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Daily Text
And do not bring us into temptation. —Luke 11:4, NW.
How does God answer this prayer? For one thing, he does so by strengthening us to stand the trial he lets come upon us and also by forewarning us. Before letting the spirit drive Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan he filled the Son with the holy spirit and also opened up the heavens to his vision. God does not let us work up a temptation innocently for ourselves by ignorance. (1 Cor. 7:1-5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 13:22, NW) Thus God does not leave us ignorant of the source of temptation. He makes arrangements to protect us against our own weaknesses. (1 Tim. 3:2, 6) So God keeps us from being tempted along with the world by warning us what things really are and by opening our eyes of understanding so as not to be deceived with the world and thus be drawn into temptation with it. In that way he keeps us from the temptation that has now come on all the world, just as he promised us by Christ Jesus. —Rev. 3:10; 2 Pet. 2:9. W 8/15
Monthly Theme
RANSOM
One of the vital doctrines clearly taught throughout the Bible is that of the ransom which God provided through Jesus Christ for men who love God and have faith in him . For instance, Jesus' words at Matthew 20 :28 (NW) "The Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his soul a ransom in ...
