Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Lenten Reading: On the Lord’s Prayer published by SVS Press.

We have extant three pre-Nicene treatises explaining the meaning of the petitions in the Our Father which the early Christians were encouraged to pray very often.

They are all in this volume: Tertullian, Origen, and St. Cyprian of Carthage.

One of the more enigmatic petitions in the Lord’s Prayer is, “Lead us not into temptation”. What does this mean?

How can God lead us into temptation when James said, “When temptations come, let no one say, “I am tempted by God,” because God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one.” (James… Continue reading →