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If God doesn't tempt us, why does the Lord's Prayer petition Him to "lead us not into temptation"?
The phrase is part of a couplet, so it needs to be read in that context.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
The phrase does not assume that God might lead us into temptation. ...
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For people who believe in Jesus and not the devil, what happened in the desert?
For people who believe in Jesus and not the devil, what happend in the desert?
There are Christians who believe in Jesus, but not in a personal Devil. For example: the Christadelphians.
Devil
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How does Reformed Theology reconcile Jesus' meaningful temptation and impeccability?
This is admittedly a difficult problem that Reformed theologians have addressed in several different, though related, ways. Louis Berkhof mentions several approches to reconcile the "reality of the ...
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How does the LDS church back up the statement "I'm stronger than Satan"?
Frankly, according to the Bible Christians are NOT stronger than Satan, and that is not because he is a spiritual being and they are physical/spiritual beings. If anything, having bodies makes ...
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If God cannot tempt anyone, what is the meaning of the following scriptures?
Many people do not realize that believers and non-believers alike receive a default protection from God. They have a "hedge" around them similar to the hedge described as around Job. If it were not so,...
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Why sleep put apostles into temptation?
TL:DR; Sleep does not cause temptation, prayer prevents it.
How does sleep put the apostles into temptation?
It doesn't. The most likely source of your question is that the cause and effect ...
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Is there consensus between Christian commentators about how Jesus came to be atop the temple when being tempted by Satan in the wilderness?
To answer the question from a Jehovah's Witnesses perspective, this question was asked by a reader of the Watchtower, and it was answered in the following way in the March 2016 study edition of the ...
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If God doesn't tempt us, why does the Lord's Prayer petition Him to "lead us not into temptation"?
This may be a simplistic answer, but it came as something of an "aha!" moment to me when I first heard it many years ago:
In general, it is probably not the best idea to ask God to do something God ...
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According to Catholicism, did the Temptation(s) of Jesus take place on the same day?
According to Catholicism, did the Temptation(s) of Jesus take place on the same day?
The Church has not made any pronouncements in one way or another. Many believe that the Temptations of Christ in ...
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Would men have ever sinned if Satan did not tempt Eve in the garden in the first place?
There is a basic concept that you appear to be overlooking. Satan is eternal. God never totally destroys any of his creations, which have life given by him. He only destroys Heaven and Earth in ...
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What exactly did Yahshua/Jesus do during his 40 day fast after being baptized?
The Bible tells us that after Jesus was baptised in the Jordan (Matthew 3:13) he was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness and fasted for forty days and nights. The purpose of this period of ...
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How does the LDS church back up the statement "I'm stronger than Satan"?
The passage you're looking for can be found in in 1 Corinthians, chapter 10, verse 13:
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you ...
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How does "Lead us not into temptation" need to be interpreted?
The word lead is nearly as unambiguous in Greek as it is in English - εἰσφέρω (eispherō) - and the word for temptation - πειρασμός (peirasmos) - can mean temptation towards evil, just as in English. ...
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Can a devil use one prayer to prevent us from praying different one? (Catholic perspective)
There is a set number of hours in a day and one cannot pray all the prayers. I'd imagine it would be pretty hard for a Catholic layperson with a 40 hour work week to go to Mass, pray all the hours of ...
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What is the Catholic explanation for temptation?
Good question. As it turns out, there isn't an official Catholic position. That is, the Catechism does not address the question of why temptation occurs. What follows is an argument combining the ...
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What is the biblical basis that Jesus could not sin?
I copied this answer from this website. The contents reflect what I have generally heard put forth to propose and defend the impeccability of Jesus. I have emboldened what I think is the heart of ...
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Why do Christians fall into sin despite Biblical promises to the contrary?
Let's examine your scriptures one by one to determine whether we find a promise that Christians can't sin.
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is
faithful, and he will ...
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If God cannot tempt anyone, what is the meaning of the following scriptures?
If God cannot tempt anyone, what is the meaning of the following scriptures?
James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God:
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither ...
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How does the LDS church back up the statement "I'm stronger than Satan"?
I upvoted rhetorician's answer because I think that is the answer. However, from you question it seems that you're probably looking for an LDS perspective specifically, so I have an answer from the ...
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How does the LDS church back up the statement "I'm stronger than Satan"?
Some good points made so far. I'll just add this scripture.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.
James 4:7 (KJV)
Again, this doesn't mean that ...
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How does the LDS church back up the statement "I'm stronger than Satan"?
I John 4:4 says " you belong to God..the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world".
Hope this helps!!
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According to Roman Catholicism, are humans the only beings that can be tempted?
The saints are in heaven, and presumably immune from temptation. They "are in glory, contemplating 'in full light, God himself, triune and one, exactly as he is.'" (CCC954)
The angels "...
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In Reformed Theology what mechanisms and practices does God provide a believer to help fight temptation?
The problem here is misunderstanding what the grace of God is. I will not go into any Pentecostal/Charismatic views of that but confine myself to what may fairly be viewed as representing, or agreeing ...
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What is the biblical basis that Jesus could not sin?
You said, “We know he had his own will which differed from God's. Satan knew this when he tried to tempt Jesus into exercising his own will for selfish purposes. [Then you quoted, "For I have ...
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According to Catholic scholars, why was Blessed Virgin Mary spared of temptations on her way to motherhood?
Per Catholic doctrine, Mary was without sin. There is no specific mention of her temptations, but as pointed out on Catholic.com, if Jesus was tempted, it's certainly possible Mary was as well. I ...
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According to Catholic scholars, why was Blessed Virgin Mary spared of temptations on her way to motherhood?
According to Catholic scholars, why was Blessed Virgin Mary spared of temptations on her way to motherhood?
Little to nothing has been written on the actual personal temptations Mary endured in her ...
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Why do Christians fall into sin despite Biblical promises to the contrary?
The answer is in the first quotation: "he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability".
Each true Christian will be tempted.
God's holy spirit within that person will provide guidance ...
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Wilderness temptations of Christ: how did Satan appear to Jesus?
Where is there any basis for claiming that Jesus Christ had any satanically-driven thoughts?
Yes, Satan tried to put thoughts into Jesus' mind that had all the hall-marks of the deceiver. Yet the ...
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What is the biblical basis that Jesus could not sin?
You are looking at the verse backwards and thinking exactly what it does not say. Jesus was tempted like we are tempted, meaning he had the physical capability to sin. "... one who in every ...
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