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The Lord’s Prayer Lent 2011

The Lord’s Prayer Lent 2011. The Lord’s Prayer “And lead us not into peirasmos ,    but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 (NIV) “And lead us not into peirasmos . ” Luke 11:4b (NIV). The Lord’s Prayer Two complementary parts to this petition: Don’t lead us into peirasmos

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The Lord’s Prayer Lent 2011

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  1. The Lord’s Prayer Lent 2011

  2. The Lord’s Prayer “And lead us not into peirasmos,   but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13 (NIV) “And lead us not into peirasmos.” Luke 11:4b (NIV)

  3. The Lord’s Prayer Two complementary parts to this petition: Don’t lead us into peirasmos Do deliver us from evil

  4. The Lord’s Prayer The meaning of peirasmos: temptation testing trial

  5. The Lord’s Prayer Jesus uses peirasmos here and elsewhere to refer to the trials and testing brought upon his disciples by the active presence of evil in the world.

  6. The Lord’s Prayer Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, . . . and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death . . . Watch and pray so that you will not fall into peirasmos. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41

  7. The Lord’s Prayer “deliver us from evil” Evil is real and personal (= Satan). Satan seeks to disrupt God’s plan. Our idolatrous actions give Satan an edge in the battle.

  8. The Lord’s Prayer The temptation in testing and trials is to give up and give in to evil. Pretend it’s not real Wallow in it Moralize about it This prayer asks for God’s grace to overcome evil (= faith/faithfulness).

  9. The Lord’s Prayer A central Gospel image of testing and deliverance from evil is the “Waiting Mother.”

  10. The Annunciation “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Luke 1:38

  11. The Lord’s Prayer Mary will undergo severe testing because of her Son. Mary will see God’s deliverance from evil, once and for all, through the work of her Son.

  12. The Lord’s Prayer Mary’s Son Jesus is the True Servant of the Lord: “Not my will but yours be done.” He is the one who taught us to pray this prayer, but also the one to whom God’s answer was “NO.”

  13. The Lord’s Prayer Jesus was led intotesting, and though he asked that this cup might be taken from him, he was notdelivered from evil.

  14. The Lord’s Prayer Jesus, by taking “the cup” of peirasmos on our behalf defeated once and for all the power of the evil one.

  15. The Lord’s Prayer “Jesus was called to throw himself on the wheel of world history, so that, even though it crushed him, it might start to turn in the opposite direction.” (N. T. Wright paraphrasing Albert Schweitzer) We live in this victory, but also in the “now and not yet.”

  16. The Lord’s Prayer “deliver us from evil” There is real evil in the world. This evil has really been defeated. This defeat will be realized fully in the end – we are still engaged in battle.

  17. The Lord’s Prayer What, then, is our role? We recognize the reality of evil. We rejoice in Christ’s victory over evil. We respond to God’s call to overcome evil in our own lives and as priests for the world.

  18. The Lord’s Prayer God’s new world is to be born in and through (not around) present pain and travail (peirasmos). Our mission is to go into places of pain and travail and bring Christ’s victory to the oppressed.

  19. The Lord’s Prayer We are to say “I am the Lord’s servant,” and to accept our role as the people whom God would bring triumph over evil through pain and travail. “If you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for testing.” (Ben Sira)

  20. The Lord’s Prayer Questions: Where do we see the presence of evil in our community? Where does Satan still have a hold? What are practical and realistic ways we can bring Jesus’ victory to bear in these places and lives?

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