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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 21, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 47.

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The Lord's Prayer

Children's Lesson—No. 7

The Lord's Prayer

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Memory Verse: Heb. 2:18.
God does not entice any one to sin. James 1:13.
Trials, obstacles, persecutions, hardships, are permitted, to develop character.
Our own hearts incline to do evil. James 1:14.
Satan tempts and accuses. Zech. 3:1, 2, represents the work of Satan toward every soul drawn toward Christ.
In offering this prayer, we ask God to lead us in safe paths, to give us victory over temptation, and surrender ourselves to his guidance. If we venture into forbidden places, we have no assurance of protection from Satan’s power.
He who prays this prayer may depend upon the promise in 1 Cor. 10:13.
Mention a few temptations “common to man.” (Encourage children to answer from experience.)
“But deliver us from the evil one.” Matt. 6:13, R. V.
What the “evil one” is like. 1 Peter 5:8.
Does not always seem an open enemy. 2 Cor. 11:14.
Jesus able to deliver the tempted. Heb. 2:18.
“Christ will never abandon the soul for whom he has died. The soul may leave him, and be overwhelmed with temptation; but Christ can never turn from one for whom he has paid the ransom of his own life. Could our spiritual vision be quickened, we should see souls bowed under oppression and burdened with grief, pressed as a cart beneath sheaves, and ready to die in discouragement. We should also see angels flying swiftly to aid these tempted ones, who are standing as on the brink of a precipice. The angels from heaven force back the hosts of evil that encompass these souls, and guide them to plant their feet on the sure foundation. The battles waging between the two armies are as real as those fought by the armies of this world, and on the issue of the spiritual conflict eternal destinies depend.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in “Mount of Blessing,” page 158.