The Lord's Prayer, Phrase by Phrase, Part 10: Deliver Us
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Is there an "evil one"? According the Jesus, there is an evil one. In fact, Jesus speaks clearly and directly of who the "evil one" is. We'll get to that in a minute. Jesus lived the among regular, everyday people of his time. He saw the injustice, pain, and suffering experienced by the regular people of his day. Jesus was and is God, and Jesus knew the plan and purpose of creation was not suffering or injustice. Jesus explained evil and the evil one in many ways. During a confrontation with the religious leaders of his time, Jesus said this: "If God were your father, you would love me for I came from God and am now here. I have not come on my own but he sent me....