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Lead Us Not into Temptation


Matthew 6:13 (NIV)
?쏛nd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one??

Introduction: ?덽heasant hunting in midwinter.
What we usually call a ?쐔est??means temptation. Satan?셲 plot is behind it waiting for us,
only to steal and kill and destroy.


1. Where there is desire in one?셲 heart, there is temptation.

1) Satan opened Adam and Eve?셲 eyes to desire (Ge 2:17; 3:4-5).
2) Jesus served God with all His heart. No desire could be temptation to him
(Mt 4:3-10).
3) After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and sin, when it is full-grown, gives
birth to death.
- When desire occupies the throne of the heart, it tries to achieve its
goal by all means.
- Deceit, threats, lawlessness, violence, and immorality (1Ti 6:9).


2. Desire is an idol.

1) Saul and the fat animals of the Amalekites.
?? Dilute the command of God with desire (1Sa 15:9, 5).
?€?€ ?? The judgment of Samuel (1Sa 15:22).
?€ 2) David and Bathsheba (2Sa 12:9-10).
?€ 3) Judas Iscariot loved power and money (Jn 13:2; Mt 26:14-16).


3. In order not to fall into temptation.

1) Make up your mind to love and serve God with all your heart (Dt 10:12).
2) Always look at yourself being renewed and sanctified through the Cross
(2Co 5:17; Eph 4:22-24).
3) Keep away from the place of temptation (Ps 1:1; 2Pe 1:4).
4) Stay away from friends who tempt you (1Co 15:33-34); Heb 3:13).
5) Pray so that you will not fall into temptation (Mt 26:40-41; 1Pe 5:8-9).


Conclusion: Temptation approaches us in the disguise of beauty. It deceitfully promises us position, fame, power, money, glory, pleasure, etc. However, once we give our heart over to it, it becomes a terrible dictator and drives us to sin ruthlessly. As a result, it tramples on our money, fame, health, and family, and drags us into the agony of death.