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Grace, mercy, and peace be upon you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The text for this morning is from the Gospel reading, The Temptation of Our Lord Jesus Christ for You. You may be seated. Before you get comfortable, don’t put your hymnal away. Turn with me to page 324 in the front part of your hymnal. Page 324. 324. In the front part of your hymnal, the right-hand column toward the bottom of the page.
It’s an amazing thing that if we grew up in the church, there never was a time that someone had to literally sit us down and teach us the Lord’s Prayer. It was taught to us by everyone else in the congregation, as it was continually repeated Sunday in and Sunday out. You have grown up with that prayer. Even if you came to faith and came in as an adult, you have continued to grow in the faith through that prayer.
And in that prayer, there are two petitions in particular, or two requests, that highlight this morning’s Gospel reading. And it’s on the right-hand column.
Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from evil.
I will say the petition. We will say together what does this mean and continue on.
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
