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Calvin's Instittues: June 27
Calvin concludes his exposition of the Lord’s Prayer by turning to the believer’s ongoing battle against sin, Satan, and spiritual weakness. In “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,” he explains that Christians do not ask to be spared every trial, but to be preserved through them. Temptations come through prosperity as well as adversity, through both the attractions of the world and the hardships of life. Yet God’s testing is never like Satan’s assaults: Satan seeks destruction, while God uses trials to strengthen faith, expose weakness, and train His children in…
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