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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Does God lead us into temptation?

The Lord’s Prayer’s Hard Plea
The Lord’s Prayer’s Hard Plea
Does God lead us into temptation? Do we have to ask him not to?
Matt Reynolds
As most Christians know from painful experience, temptation is as easy to find as it is hard to resist. Every day, in a hundred ways, we face pressure to cut corners, mistreat others, and gratify our wayward desires. Sometimes we grasp the danger and paddle mightily against the current. Other times we sink into sin as if relaxing into an easy chair. But frequent failure leaves us demoralized and ashamed.
Temptation already feels like an unfair fight. So why would God ever ratchet up the difficulty? ...
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