Sitting at the Feet of Yeshua
In this post, we wrap up our examination of the Disciple’s Prayer. In His final petition, Yeshua instructs us to pray: “And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.”(Matthew 6:13)
I’m extremely gratified that Stern’s uses the word ‘testing’ and not ‘temptation.’ We know that God does not lead us into temptation, but he does allow us to be tempted and tested.
When we read the story of the temptations of Yeshua, it begins: “Then the Spirit led Yeshua up into the wilderness to be tempted by the Adversary”(Matthew 4:1). If we take the word ‘tempt’ here in the sense of ‘to seduce into sin’, it makes the Ruach HaKodesh a partner in an attempt to compel Yeshua to sin. That’s a ridiculous interpretation! Time and again, we find that the word tempt
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