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A Study in Matthew ~ The Sermon on the Mount
“THE LORD’S PRAYER”
Series: ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
LIVE Message: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Scripture: Matthew 6:13 ESV
Podcast “Living The Message” Episode 28
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture Reading from Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV
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Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Sunday, May 29, 2022
A Study in Matthew ~ The Sermon on the Mount
The Lord’s Prayer
Series: ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Message: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Scripture: Matthew 6:13 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
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Message: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Sunday, May 29, 2022
A Study in Matthew ~ The Sermon on the Mount
The Lord’s Prayer
Series: ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Message: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Scripture: Matthew 6:13 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture: Matthew 6:9-15 ESV
Matthew 6 ESV and Audio
9 Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. [For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.]”
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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SERMON NOTES
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Series: ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Message: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Scripture: Matthew 6:13 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
All of us prefer to avoid tests in life, because these are moments of accountability when we’re exposed for who we really are. The danger of tests is that we’ll come to realize we’re not all that we ought to be, that we’re frail and faltering beings.
In this sermon, we explore the phrase in the Lord’s Prayer, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” and learn how Jesus shows us teaching us to prepare for life’s tests.
When it comes to the tests of life, this prayer helps us in four ways:
Calibrate Reality
1) Calibrate Reality: Jesus is giving this prayer to his disciples as a kind of template to teach them how to pray. This pray for protection from and preservation through life’s tests is the grace we all need on a daily basis. Life is full of tests that we cannot avoid, so we must expect them. By giving us this prayer, Jesus is preparing us to face life’s test as an ordinary part of what it means to follow Him. This prayer helps us calibrate reality so that the tests of life don’t catch us off guard.
Define the Enemy
2) Define the Enemy: Our greatest enemy is not pain, it’s evil. Notice in the prayer that Jesus says deliver us from evil, not from pain. And so, this prayer helps us define the enemy, which is evil within us and all around us. To face such evil within and without, we need God’s preserving grace.
Run to Our Father
3) Run to our Father: When the tests of life come, and evil rears its head, we should run to the Father. If we are children of God, these tests of life are not punitive, they’re purifying. This distinction is vital for us to understand. God is 100% for us, not against us. His goal is to conform us to the image of Christ, making us grow in resemblance of our Father. And so, this prayer helps us to depend on His grace, to yield to His delivering power and presence as we follow Him.
Look unto Jesus
4) Look unto Jesus: Not only is Jesus giving us an example in this prayer, but He’s also giving us an example with His own life. If our Heavenly Father brought Jesus through the ultimate test, delivering Him from evil through the cross into resurrection glory, then He can bring us, His adopted sons and daughters, through our tests into glory as well. Because Jesus is victorious, we can follow Him with confidence.
Jesus says, “come follow me.” He invites us to walk with Him through the fire, through the cross, through the tests of life, because there’s glory on the other side.
There is no greater source of courage during the tests of life than to look unto Jesus. If He walked through the fire for us, then we can walk into the fire for Him. Jesus took up the cross for us, so we can take up our cross for Him.
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Episode 28: A Prayer for Temptation and Spiritual Warfareu
Podcast: “Living The Message”
Episode 28: A Prayer for Temptation and Spiritual
Warfare
Pastor Philip and Pastor Eric
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What is temptation, how do we pray against evil, and what resources do we have pursue victory over spiritual warfare?
In this conversation, Pastors Philip and Eric explore the confusing phrase “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” We’ll learn what the original text means and how to apply it in a variety of cases.
They also address important questions from the sermon:
-Did the devil make me do it? Or should we blame God? 2:45
-What is temptation, and how do we understand that term? 6:25
-Can testing ever be a good thing? 9:45
-Why do we pray to be delivered from evil? 15:40
-Are we praying against evil in general, or against the “Evil One”? 18:45
-How much should Christians be thinking about spiritual warfare? 20:50
-What are practical ways to pray against spiritual warfare? 26:07
-What does a model prayer of deliverance look like? 32:25
Questions about this sermon, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” ~ Scripture: Matthew 6:13 ESV? Submit them to 312-682-1888 or by email to livingthemessage@moodychurch.org. Your submissions will help us shape the conversation for our weekly podcast, Living the Message.
PASTOR TO PEOPLE
In college, I dreaded pop quizzes. I had one professor in particular who loved to spring them on us. And if you were doing the reading and keeping up with your assignments, they usually weren’t that bad. But if you were like me and sometimes fell behind, they could be perilous. The test either revealed my strengths, or it exposed my weaknesses. It was moment of pressure that revealed who I really was.
Today we come to an interesting phrase in The Lord’s Prayer, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” The Greek word for temptation here is “peyrasmos” and the core idea is of “a test.” It’s a pressure-filled test in life that reveals who we really are through suffering, hardship, persecution, and loss. For some, these life-tests reveal weakness of character which leads to sin and folly. In those cases, the “test” becomes more of a “temptation.” But for others, these life-tests reveal strength of character which results in perseverance. In those cases, the “test” is more of a “validation.” But either way, these tests in life are hard to face. Like the pop quizzes of my college days, tests are moments of pressure that press us to the core.
In this prayer, “lead us not into temptation,” we’re asking God to protect us from the pressures of the tests of life. We know ourselves to be weak and frail. Life’s pop quizzes are stressful. If there’s any way possible, we’d like to avoid the tests that might become temptations that lead to our downfall. If it is possible, let this cup pass. But if the tests of life must come, “deliver us from evil.” Father, keep us from falling and failing and faltering. Don’t let the tests of life take us down. Keep us faithful and true to the end.
Life is full of tests. Maybe you’re facing one today. This prayer reminds us that God is with us in the tests of life. He will never leave us nor forsake us. And our deliverance is in Him alone.
Remember, you are loved more than you know!
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