1. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.
The Lords Prayer 6
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.

2. Tempting & Testing Does God tempt us? James 1:13-14
Test and approve the quality of (Romans 12:2)
God does test His Children (Genesis 22:1)
He does so to enlarge our faith by stretching it!
An Example
NLT ‘And don’t let us yield to temptation’.

3. The Tempter Personification of Evil: Devil, Satan, Lucifer
Beware of extreme errors of either fear or over confidence
He is a Powerful Enemy: John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11. Luke 4:5-7,2 Cor.4:4, Eph.6:12
He is a Malicious Enemy: Matthew 13, John 8:44
He is a Ruthless Enemy: 1 Peter 5:8
He is an Intelligent Enemy: Genesis 3
He is a Deceitful Enemy: John 8:44
He is a Crafty Enemy: 2 Corinthians 11:14
He is an Enemy with Allies: The world, our minds, etc.

4. Now for the Good News! He has only limited power: Job
He is a Defeated Enemy: John 12:31, Colossians 2:15, Declare it!!
He is a Doomed Enemy: 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 20:10
God has given His people power to defeat the enemy (1 Corinthians 10:13, James 4:7)
Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet (Romans 16:20)
God has ordered us to battle against the Devil’s forces (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)