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Re: why should we pray that God lead us not into temptation, when Jms 1:13 says that
I thought about this before too. I think just because God can lead us to temptation, it doesn't mean He Himself is tempting us. There are instances in the bible talking about "trials by fire". Like cfultz3 said above from the Greek, I believe God does test our mettle sometimes in order to refine us through lessons learned and to strengthen faith. There would be nothing to learn if we never messed up. We would be catatonic in our faith and become lazy in our walk. Trials we go through usually involve some form of temptation. It's spiritual refinement in my opinion. Strength is born from adversity and struggle, not a life of rainbows and gumdrops.
"The firing pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the heart"
I thought about this before too. I think just because God can lead us to temptation, it doesn't mean He Himself is tempting us. There are instances in the bible talking about "trials by fire". Like cfultz3 said above from the Greek, I believe God does test our mettle sometimes in order to refine us through lessons learned and to strengthen faith. There would be nothing to learn if we never messed up. We would be catatonic in our faith and become lazy in our walk. Trials we go through usually involve some form of temptation. It's spiritual refinement in my opinion. Strength is born from adversity and struggle, not a life of rainbows and gumdrops.
"The firing pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the heart"
Yes, I think so too ---- lead us not into temptation - point being - deliver us from evil. . . . .or it could mean - let us not be lead into temptation but deliver us from evil. As in:
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.