And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Matthew 6:13
James 1:13 says, “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man.” Then what does this prayer really mean? We will see the complete picture when we see the entire sentence as one concept. Deliver us from evil and thereby let us not be led into the path of temptation. Because all the temptation is rooted in the evil, when the evil goes along with it the temptation also goes.
Paul in his letter to the Romans in chapter one and verse 18 onwards we get to read as how when a man when he exchanges the immortal glory of God to mortal, God leave them to be led into their own shameful lusts. Only God can deliver us from these evil and therefore when we pray, we are asking us to deliver from these this. We now know what kind of evil is he delivering us from.
Further, in 2 Thess 2: 1-11 Paul mentions about the end times and the taking away of the believers, the rapture. He clearly mentions that, “and for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.” God is allowing a strong delusion on those who do not believe in the truth and will eventually fall in for. So when we pray we must understand and believe that God keeps us away from temptation.
In Revelation 3:10 it is clearly mentioned, “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” The world is heading for an hour of temptation. So, when we pray, we should ask God to keep us from the evil and not to be led into the temptation.
