Deliver us from evil. Matthew 6:13. Divine answer. Fear not for I have redeemed thee: I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43:1-2. Christ has, by his own blood, once entered into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 9:12.
This redemption is the ground that we are delivered daily, and at last shall be delivered from all evil. Who loathes and detests not only the evil of punishment, but especially the evil of sin itself, and so earnestly pants after the Redeemer, has faith already, and sin has lost its dominion. And though he may be tempted with it severely, yet he is under the law no more; for the reigning power of sin being broke, the law has lost its condemning power also, and we may be sure of a continual, nay, eternal redemption. We may often feel the evil, but be as often delivered from it also.
Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord,
Thou shalt receive thy praise:
I’ll sing, " How faithful is thy word;
" How righteous all thy ways."
Thou hast secured my soul from death,
O set thy prisoner free!
That heart and hand, and life and breath,
May be employed for thee,