Martin Luther's Small Catechism, translated by R. Smith by Martin Luther
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God tempts no one, of course, but we pray in this request that God will
protect us and save us, so that the Devil, the world and our bodily desires will neither deceive us nor seduce us into heresy, despair or other serious shame or vice, and so that we will win and be victorious in the end, even if they attack us. The Seventh Request But set us free from the Evil One. ( Matthew 6:12) What does this mean? We pray in this request, as a summary, that our Father in Heaven will save us from every kind of evil that threatens body, soul, property and honor. We pray that when at last our final hour has come, He will grant us a blessed death, and, in His grace, bring us to Himself from this valley of tears. Amen What does this mean? That I should be certain that such prayers are acceptable to the Father in Heaven and will be granted, that He Himself has commanded us to pray in this way and that He promises to answer us. Amen. Amen. This means: Yes, yes it will happen this way. IV. The Sacrament of Holy Baptism The Simple Way a Father Should Present it to His Household What is Baptism? |
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