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Benedict Arnold

The prayer goes: "Lead us not into temptation ..." But isn't the ability to resist temptation the real test of our mettle?

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Posted - September 11, 2016
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  • 5835

    The bible does not speak of "testing our mettle". God wants us to have a good life, but there is always somebody who thinks he has a better idea. For instance, that is a Jewish prayer, not Christian.

      September 11, 2016 3:56 PM MDT
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  • By "good" I expect you mean "virtuous" - albeit to the extent that we can given our human limitations and frailties. And isn't the conscious choice of leading a virtuous life a test of our mettle, or calibre, or whatever you might want to call it?

      September 13, 2016 8:52 AM MDT
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  • 5835

    Ok, if that's what you want to believe. But you didn't get it from the bible, so don't blame it on God.

      September 13, 2016 9:35 AM MDT
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  • 35475
     Luke 11: "2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

    3Give us day by day our daily bread.

    4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."


    Did you say the Lord's prayer is not a Christian prayer?

      February 11, 2019 10:24 AM MST
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