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Are You Praying the Our Father CORRECTLY?
***What Does Matthew 6:13 TRULY mean?
Here is Matthew 6:13 from the KJV. “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”
Did Jesus teach us in Matthew 6:13 that Almighty God the Father LEADS us into temptation? To me, the answer is NO! Absolutely NOT! For you see, that interpretation contradicts James 1:13, which clearly teaches us that God does NOT tempt any man with evil.
And thus, Matthew 6:13, along with Luke 11:4, are incorrectly translated or misunderstood.
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Does God LEAD us unto Temptation?
Then Why Pray Lead us NOT into Temptation?
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Rather, Pray, You do NOT Lead us into Temptation!
In the past, I have always prayed this prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 as a prayer of REQUEST or asking Almighty God the Father to give us our daily dread, and also asking God to forgive us of our sins.
But after doing this study on Matthew 6:13, I now see this pray as actually intended to be a prayer of CONFESSION of faith. Let me explain what I mean by this by writing out this prayer in my understanding of HOW we should be praying to our heavenly Father.
Matthew 6:9-13 in my understanding.
“After this MANNER, therefore, you should pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Holy be Your name.
Matthew 6:10. Your kingdom comes. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:11. You give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:12. And You forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:13. And You do NOT lead us into temptation, but rather, You deliver us from evil: For the kingdom Your kingdom, and the power is Your power, and the glory is Your Glory, for ever. Amen.”
And to me, that is the TRUE sound Biblical meaning of Matthew 6:13.
For you see, in the light of the whole word of Almighty God, there is no darkness at all in God.
1 John 1:5.
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.”
And the brother of Jesus, the Apostle James, teaches us that Almighty God is NOT the one who tempts us.
James 1:13.
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts He any man:”
Also, James 1:2 says when we FALL into temptation and opposed to when you are led into temptation.
My point is that Jesus ALSO taught us to pray AGAINST being LED into temptation. And thus, the INTENDED meaning of the wors of Jesus in Matthew 6:13 could not possibly mean that we are to ask Almighty God, the Father, to NOT LEAD us into temptation.
Otherwise, Jesus would be teaching us the pray AGAINST the will of God, who “supposedly” leads us into temptation.
Matthew 26:41.
“Watch and pray, that you enter NOT into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
You see how the “traditional” understanding or ASKING God to not LEAD us into temptation contradicts the words of Jesus in Matthew 26:41.
Mark 14:38.
“Watch you and pray, LEST you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.”
The English word “lest” is translated from a compound Greek word which carries the meaning of the purpose of doing something is so that or in order that something does NOT happen.
In other words, the PURPOSE of praying in this verse is for us to NOT enter into temptation.
So then, if Jesus “intended” his words in Matthew 6:13 to mean that God Himself LEADS us into temptation, then Jesus would be teaching us to pray AGAINST the Father’s will.
For you see, why would God LEAD us to do something that is NOT His will? In others words, according to church TRADITION, God Himself LEADS us into temptation. And thus, according to church TRADITION, it is God’s WILL for us to be LED by Him into temptation.
But by comparing Scripture with Scripture, we can clearly see that the “traditional” church understanding and translation of Matthew 6:13 does NOT AGREE with the rest of God’s word.
Therefore, to me, I believe that the MANNER of HOW Jesus INTENDED us to pray is to CONFESS the WILL of Almighty God the Father back to our Father in heaven.
So, here again is my understanding of the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:9-13.
Matthew 6:9-13 in my understanding.
“After this MANNER, therefore, you should pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Holy be Your name.
Matthew 6:10. Your kingdom comes. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:11. You give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:12. And You forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:13. And You do NOT lead us into temptation, but rather, You deliver us from evil: For the kingdom Your kingdom, and the power is Your power, and the glory is Your Glory, for ever. Amen.”
Again, to me, that is the TRUE sound Biblical meaning of Matthew 6:13. We should actually pray what is commonly called the “Our Father” prayer as a positive “confession of FAITH” as opposed to a prayer of
Petition asking the Father to not lead us into being tempted by Satan, the Devil.
Now, Christadelphian Christians do NOT believe that Satan, the Devil, is a REAL literal BEING. And the Christadelphian Christians ALSO wrongly believe, as well as, some other church denominations, that God created EVIL and that Yahweh is the CAUSE of all of the EVIL in the world.
Plus, Christadelphian Christians, as well as other church denominations such as the Roman Catholic Church, sincerely, but wrongly believe in the FALSE doctrine or original sin. And thus, they build their other man-made doctrines upon the false doctrine of every person being born with a so-called sinful NATURE.
Also, Calvinism wrongly teaches that ALL of the evil in the world was ORDAINED by God. And thus, some Calvinistic Christians teach that NOTHING happens whether good or EVIL that God did not ORDAIN to happen. In other words, they wrongly believe that when a father’s daughter is raped and murdered it was God who ORDAINED it to happen.
Now, to me, that is NOT the God of the Bible. If you have not already read the study called Matthew 4:1 DOes God LEAD us INTO Temptation?, then I encourage you to also read that study.
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become a Lord, a King, and a God, to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called >>> Q-0 Why Are We Here? Is God at WAR? <<<
More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God. If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.
For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading >>> D-0. THE BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of JESUS! <<<
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Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
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Also, here is the Table of Contents with links to all of the chapters in Book 8 called Which FAITH is the TRUE Faith?
It is best to read the chapters in the order that they are listed. But please feel free to skip to chapter 12 if you do not know for sure is you are saved and you feel that you are ready to become a true born-again Christian to be absolutely SURE you will receive eternal life in the world to come when Jesus returns.
B-8 Ch1 Is Islam the TRUE Faith?
B-8 Ch2 What is the Tree of LIFE Spoken of in the Bible?
B-8 Ch3 What Does Jesus Being the Son of God TRULY Mean?
B-8 Ch4 Deuteronomy 18:18 Is Islam the TRUE Faith?
B-8 Ch5 Deuteronomy 18:15-19 The Prophet LIKE Moses!
B-8 Ch6 Deuteronomy 18:19-22 The FALSE Prophet Prophesied to Come!
B-8 Ch7 Is ALMIGHTY God’s TRUE Name Allah?
B-8 Ch8 Is Allah The ALMIGHTY God in the Bible?
B-8 Ch9 Muslims Say The Jesus Will DESTROY the Jews When He Comes!
B-8 Ch10 Who EXACTLY is the Mahdi the Muslim Awaited Messiah?
B-8 Ch11 HOW Islam Can be the TRUE Faith!
B-8 Ch12 How to be Saved the Bible WAY!
VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PREEXISTED!
To me, the best way to know the ONE true God in ONE person is to know who Jesus TRULY is according to the WHOLE word of Almighty God. So please read ALL of the studies under the heading >>> N-0. WHO is JESUS ACCORDING to the BIBLE? <<< and you will see that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus was CREATED by his God and Father. And if you have any questions related to the correct meaning of certain verses of Scripture on this subject of who Jesus is please read all the studies under the two headings >>> U-0. VERSES used for THE TRINITY! <<< and >>> V-0. VERSES used to TEACH that Jesus PRE-EXISTED! <<< These two headings have ALL of the studies that I have on who Jesus truly is according to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity. I compiled these three headings to make it easy for my readers to send just one, two, or three links to those you desire to help understand what the Bible itself teaches concerning who Jesus is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me.
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Thanks again for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the truth of the whole word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
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