0227. SEVEN EVILS TO BE DELIVERED FROM.

SEVEN EVILS TO BE DELIVERED FROM.

Disciples saw Jesus praying, and noticed the great difference between His prayers and theirs, so they requested to be taught how to pray. He alone can deliver us from evil. Said he to Moses: "I am come down to deliver them," i.e., Israel. So deeply sunk are we in the mire of sin that only He can lift us out.

"Deliver us from evil." What evils? There are seven to be delivered from:

I. Evil Conscience. By Blood of Christ (Heb_10:22).

II. Evil Heart of Unbelief. By Regeneration (Heb_3:12).

III. Evil Speaking. By filling our hearts with such love that will lead us to cover other people’s sins (Eph_4:31).

IV. Evil Communications. By setting a watch before our mouths, and keeping the door of our lips (1Co_15:33).

V. Every Evil Work, every evil intention, and plot of the devil and his emissaries (2Ti_4:18), by God’s loving Providence.

VI. All Appearance of Evil. By a spirit of great carefulness (1Th_5:22). Observe, not merely evil, but that which may not be evil to us, yet would appear to be so to others.

VII. Present Evil World. When He comes for us (Gal_1:4), He will save us now from the world, by taking the world out of our hearts. By and by He will take us out of the world to the glorious Home on High.

Autor: James Smith