod, In helmet and plume
In breastplate resplendent: Your head shall be high;
The armour of God. Beset by temptation
Be true to your Lord,
2 Integrity gird Your helmet salvation
You round to impart And Scripture your sword.
The truth of His Word
As truth in your heart; 5 So wield well your blade,
His righteousness wearing Rejoice in its powers,
As breastplate of mail, Fight on undismayed
His victory sharing, For Jesus is ours!
Be strong to prevail. Then in Him victorious
Your armour lay down,
3 With eagerness shod To praise, ever glorious,
Stand firm in your place, His cross and His crown.
Or go forth for God
With news of His grace;

4.  We have now heard enough what toil carry the old Adam about our neck,
and labor is required to retain all that who exerts himself and incites us daily
for which we pray, and to persevere to inchastity, laziness, gluttony and
therein, which, however, is not drunkenness, avarice and deception, to
achieved without infirmities and defraud our neighbor and to
stumbling. Besides, although we have overcharge him, and, in short, to all
received forgiveness and a good manner of evil lusts which cleave to us
conscience and are entirely acquitted, by nature, and to which we are incited
yet is our life of such a nature that one by the society, example and what we
stands to-day and to-morrow falls. hear and see of other people, which
Therefore, even though we be godly often wound and inflame even an
now and stand before God with a good innocent heart.
conscience, we must pray again that
He would not suffer us to relapse and
yield to trials and temptations.
 Temptation, however, or (as our
Saxons in olden times used to call it)
Bekoerunge, is of three kinds, namely,
of the flesh, of the world and of the
devil. For in the flesh we dwell and

5.  Next comes the world, which offends us false security, and obduracy, or, on the
in word and deed, and impels us to anger other hand, to despair, denial of God,
and impatience. In short, there is nothing blasphemy, and innumerable other
but hatred and envy, enmity, violence shocking things. These are indeed snares
and wrong, unfaithfulness, vengeance, and nets, yea, real fiery darts which are
cursing, raillery slander, pride and shot most venomously into the heart, not
haughtiness, with superfluous finery, by flesh and blood, but by the devil.
honor, fame, and power, where no one is  Great and grievous, indeed, are these
willing to be the least, but every one dangers and temptations which every
desires to sit at the head and to be seen Christian must bear, even though each
before all. one were alone by himself, so that every
 Then comes the devil, inciting and hour that we are in this vile life where
provoking in all directions, but we are attacked on all sides, chased and
especially agitating matters that concern hunted down, we are moved to cry out
the conscience and spiritual affairs, and to pray that God would not suffer us
namely, to induce us to despise and to become weary and faint and to relapse
disregard both the Word and works of into sin, shame, and unbelief. For
God to tear us away from faith, hope, otherwise it is impossible to overcome
and love and bring us into misbelief, even the least temptation.

6.  This, then, is leading us not into middle life and old age, from the
temptation, to wit, when He gives us world, but others who are occupied with
power and strength to resist, the spiritual matters, that is, strong
temptation, however, not being taken Christians, from the devil. But such
away or removed. For while we live in feeling, as long as it is against our will
the flesh and have the devil about us, no and we would rather be rid of it, can
one can escape temptation and harm no one. For if we did not feel it, it
allurements; and it cannot be otherwise could not be called a temptation. But to
than that we must endure trials, yea, be consent thereto is when we give it the
engulfed in them; but we pray for reins and do not resist or pray against it.
this, that we may not fall and be drowned
in them.
 To feel temptation is therefore a far
different thing from consenting or
yielding to it. We must all feel
it, although not all in the same
manner, but some in a greater degree and
more severely than others; as, the young
suffer especially from the
flesh, afterwards, they that attain to

7.  Therefore we Christians must be armed see that they must desist, and finally
and daily expect to be incessantly acknowledge themselves conquered.
attacked, in order that no one may go on Else if you venture to help yourself by
in security and heedlessly, as though the your own thoughts and counsel, you will
devil were far from us, but at all times only make the matter worse and give the
expect and parry his blows. For though I devil more space. For he has a serpent's
am now chaste, patient, kind, and in firm head, which if it gain an opening into
faith, the devil will this very hour send which he can slip, the whole body will
such an arrow into my heart that I can follow without check. But prayer can
scarcely stand. For he is an enemy that prevent him and drive him back.
never desists nor becomes tired, so that
when one temptation ceases, there
always arise others and fresh ones.
 Accordingly, there is no help or comfort
except to run hither and to take hold of
the Lord's Prayer, and thus speak to God
from the heart: Dear Father, Thou hast
bidden me pray; let me not relapse
because of temptations. Then you will

8. Psalm 31:3 "Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me."
 LSB 721  3. I am lost if you take your hand
1. I am weak and I need Thy strength from me,
and power, I am blind without Thy light to see.
To help me over my weakest hour. Lord just always to me thy servant be,
Let me through the darkness Thy face Lead me, oh Lord lead me.
to see,
Lead me, oh Lord lead me.
 Chorus
Lead me, guide me along the way,
For if you lead me I cannot stray.
Lord let me walk each day with
Thee.
Lead me, oh Lord lead me.
 2. Help me tread in the paths of
righteousness.
Be my aid when Satan and sin
oppress.
I am putting all my trust in Thee:
Lead me, oh Lord lead me.

9.  When tempted, no one should say, favor, kindness, mercy, pardon, and
“God is tempting me.” For God love. It is the influence of God
cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he operating in people to strengthen and
tempt anyone; but each one is tempted improve. You need it.
when, by his own evil desire, he is  God promises a way of escape from
dragged away and enticed. Then, after temptation. So, take it!
desire has conceived, it gives birth to  Read 1 Corinthians 10:13.
sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,  Take one of God’s ways of escape: call
gives birth to death. James 1:13-15 a friend who will help you keep from
 God promises to provide His grace and sinning.
strength to resist temptation.
 Read Hebrews 2:18
 Read Hebrews 4:15-16
 Run to the throne of grace by calling
out to God to help you when you are
tempted.
 Grace is God-given miraculous ability
and provision, God’s good will and

10.  Using your notes from this week, spend some time writing to God, prayer journal-
style. A prayer journal is page/notebook that contains your:
 prayer requests
 Bible study notes
 verses that apply to a situation you are going through
 daily confessions
 goals
 revelations
 Reflection ideas…..
(tell Jesus what you’ve found /thought about this week):
 As you meditate on these verses, what jumps out at you?
 How are the verses you read related?
 Do you see a consistent theme in the verses you read?
 Why do you think those specific words were chosen?
 What is God teaching you through these verses?
 What are you learning about God's character and nature?
 What are you learning about who you are in Christ?
 What are you learning about what God's plan for you?

11. PRAYER
Psalm 141 A psalm of David.
1 O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Lead us not
Listen when I cry to you for help!
2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
into
3 Take control of what I say, O LORD,
and guard my lips.
4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
• No temptation
• Testing of faith
• Enemies lure
temptation…
or take part in acts of wickedness. • Mislead
Don’t let me share in the delicacies • Strength to resist
of those who do wrong. P raise
5 Let the godly strike me!
R epentance
It will be a kindness! A ppreciation
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine. Y ou
Don’t let me refuse it.
E veryone
But I pray constantly
R esolve
against the wicked and their deeds.
6 When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff,
the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.
7 Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[a]
8 I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD.
You are my refuge; don’t them kill me.
9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do wrong.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
but let me escape.

12. Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.
 LSB 663 lutheran-hymnal.com/online/tlh-446.mid Lest with grace you trifle;
1 "1 Rise, my soul, to watch and pray; Let not self your thoughts control
From your sleep awaken! Nor God's mercy stifle.
Be not by the evil day Pride and sin/ Lurk within,
Unawares o'ertaken; All our hopes to shatter;
For the foe,/ Well we know, Heed not when they flatter.
Is a harvest reaping 5 But while watching, also pray
While the saints are sleeping. To the Lord unceasing.
2 Watch against the devil's snares God protects you day by day,
Lest asleep he find you; Strength and faith increasing.
For indeed no pains he spares So that still/ Mind and will
To deceive and blind you. Shall unite to serve Him
Satan's prey/ Oft are they And forever love Him.
Who secure are sleeping
And no watch are keeping.
3 Watch! Let not the wicked world
With its lies defeat you
Lest with bold deceptions hurled
It betray and cheat you.
Watch and see/ Lest there be
Faithless friends to charm you,
Who but seek to harm you.
4 Watch against yourself, my soul,

13.  What would things look like if
Satan really took control of a city?
if Satan took over Philadelphia, all
of the bars would be closed,
pornography banished, and pristine
streets would be filled with tidy
pedestrians who smiled at each
other. There would be no swearing.
The children would say, “Yes, sir”
and “No, ma’am,” and the churches
would be full every Sunday . . .
where Christ is not preached.
 Donald Grey Barnhouse
 How might our focus regarding
“sin” and “temptation” be
misdirected?

14.  As God’s first children on earth, Adam and Eve were living in their garden
paradise. They didn’t feel any sorrow or pain, which might seem nice, except that
without it, they also couldn’t feel joy. They didn’t remember their pre-earth life. If
they hadn’t eaten the forbidden fruit, they would have lived like that forever and
never had children. Mankind never would have been born or the world populated.
 As we know, Adam and Eve succumbed to Satan’s temptations to eat the fruit and
disobeyed God who had commanded them not to eat from the tree of knowledge of
good and evil. As a consequence, they were separated from God’s presence
physically and spiritually—an event we refer to as the Fall. They became mortal—
just as we are—subject to sin, disease, all types of suffering, and ultimately death.
But it wasn’t all bad because they could now feel great joy.“Adam fell that men
might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” (2 Nephi 2:25) But as they were
obedient to the Gospel of Jesus Christ Adam and Eve were able to receive God’s
inspiration, revelation, and even visits from heavenly messengers.
 Once out of the garden, they were able to progress and learn to become more like
our Heavenly Father. In addition, they could have children, which meant the rest of
God’s spirit children (all of us) could come to Earth, experience physical
bodies, and be proven by our daily choices. Just like Adam and Eve, there are
consequences to all our choices, good or bad. Lasting happiness and progression
come from choosing to do what God wants us to do. The key word is “choosing.”
Generally God does not step in and prevent us from making the poor choices Satan
tempts us to make. He will, however, offer his love, divine guidance, and warnings
when we open our heart to Him.

15.  • What do tempt and temptation mean in the Scriptures?
 • Into what kinds of evil do our spiritual enemies try to mislead us?
 •What do we ask God to do for us when we pray this petition?
______________________________
 SS: And lead us not into temptation
 M: Testing our Faith Say Mean Matter
 T: Enemies Lure…
 W: Mislead by the Devil Key phrases Own words Answer the
 Th: Strength to Resist questions/
Personal
application

16.  And do not bring us1 to the time of
trial2, but rescue us3 from the evil one.4
 kai mh eisenegkhv1 hmav eiv peira
son 2
nalla rusai3 hmav apo tou ponhr
ou.4
 Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo
 Ve’al-tevieinu1 lidei massah2, ki-’im hatzileinu3 min-hara4

17.  What does this mean?
 God tempts no one. We pray in this
petition that God would guard and
keep us so that the devil, the world,
and our sinful nature may not deceive
us or mislead us into false belief,
despair, and other great shame and
vice. Although we are attacked by
these things, we pray that we may
finally overcome them and win the
victory.

18.  Pharisaical “Temptation”
 Creating in/out groups through
different vocations, races and
ailments.
 Temptation=sin fallacy
 Making sin a part of one’s physical
condition (ailments) and leaving
them in uncleanness
 Being solicited to sin is not the same
as actually sinning. Christ was
tempted in this way.
 God’s sovreign decree
 God is in control of who is and who
is not tempted, the extent, and
whether or not they give into the
« the hands of massah » (Pharoah)

19.  Father of us the one in the heavens
 A Hallowed the name of you
 B Come the kingdom of you
 C Happen the will of you, as in heaven also
on earth
 D The bread of us for the coming day give us today
 C’ And forgive us the debts of us, as also we
have forgiven the debtors of us.
 B’ And do not bring us into temptation,
 A’ But rescue us from the evil (one).

20.  What do tempt and temptation mean sacrifice Isaac (Gen. 22:1-19). Jesus
in the Scriptures? In the Scriptures tested the faith of the Canaanite woman
these words have two meanings: (Matt. 15:2128).
 A. The testing of our faith, which  •
God uses to bring us closer to
Himself.
 John 6:5-6 When Jesus looked up and
saw a great crowd coming toward Him,
He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy
bread for these people to eat?" He asked
this only to test him, for He already had
in mind what He was going to do.
 James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my
brothers, whenever you face trials of
many kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith develops
perseverance.
 Bible narratives: The Lord tested
Abraham by commanding him to

21.  The King is a leader
 He makes decisions based on the
welfare of His kingdom.
 Shields His kingdom from the
overpowering influences from the
world, from the enemy, and from
ourselves.
 Has an open court to appeal to his
unending benevolence and grace
 The King is a warrior
 He leads, as though in battle, as the
head of sabaoth against the foe.
 The banner of Christ is at the
forefront, we cannot be taken into
despair because He has defeated
grief, temptation, despair and death
for us on the Cross.

22.  B. The attempts of our spiritual enemies to
lure us away from God and His ways.
 Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will
not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing,
but the body is weak.
 James 1:13-14 When tempted, no one
should say, "God is tempting me." For God
cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt
anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his
own evil desire, he is dragged away and
enticed.
 •
 Pray: We are weak and sick, O Father, and
the temptations of the flesh and the world
are great and many. O Father, keep us,
and let us not fall again into temptation
and sin. Give us grace that we may remain
steadfast and fight bravely to our end.
Without Your grace and help we can do
nothing. Amen. (Luther).

23.  The Father has set the standard
for perfection, seeks to lead us
in the path of righteousness.
 The Son is our brother and
savior, who is also our keeper
and protector.
 Where Adam, Cain, and all
others failed, he was
successful.
 The Holy Spirit is the enabler,
the armor, the words of
confession on our lips, the
strength of our prayers, and the
enabler of good deeds.

24.  Into what kinds of evil do our spiritual  2 Cor. 4:8 We are hard pressed on every
enemies try to mislead us? The devil, the side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in
world, and our sinful nature try to despair.
mislead us into false belief, despair, and  Bible narratives: The devil tempted Eve to
other great sins. doubt and disobey God (Genesis 3). The
 1 Peter 5:8-9 Be self-controlled and alert. devil tempted Judas to betray Christ (John
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a 13:2) and to despair (Matt. 27:4-5). Among
roaring lion looking for someone to devour. enemies of Christ, Peter denied his Savior
Resist him, standing firm in the (Luke 22:54-60). King David's sinful
faith, because you know that your brothers nature tempted him to commit adultery and
throughout the world are undergoing the murder (2 Sam. 12:9).
same kind of sufferings.  •
 Prov. 1:10 My son, if sinners entice  Pray: Lead us not into temptation, but
you, do not give in to them. help us by Your Spirit to subdue the
 Matt. 18:7 Woe to the world because of flesh, to despise the world and its
the things that cause people to sin! Such ways, and to overcome the devil with all
things must come, but woe to the man his malice. Amen. (Luther).
through whom they come!
 Gal. 5:17 The sinful nature desires what is
contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is
contrary to the sinful nature.

25.  God’s action: Lead us into paths of
righteousness (Ps. 1, 23)
 Our actions: producing fruits of the Spirit in
keeping with our divine calling.
 We are on the path, we walk straight to keep
from sliding/straying back.
 Not begrudging our service to others, as we live
in a communal kingdom.
 Fruits of the Spirit make little time for
overwhelming grief in trial, sin, or sickness.
 Our vocation: We labor in a world that presents
temptations every moment.
 Our discernment in siezing the opportunity to
spite the devil and our own sinful nature is
fulfilling.
 Our repsonsibilities can also be burdens and
trials, ones where God’s name may be glorified
in ways only His sovriegn will understands

26.  What do we ask God to do for us when we and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word
pray this petition? We ask our Father in of God.
heaven to give us strength to resist and  Bible narratives: Joseph withstood the
overcome temptations. temptation of Potiphar's wife (Gen. 39:1-20).
 Luke 22:31-32 Simon, Simon, Satan has Jesus was tempted by Satan and won the
asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed victory for us (Matt. 4:1-11).
for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail.  •
 Rom. 13:14 Clothe yourselves with the Lord  Pray: No military eagles lead the caravan
Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to of our army, but Your name, Lord Jesus,
gratify the desires of the sinful nature. and Your worship. Show forth now a plain
 1 Cor. 10:12-13 If you think you are sign of Your majesty. Then may the person
standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! who believes You are the true Lord of
No temptation has seized you except what is hosts, and Captain of the armies of heaven,
common to man. And God is faithful; He will the one who believes that You are the true
not let you be tempted beyond what you can power and wisdom of God—not a being of
bear. But when you are tempted, He will also time nor creation, but even as it is written,
provide a way out so that you can stand up the eternal power and divinity of God—
under it. may that person, upheld by the aid of Your
 Eph. 6:11, 17 Put on the full armor of God so might supreme, win the prize of victory of
that you can take your stand against the his faith. Amen. (Ambrose of Milan, c.
devil's schemes. Take the helmet of salvation 339-97)

27.  A silly idea is current that
good people do not know
what temptation means. This
is an obvious lie. Only those
who try to resist temptation
know how strong it is.... A
man who gives in to
temptation after five minutes
simply does not know what it
would have been like an hour
later. That is why bad people,
in one sense, know very little
about badness. They have
lived a sheltered life by
always giving in.”

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29. LSB 773
Hear us, Father, when we pray, through By Your Spirit now attend to our
Your Son and in Your Spirit. By Your prayers and supplications, as like
Spirit's Word convey all that we incense they ascend to Your heav'nly
through Christ inherit, that as baptized habitations. May their fragrance waft
heirs we may truly pray. above, God of love.
When we know not what to say and our Heb 4:15 For we have not a high
wounded souls are pleading, my Your priest that cannot be touched with
Spirit, night and day, groan within us the feeling of our infirmities; but
interceding; by His sighs, too deep for one that hath been in all points
words, we are heard. tempted like as we
are, yet without sin. 16Let us
therefore draw near with boldness
Jesus, advocate on high, sacrificed on
unto the throne of grace, that we
Calvry's altar, through Your priestly may receive mercy, and may find
blood we cry: hear our prayers, though grace to help us in time of need.
they may falter; place them on Your
Father's throne as your own.

30. Popcorn Prayer:
And
Lead
us
Not
into
Temptation…

31. And lead us not into temptation. and His ways.
What does this mean? The devil, the world, and our sinful
God tempts no one. We pray in this nature try to mislead us into false
petition that God would guard and belief, despair, and other great sins.
keep us so that the devil, the world, We ask our Father in heaven to give us
and our sinful nature may not strength to resist and overcome
deceive us or mislead us into false temptations.
belief, despair, and other great
shame and vice. Although we are
attacked by these things, we pray
that we may finally overcome them
and win the victory.
In the Scriptures these words have two
meanings:
A.The testing of our faith, which God
uses to bring us closer to Himself.
B. The attempts of our spiritual
enemies to lure us away from God

32.  The Lord’s Prayer:
7th Petition: But
deliver us from evil.