1. The Lord’s Prayer
7 th Petition: But deliver us from evil.
Memorization Verses:
But deliver us from evil.
What does this mean?
We pray in this petition, in summary, that our Father in heaven would rescue us from every evil
of body and soul, possessions and reputation, and finally, when our last hour comes, give us a
blessed end, and graciously take us from this valley of sorrow to Himself in heaven.

2. LSB 539 And, suff'ring for the sinful,
Our full redemption won.
1 Christ is the world’s
Redeemer, 3 Down in the realms of
The lover of the pure, darkness
The fount of heav'nly He strode in victory,
wisdom, And at the hour appointed
Our trust and hope secure, He rose triumphantly.
The armor of His soldiers, And now, to heav'n
The Lord of earth and sky; ascended,
Our health while we are He sits upon the throne
living, Whence He had ne'er
Our life when we shall die. departed,
His Father's and His own.
2 Christ has our host
surrounded 4 Glory to God the Father,
With clouds of martyrs The unbegotten One;
bright, All honor be to Jesus,
Who wave their palms in His sole begotten Son,
triumph And to the Holy Spirit--
And fire us for the fight. The perfect Trinity.
This Christ the cross Let all the worlds give
ascended answer:
To save a world undone, Amen! So let it be.

3. My dear Wormwood,
I note with grave displeasure that your
patient has become a Christian….
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft
underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without
signposts. ~C.S. Lewis Take 10 minutes to write your own
Screwtape was a head demon personalized Screwtape Letter. The
and the Screwtape Letters are a assignment is to write a letter to a
compilation of memos that he sends demon who is assigned to thwart,
to one of his underlings named minimize, and deceive you. What
Wormwood. The purpose of each would that strategy look and sound
letter from Screwtape is to give like? In other words, what would the
individual instructions to Wormwood strategy be for preventing you from
on ways that he needs to living effectively for God? If you
attack, deceive, and thwart the efforts of share your letter, it would only be as
a a volunteer, so feel free to be
person (The Patient) seeking after God. authentic and honest in what you
write about.

4.  In the Greek text this petition
reads thus: Deliver or preserve
us from the Evil One, or the
Malicious One; and it looks as
if He were speaking of the
devil, as though He would
comprehend everything in one
so that the entire substance of
all our prayer is directed
against our chief enemy. For it
is he who hinders among us
everything that we pray for:
the name or honor of God,
God's kingdom and will, our
daily bread, a cheerful good
conscience, etc.

5.  Therefore we finally sum it all up and nothing for us to do upon earth but to
say: Dear Father pray, help that we be rid pray against this arch enemy without
of all these calamities. But there is ceasing. For unless God preserved us, we
nevertheless also included whatever evil would not be safe from him even for an
may happen to us under the devil's hour.
kingdom --
poverty, shame, death, and, in short, all
the agonizing misery and heartache of
which there is such an unnumbered
multitude on the earth. For since the
devil is not only a liar, but also a
murderer, he constantly seeks our
life, and wreaks his anger whenever he
can afflict our bodies with misfortune
and harm. Hence it comes that he often
breaks men's necks or drives them to
insanity, drowns some, and incites many
to commit suicide, and to many other
terrible calamities. Therefore there is

6.  Hence you see again how God wishes us we pray] shall be done. For this is
to pray to Him also for all the things nothing else than the word of undoubting
which affect our bodily interests, so that faith, which does not pray at a
we seek and expect help nowhere else venture, but knows that God does not lie
except in Him. But this matter He has to him, since He has promised to grant it.
put last; for if we are to be preserved and Therefore, where there is no such
delivered from all evil, the name of God faith, there cannot be true prayer either.
must first be hallowed in us, His
kingdom must be with us, and His will
be done. After that He will finally
preserve us from sin and
shame, and, besides, from everything
that may hurt or injure us.
Thus God has briefly placed before us
all the distress which may ever come
upon us, so that we might have no
excuse whatever for not praying. But all
depends upon this, that we learn also to
say Amen, that is, that we do not doubt
that our prayer is surely heard and [what

7.  It is, therefore, a pernicious delusion of we do not pray in vain, and that we do
those who pray in such a manner that not in any way despise our prayer.
they dare not from the heart say yea and
positively conclude that God hears them,
but remain in doubt and say, How should
I be so bold as to boast that God hears
my prayer? For I am but a poor sinner,
etc.
The reason for this is, they regard not
the promise of God, but their own work
and worthiness, whereby they despise
God and reproach Him with lying, and
therefore they receive nothing. As St.
James says [1, 6]: But let him ask in
faith, nothing wavering; for he that
wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven
with the wind and tossed. For let not that
man think that he shall receive anything
of the Lord. Behold, such importance
God attaches to the fact that we are sure

8.  785: We praise You, O God, our
Redeemer, Creator
 2 We worship You, God of our fathers,
we bless You;
Through trial and tempest our guide
You have been.
When perils o'ertake us, You will not
forsake us.
And with Your help, O Lord, our
struggles we win. Psalm 44:7 But thou hast
saved us from our
adversaries,
And hast put them to shame
that hate us.

9.  This is prayer that battles against
Satan, your enemy. Satan tries to
discourage you, tempt you to sin, and
hinder the good you set out to do. He
deceives unbelievers and tries to
snatch the truth from their hearts.
Jesus, through His death and
resurrection, defeated Satan’s power.
And having disarmed the powers and
authorities, he made a public spectacle
of them, triumphing over them by the
cross. Colossians 2:15
 Read James 4:7. Be sure you are
submitted to God’s rule in your life –
that you are obedient to Him as far as
you are aware. Ask Him to reveal any
unconfessed sin and repent of it. This
puts you in a protected place.

10.  Persevering Prayer in Spiritual Warfare 13. (The prince of Persia was a powerful
 Read Luke 18:1-8. Answer and discuss demon with authority over the nation of
these questions. Persia.) Note and discuss the parallels with
 What is the lesson Jesus is teaching by this the story in Luke 18.
story?  Read 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
 What (who) is the hindrance to attaining  What strongholds or beliefs do you know
justice? are holding back friends or family
 What was the widow’s response to the members from experiencing God’s love
resistance? and freedom?
 What is the ingredient in her response that  Tear down these strongholds in Jesus’
overcomes the resistance, and that Jesus powerful name. And pray that God will
praises? reveal Himself to them. “I pray against
 Who is it that will dispense justice, the every lie and deception of Satan.
judge or God? God, let Your truth break down the
 How is faith shown in this story? barriers.”
 Read Daniel 10:1-14 especially verses 12-

11.  Using your notes from this week, spend some time writing to God, prayer journal-
style. A prayer journal is page/notebook that contains your:
 prayer requests
 Bible study notes
 verses that apply to a situation you are going through
 daily confessions
 goals
 revelations
 Reflection ideas…..
(tell Jesus what you’ve found /thought about this week):
 As you meditate on these verses, what jumps out at you?
 How are the verses you read related?
 Do you see a consistent theme in the verses you read?
 Why do you think those specific words were chosen?
 What is God teaching you through these verses?
 What are you learning about God's character and nature?
 What are you learning about who you are in Christ?
 What are you learning about what God's plan for you?

12.  TLH 605 Who here as exiles mourn.
 1. The world is very evil, Midst pow'r that knows no limit,
The times are waxing late; Where knowledge has no bound,
Be sober and keep vigil, The beatific vision
The Judge is at the gate; Shall glad the saints around.
The Judge that comes in mercy,  4. Strive, man, to win that glory;
The Judge that comes with might, Toil, man, to gain that light;
To terminate the evil, Send hope before to grasp it
To diadem the right. Till hope be lost in sight.
 2. Arise, arise, good Christian, Exult, O dust and ashes,
Let right to wrong succeed; The Lord shall be thy part;
Let penitential sorrow His only, His forever,
To heav'nly gladness lead, Thou shalt be and thou art.
To light that hath no evening,  5. O sweet and blessed country,
That knows no moon nor sun, The home of God's elect!
The light so new and golden, O sweet and blessed country
The light that is but one. That eager hearts expect!
 3. O home of fadeless splendor, Jesus, in mercy bring us
Of flow'rs that bear no thorn, To that dear land of rest,
Where they shall dwell as Who art, with God the Father
children And Spirit, ever blest.

13. PRAYER heads;
Psalm 140 may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
1 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; 10 May burning coals fall on them;
protect me from the violent, may they be thrown into the fire,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts into miry pits, never to rise.
and stir up war every day. 11 May slanderers not be established in the
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a land;
serpent’s; may disaster hunt down the violent.
the poison of vipers is on their lips.[b] 12 I know that the LORD secures justice for
4 Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the the poor
wicked; and upholds the cause of the needy.
protect me from the violent, 13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,
who devise ways to trip my feet. and the upright will live in your presence.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; • Deliverance
they have spread out the cords of their net But • Rescue
and have set traps for me along my path. • Endurance
6 I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”
Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.
deliver • Already done
• Perfect heaven
7 Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
us P raise
R epentance
8 Do not grant the wicked their desires,
A ppreciation
LORD; from Y ou
evil… E veryone
do not let their plans succeed.
9 Those who surround me proudly rear their
R esolve

14. Matthew 26:41 Watch
LSB 918 lutheran-hymnal.com/online/tlh-054.mid Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death and hell's destruction,
1 Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer, Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Pilgrim through this barren land. Songs of praises, songs of praises
I am weak, but Thou art mighty; I will ever give to Thee;
Hold me with Thy pow'rful hand. I will ever give to Thee.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliv'rer, strong deliv'rer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield;
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,

15.  Morality is a biological adaptation
no less than are hands and feet and
teeth…considered as a rationally
justifable set of claims about an
objective something, ethics is
illusory. I appreciate what when
somebody says « Love they
neighbor as thyself, » they think
they are referring above and beyond
themselves…Neverthless,…such
reference is truly without
foundation. Morality is just an aid
to survival and reproduction…and
any deeper meaning is illusory.

16.  I live in the Managerial Age, in a world
of "Admin." The greatest evil is not
now done in those sordid "dens of
crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is
not done even in concentration camps
and labour camps. In those we see its
final result. But it is conceived and
ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and
minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed,
and well-lighted offices, by quiet men
with white collars and cut fingernails
and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not
need to raise their voice. Hence,
naturally enough, my symbol for Hell
is something like the bureaucracy of a
police state or the offices of a
thoroughly nasty business concern.

17.  • What kind of prayer is the 7th petition?
 • How does the Lord rescue us from every evil of body and soul,
possessions and reputation?
 •What final deliverance from evil do we ask the Lord to bring us?
______________________________
 SS: But deliver us from evil Say Mean Matter
 M: Rescue
Key phrases Own words Answer the
 T: Endurance
questions/
 W: Bible Narratives
 Th: Heaven
Personal
application

18.  And do not bring us1 to the time of trial2,
but rescue us3 from the evil one.4
 kai mh eisenegkhv1 hmav eiv peiras
on 2
nalla rusai3 hmav apo tou ponhro
u.4
 Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo
 Ve’al-tevieinu1 lidei massah2, ki-’im hatzileinu3 min-hara4
Rhoumai): To draw out, break chains.
Future expectation fulfilled in Christ, witness in the fall of
Jerusalem, continuing in tribulation, and awaiting the
fruition of the second coming.
 Refers to something that is formed, shaped or designed
prior to execution. Hara refers to the source of this
design of evil in man, Satan.
 The word Poneros is used in the nominative case in Mt.
6:13. This usually denotes a title in the Greek. Hence
Christ is saying, deliver usfrom "The Evil", and is
probably referring to Satan.

19.  What does this mean?
 We pray in this petition, in
summary, that our Father in heaven
would rescue us from every evil of
body and soul, possessions and
reputation, and finally, when our last
hour comes, give us a blessed end, and
graciously take us from this valley of
sorrow to Himself in heaven.

20.  who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and
will deliver us, He on whom we have setour hope. And
He will yet deliver us
 2 Cor. 1:10
 who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and
will deliver us, He on whom we have setour hope. And
He will yet deliver us,
 2 co. 1:10
 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness,
and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son
 1 Thess 1:10
 and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men ;
for not all have faith.
 2 Thess. 3:2
 To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of
our enemies, Might serve Him withoutfear,
 Luke 1:74
 and so all Israel will be saved ; just as it is written, "THE
DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL
REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.―
 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body
of this death ?
 Romans 7:24; 15:31

21.  The seventh petition is a summary innumerable blows alone. Remember
petition in which we ask our Father in I am dust, and wind, and shadow, and
heaven to rescue us from the devil and life as fleeting as the flower of grass.
all evil which has come into the world But may the eternal mercy which has
because of sin. shone from time of old rescue Your
 Ps. 121:7-8 The Lord will keep you from servant from the jaws of the lion. You
all harm. He will watch over your life; who came from on high in the cloak of
the Lord will watch over your coming flesh, strike down the dragon with
and going both now and forevermore. that two-edged sword, whereby our
mortal flesh can war with the winds
 2 Thess. 3:3 The Lord is faithful, and He
and beat down strongholds, with our
will strengthen and protect you from the
Captain God. Amen. (Bede of
evil one.
Jarrow, c. 673-735).
 •
 Pray: O God, You are the only hope of
the world, the only refuge for unhappy
men. Abiding in the faithfulness of
heaven, give me strong help in this
testing place. O King, protect Your
man from utter ruin lest the weak
faith surrender to the tyrant, facing

22.  Types of Evil
 Natural Evil: Floods and
hurricanes that destroy human
lives and dwellings
 Moral Evil: Circumstances
created that destroy the well-
being, empathy, and social
contract of society
 Spiritual Evil: The plague that is
inherant in man; one that forms
the moral evils and is mirrored
in the natural imbalances in the
world. Author is Satan

23.  In a world ruined by sin, the Lord keeps us
from harm and he helps us to endure the
troubles that He allows to come into our
lives.
 Acts 14:22 We must go through many
hardships to enter the kingdom of God.
 Ps. 91:9-10 If you make the Most High your
dwelling-even the Lord, who is my refuge-
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will
come near your tent.
 2 Cor. 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you,
for My power is made perfect in weakness.
 Prov. 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the
Lord's dis cipline and do not resent His
rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those He
loves, as a father the son he delights in.
 •
LSB 627 1 Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior,
Turned away God's wrath forever;
By His bitter grief and woe
He saved us from evil foe.

24.  Does God promise to deliver in the
sense that we will never experience
outside evil?
 No, we are actually promised the
opposite. Evil is part of the world
in which affliction of the Church
reminds us of the humiliation of
Christ and to pray for his return.
 We are to pray that God remain
steadfast in our faith, keeping us
from being overcome by the Devil.
 To call upon the power of the
Trinity and the glory of Christ, who
has overcome the evil one on the
cross in our place.

25.  The three men in the fiery furnace
(Daniel 3).
 Daniel in the lions' den (Daniel 6).
 •
 Pray: Protect us from
war, bloodshed, plagues, pestilence, a
nd other grievous diseases. Guard
us against all evil and distresses of
the body. Let Your divine will, the
growth of Your kingdom, and the
glory of Your name be accomplished
in all these things. Amen. (Luther).

26.  The Father as King
 National security is the King’s interest.
 Internal spies and traitors are cut out for
the sake of the citizenry.
 Christ the Dying Prince
 The prince who delivers the prisoners
from the hands of the enemy at the cost
of himself.
 Selfless humility of service required for
true deliverance.
 Spirit as Royal contract and continual
oath of allegience
 The spirit confirms for us our
citezenship in the kingdom, even during
times of war.
 He is the night rally distributing swords
and declaring « remember who has
fought and died for your freedom »

27.  We want our Father in heaven to keep us  Pray: O Lord God, I am weak and fearful.
faithful Him and when we die to take us I flee evil and do all I can to guard myself
from this sorrowful world to Himself in against it. Nevertheless, I am in Your
heaven. hands in this evil and every other evil that
 Luke 2:29-30 Lord, as You have promised, may overtake me. My flight is not enough
You now dismiss Your servant in peace. For since evil and misery are everywhere. The
my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You devil—who is a murderer from the
have prepared in' he sight of all people, a beginning and always tries to bring
light for revelation to the Gentiles and for misery—never rests nor sleeps. Now You
glory to Your people Israel. have confined me to this place. Your will
be done, for I am Your poor creature. You
 2 Tim. 4:18 The Lord will rescue me from
are able to deliver me in this extreme
every evil attack and will bring me safely to
danger as easily as though I were
His heavenly kingdom. To Him he glory for
endangered by fire, water, thirst, or any
ever and ever. Amen.
peril. Amen. (Luther).
 Rev. 14:13 Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord.
 Rev. 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their
eyes. There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain. for the old order
of things has passed away.
 •

28.  The safest road to Hell is the
gradual one — the gentle slope, soft
underfoot, without sudden turnings,
without milestones, without
signposts.
 There are two equal and opposite
errors into which our race can
fall about the devils. One is to
disbelieve in their existence. The
other is to believe, and to feel an
excessive and unhealthy interest in
them. They themselves are equally
pleased by both errors and hail a
materialist or a magician with the
same delight.

29.  The best way to drive out
the devil, if he will not
yield to texts of
Scripture, is to jeer and
flout him, for he cannot
bear scorn.
 Martin Luther

30. Psalm 31:3 "Sinc
 LSB 575 4 When He shall come with trumpet
 1 My hope is built on nothing less sound,
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; Oh, may I then in Him be found,
No merit of my own I claim Clothed in His righteousness alone,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name. Faultless to stand before His throne!
Refrain: [Refrain]
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
2 When darkness veils His lovely
face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev'ry high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
[Refrain]
3 His oath, His covenant and blood
Support me in the whelming flood; Matthew 16:18 And I also say unto
When ev'ry earthly prop gives way, thee, that thou art Peter, and upon
He then is all my hope and stay. this rock I will build my church;
[Refrain] and the gates of Hades shall not
prevail against it.

31. Popcorn Prayer:
But
deliver
us
From
Evil…

32. But deliver us from evil. come into our lives.
What does this mean? We want our Father in heaven to keep
We pray in this petition, in us faithful Him and when we die to
summary, that our Father in heaven take us from this sorrowful world to
would rescue us from every evil of Himself in heaven.
body and soul, possessions and
reputation, and finally, when our
last hour comes, give us a blessed
end, and graciously take us from
this valley of sorrow to Himself in
heaven.
The seventh petition is a summary
petition in which we ask our Father in
heaven to rescue us from the devil and
all evil which has come into the world
because of sin.
In a world ruined by sin, the Lord
keeps us from harm and he helps us to
endure the troubles that He allows to

33.  The Lord’s Prayer:
The Conclusion: For
Thine is the kingdom
and the power and the
glory forever and ever.
Amen.