Thank God—it is almost Sunday! We *get* to go back to church! Here is Thomas Watson, from his "The Lord's Prayer" book. He is dealing here with the petition: "Lead us not into temptation." . . .
"Satan's diligence in tempting us is seen in the variety of temptations he uses. He does not confine himself to one sort of temptation; he has more schemes than one. If he finds that one temptation does not prevail, he will try another one. If he cannot tempt us to lust, he will tempt us to being proud. . . . If he cannot frighten us to despair, he will see if he cannot draw us into some pre-sumption [false security]. If he cannot make us profane, he will see if he can-not turn us into religious formalists. If he cannot make us vicious, he will tempt us to be erroneous.“Satan will tempt us to give up on ordinances [church life—especially preach-ing and sacraments]. He will pretend revelations. Error damns as well as vice: the one uses a pistol, the other employs poison. Thus Satan's diligence in tempting us is great. He will turn over every stone; he has several tools with which to work. If one temptation will not prevail, he will make use of another. Do we not then very much need to pray, 'Lead us not into temptation'?"
