This ser\u00admon illu\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes the spec\u00adtrum of the peti\u00adti\u00adon \u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil!\u00bb from the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/p>\n
In the\u00adse cur\u00adrent, very tur\u00adbu\u00adlent times, this out\u00adcry can be heard very often in this world. What is hap\u00adpe\u00adning here is unsett\u00adling and fuel\u00adling fear. Wars ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre, almost on every con\u00adti\u00adnent. The home\u00adl\u00adess\u00adness of refu\u00adgees. Hun\u00adger, dise\u00ada\u00adse, inju\u00ads\u00adti\u00adce\u2026 Lord, deli\u00adver us from all this evil in the world! In fact, the peti\u00adti\u00adon of the \u00abOur Father\u00bb comes very clo\u00adse to us: \u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil!\u00bb \twho\u00adse faith is on shaky ground. \u2026with tho\u00adse who des\u00adpair of their doubts. \u00abDeli\u00adver them from evil!\u00bb The con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon of the ser\u00admon must also include the con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon of Our Father; this is the spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal gra\u00adpe sugar for new strength: \tLists some things from the Bible that are requi\u00adred of us for the end times. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This ser\u00admon illu\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtes the spec\u00adtrum of the peti\u00adti\u00adon \u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil!\u00bb from the Lord\u2019s Pray\u00ader. In the\u00adse very tur\u00adbu\u00adlent times, this out\u00adcry can be heard very often in this world. What is hap\u00adpe\u00adning here is unsett\u00adling and fuel\u00adling fear. Wars ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre, almost on every con\u00adti\u00adnent. The home\u00adl\u00adess\u00adness of refu\u00adgees. Hun\u00adger, dise\u00ada\u00adse, inju\u00ads\u00adti\u00adce\u2026 Lord, deli\u00adver us from\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[35],"wpfc_sermon_series":[90],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-bernhard-hohl","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-heilig-heilig-heilig","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-7620","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"hentry","11":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nI cla\u00adri\u00adfy: \u00abof the evil one\u00bb is ambi\u00adguous: in the sin\u00adgu\u00adlar it speaks of \u00abthe evil one\u00bb; it refers to Satan, the ene\u00admy of all that is good; who, as we read in the Bible, prowls around like a roaring lion, always on the loo\u00adkout for a vic\u00adtim he can devour. Evil and evil can\u00adnot be sepa\u00adra\u00adted; they are one. The plu\u00adral refers to all the evil in this world that we are con\u00adfron\u00adted with. And it is not least the evil within us that cau\u00adses us trouble.
\nSin\u00adce the fall of man in para\u00addi\u00adse, man has known what is good and what is evil. The\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, in rela\u00adti\u00adon to our topic, we can say that good and evil are actual\u00adly very clo\u00adse to us humans. We can and should dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adte! We read about Job, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, that he was careful not to do evil. But unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly, evil has been ram\u00adpant sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of human histo\u00adry! After the Flood, God said to hims\u00adelf: \u00abI will not again cur\u00adse the earth for man\u2019s sake, for the thoughts and inten\u00adti\u00adons of the human heart are evil from his youth\u00bb (Gene\u00adsis 8:21 LUT<\/span>). Albert Ein\u00adstein, who gra\u00addua\u00adted from the Kan\u00adti Aar\u00adau in Aar\u00adgau, once said the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing: \u00abThe real pro\u00adblem of man\u00adkind lies in the hearts and minds of peo\u00adp\u00adle. It is not a phy\u00adsi\u00adcal pro\u00adblem. It\u2019s easier to chan\u00adge the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon of plu\u00adto\u00adni\u00adum than to chan\u00adge a person\u2019s mali\u00adcious, self-cent\u00adred mind. I fear not so much the explo\u00adsi\u00adve power of the bomb, but rather the power of the mali\u00adce of the human heart, its explo\u00adsi\u00adve power for evil.\u00bb
\nWhy does Jesus invi\u00adte us to pray like this in Our Father?
\nBecau\u00adse he hims\u00adelf lived here in this world! Jesus hims\u00adelf expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced first-hand what peo\u00adp\u00adle in this world are capa\u00adble of! The evil one atta\u00adcked and tempt\u00aded him per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly. Jesus knows like no other what Chris\u00adti\u00adans have to endu\u00adre and over\u00adco\u00adme in this world of evil, no mat\u00adter whe\u00adre they live. Jesus\u00bb life sto\u00adry speaks for its\u00adelf: He came into the world in a sta\u00adble. Jesus spent the first years of his life as a refu\u00adgee in Egypt. King Herod wan\u00adted to kill him. As soon as Jesus appeared in public, the\u00adre was mas\u00adsi\u00adve oppo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon from the scri\u00adbes and Pha\u00adri\u00adsees. Jesus expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced many dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adments. Many belie\u00adved in Him, but then aban\u00addo\u00adned Him and no lon\u00adger wan\u00adted to know any\u00adthing about Him. His fami\u00adly once thought that Jesus had gone mad. He was cra\u00adzy! He was repea\u00adted\u00adly dis\u00adap\u00adpoin\u00adted by his fri\u00adends, the twel\u00adve disci\u00adples. Until, at the end of His days on earth, the devil pul\u00adled out all the stops to humi\u00adlia\u00adte, beat up, tor\u00adtu\u00adre and then kill Jesus.
\nDo we not curr\u00adent\u00adly also have the impres\u00adsi\u00adon that Satan is pul\u00adling out all the stops: wars, inju\u00ads\u00adti\u00adce, deceitful\u00adness, sel\u00adfi\u00adsh\u00adness, greed for power, greed for money, sex lust, greed, infi\u00adde\u00adli\u00adty, lies, bul\u00adly\u00ading, fal\u00adse\u00adhood, con\u00adfu\u00adsi\u00adon, etc.?
\nWhen the Saviour now encou\u00adra\u00adges us to pray: \u00abDeli\u00adver us from the evil one\u00bb, he allows us to share in his vic\u00adto\u00adry over the evil one and evil. Jesus is the vic\u00adtor over hell, death and the devil. He has risen from the dead and lives! He has been given all power in hea\u00adven and on earth. God has given us a share in this power in Jesus Christ, which is why Paul says in his let\u00adter to the Romans: \u00abDon\u2019t just pre\u00adtend to love others, but real\u00adly love them. Hate ever\u00ady\u00adthing that is evil and side with what is good\u00bb (Romans 12:9 NLB<\/span>).
\nI recent\u00adly came across an artic\u00adle on the inter\u00adnet that dealt with the emp\u00adty churches and the decre\u00adasing num\u00adber of belie\u00advers. It was entit\u00adled: \u00abGod is no lon\u00adger omni\u00adpo\u00adtent in Switz\u00ader\u00adland!\u00bb How can a jour\u00adna\u00adlist say that? If only he knew! He has done bad rese\u00adarch! Exodus 15:18 says: \u00abThe LORD<\/span> is King fore\u00adver and ever!\u00bb And in view of this, we con\u00adfess like Job: \u00abI know that my Rede\u00ademer lives!\u00bb (Job 19:25 LUT<\/span>). Lord, save us! Soon we will cele\u00adbra\u00adte the Saviour who came to this earth for us! Jesus wants to bring us out of the apo\u00adca\u00adlyp\u00adtic depres\u00adsi\u00adon. We have no reason to moan: \u00abOh, it\u2019s the end times now, there\u2019s a lot of bad things coming our way\u2026\u00bb No, Jesus does not want us to lea\u00adve the field to his adver\u00adsa\u00adry wit\u00adhout resis\u00adtance, but that we pray and pray again and again: \u00abDeli\u00adver us from the evil one!\u00bb
\nJesus invi\u00adtes us to pray like this becau\u00adse he has sent us with our hope into this tur\u00adbu\u00adlent world!
\nAlt\u00adhough evil is show\u00ading its\u00adelf in incre\u00adasing inten\u00adsi\u00adty, this is still your and my place! Isn\u2019t that cra\u00adzy? Here is a quo\u00adte that is 1700 years old! Bishop Cypri\u00adan of Car\u00adtha\u00adge descri\u00adbed the signi\u00adfi\u00adcan\u00adce of this line of pray\u00ader \u00abdeli\u00adver us from evil\u00bb as fol\u00adlows: \u00abWhen we say \u00abdeli\u00adver us from evil\u00bb, not\u00adhing remains for us to ask bey\u00adond that. Once we have obtai\u00adned the pro\u00adtec\u00adtion we have asked for against evil, we are safe and secu\u00adre against ever\u00ady\u00adthing the devil and the world can do. What fear could still ari\u00adse from the world for someone who\u00adse pro\u00adtec\u00adtor in the world is God hims\u00adelf.\u00bb (from Joseph Ratz\u00adin\u00adger, Jesus of Naza\u00adreth, p. 201<\/sup>\u20442<\/sub>, Her\u00adder, 2007). The\u00adse words are asto\u00adnis\u00adhing! Alt\u00adhough, it almost sounds a bit like the para\u00adble of the rich far\u00admer: \u00abDear soul, now you have Jesus, now you are pro\u00adtec\u00adted, safe and freed from all fear; now allow yours\u00adelf rest, eat and drink and enjoy life!\u00bb (Luke 12:19). Is this what Bishop Cypri\u00adan means?
\nNo! Not many others have gone through as many bad things as he did. His con\u00adfes\u00adsi\u00adon was not born in a time of gre\u00adat faith, but in a time of gre\u00adat per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon of Chris\u00adti\u00adans. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing was taken away from Bishop Cypri\u00adan and he was put in pri\u00adson. He was then sent into exi\u00adle by the pro\u00adcon\u00adsul for a time. Back and then to pri\u00adson again. A new pro\u00adcon\u00adsul final\u00adly gave him an ulti\u00adma\u00adtum: \u00abEit\u00adher you recant your pro\u00adfes\u00adsi\u00adon of faith or you die!\u00bb He repli\u00aded: \u00abI am a Chris\u00adti\u00adan and a bishop. I know no other gods but the one and only true God, who made hea\u00adven and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them. We Chris\u00adti\u00adans ser\u00adve this God, we pray to him day and night, for our\u00adsel\u00adves and all peo\u00adp\u00adle, inclu\u00adding for the wel\u00adfa\u00adre of the emper\u00ador.\u00bb He was behea\u00added short\u00adly after\u00adwards. Bishop Cypri\u00adan died as a mar\u00adtyr in 258. Now we could ask Cypri\u00adan: Is your safe\u00adty and secu\u00adri\u00adty, your fearless\u00adness against ever\u00ady\u00adthing the world and the devil can do to you, a rea\u00adli\u00adty? He exem\u00adpli\u00adfied the ans\u00adwer: \u00abYes, it is a fact! Becau\u00adse Jesus was with me all the years of my ter\u00adri\u00adble life and I was also harnes\u00adsed to the guil\u00adlo\u00adti\u00adne, I was safe in him!\u00bb
\nWe must not over\u00adlook the last sen\u00adtence of his quo\u00adte abo\u00adve: \u00ab\u2026we Chris\u00adti\u00adans ser\u00adve this God, we beseech him day and night, for our\u00adsel\u00adves and all peo\u00adp\u00adle, also for the wel\u00adfa\u00adre of the emper\u00ador\u00bb. That was his con\u00adcept of pray\u00ader! The Our Father was pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly his most fre\u00adquent pray\u00ader! Deli\u00adver us from evil. Deli\u00adver us from evil!
\n\u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil\u00bb is an indis\u00adpensable plea!
\nWe abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly need a pray\u00ader con\u00adcept for the pre\u00adsent time. We pray in good and bad times that we do not lose our faith, our rela\u00adti\u00adonship with God and our son\u00adship with God. We pray that we reach the goal of life. We pray so that we can over\u00adco\u00adme our chal\u00adlenges of faith in ever\u00ady\u00adday life.
\nSo that we can face our tri\u00adals and tempt\u00ada\u00adti\u00adons, it is important for us to know the enemy\u2019s tac\u00adtics. He can appear as a slimy sneak. He wants to trick you. He wants to turn your list of prio\u00adri\u00adties upsi\u00adde down, all with one goal in mind: to keep you from spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal things! He wants to throw your good inten\u00adti\u00adons of being a Chris\u00adti\u00adan over\u00adboard. He wants to sneak into your mar\u00adria\u00adge with litt\u00adle things to dis\u00adrupt your rela\u00adti\u00adonship. He knows so well how to sow stri\u00adfe in fami\u00adlies that par\u00adents and child\u00adren clash. Or he sim\u00adply knocks on your door with greed: \u00abYou should still have this and do that to be hap\u00adpy.\u00bb That should be pos\u00adsi\u00adble. You can afford that. Others have it or do it too. It\u2019s also important for you.
\nIt is important for us to know our\u00adsel\u00adves so that we can face our tri\u00adals and tempt\u00ada\u00adti\u00adons. What are your per\u00adso\u00adnal strengths and weak\u00adne\u00ads\u00adses? What are your weak\u00adne\u00ads\u00adses? What are\u00adas do you need to watch out for? Pray again and again \u00abdeli\u00adver me from evil\u00bb and tell Jesus about your jea\u00adlou\u00adsy, about your tem\u00adper \u2013 from which the who\u00adle fami\u00adly suf\u00adfers, about your greed or other addic\u00adtions, about your self-pity. As in all rela\u00adti\u00adonships, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon is ever\u00ady\u00adthing in your rela\u00adti\u00adonship with Jesus!
\nThis is real: we can let go of evil with the help of Jesus! The aut\u00adhor of Hebrews calls us to do this: \u00ab[\u2026] Let us lay asi\u00adde ever\u00ady\u00adthing that weighs us down and the sin that ent\u00adan\u00adgles us [\u2026]\u00bb (Hebrews 12:1 LUT<\/span>). So that we can face our tri\u00adals and tempt\u00ada\u00adti\u00adons, it is important for us to know about God in you. I would like to remind you on the basis of the Bible: The hea\u00adven\u00adly Father lives in you and has given you a share in his Spi\u00adrit. \u00abHow do we know that we live in God and that God lives in us? We reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse it by the fact that he has given us a share in his Spi\u00adrit\u00bb (1 John 4:13 New Tes\u00adta\u00adment). If that isn\u2019t fasci\u00adna\u00adting love and com\u00adpas\u00adsi\u00adon! God loves us with his divi\u00adne aga\u00adpe love in a way that no human being can love us.
\nThe Our Father is not only a pray\u00ader for us, it is also a pray\u00ader of inter\u00adces\u00adsi\u00adon! \u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil\u00bb, the others are included in this petition!
\nIn other words, you show soli\u00adda\u00adri\u00adty with them in your thoughts,<\/p>\n
\n\twith your rela\u00adti\u00adves, fri\u00adends, neigh\u00adbours and work col\u00adle\u00adagues who do not yet know Jesus. \u00abDeli\u00adver them from the evil one!\u00bb
\n\twith tho\u00adse who are per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adted and mistrea\u00adted becau\u00adse of their faith (that\u2019s about 200 mil\u00adli\u00adon Chris\u00adti\u00adans around the world); \u00abDeli\u00adver them from evil!\u00bb
\n\twith tho\u00adse who have lost ever\u00ady\u00adthing in the war, who are refu\u00adgees, who are trau\u00adma\u00adtis\u00aded, who have no future. \u00abDeli\u00adver them from evil!\u00bb<\/p>\n
\n\u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil, (why and how?) for thi\u00adne is the king\u00addom, and the power and the glo\u00adry for ever and ever!\u00bb God is still almigh\u00adty and glo\u00adrious in the See\u00adtal, in the who\u00adle of Switz\u00ader\u00adland, but also in the who\u00adle world! Amen!
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small group <\/p>\n
\n\tRead about spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal armour in Ephe\u00adsi\u00adans 6:10\u201320. What wea\u00adpons are nee\u00added in the pre\u00adsent time?
\nTime par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly important in your opinion?
\n\tDo you reco\u00adg\u00adni\u00adse a cur\u00adrent tac\u00adtic of the adver\u00adsa\u00adry, on you per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly, on the church?
\n\tFor whom would you par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly like to inter\u00adce\u00adde with the sen\u00adtence \u00abDeli\u00adver us from evil!\u00bb
\n\tDescri\u00adbe what the \u00abGod in you\u00bb means to you!
\n\tCon\u00adcludes with a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of prayer.<\/p>\n