Lesson 61
What are we
asking God to do
when we pray the
Seventh Petition?
What is evil?
Genesis 3:16-19,23
To the woman he said, “I will greatly
increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.” To
Adam he said, “Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree about
which I commanded you, ‘You must not
eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life. It
will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken;
for dust you are and to dust you will
return.” So the Lord God banished him
from the Garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he had been taken.
Satan
What is evil?
Genesis 3:16-19,23
To the woman he said, “I will greatly
increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.” To
Adam he said, “Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree about
which I commanded you, ‘You must not
eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life. It
will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken;
for dust you are and to dust you will
return.” So the Lord God banished him
from the Garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he had been taken.
brought
evil
What is evil?
Genesis 3:16-19,23
To the woman he said, “I will greatly
increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.” To
Adam he said, “Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree about
which I commanded you, ‘You must not
eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life. It
will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken;
for dust you are and to dust you will
return.” So the Lord God banished him
from the Garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he had been taken.
into the
world
What is evil?
Genesis 3:16-19,23
To the woman he said, “I will greatly
increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.” To
Adam he said, “Because you listened to
your wife and ate from the tree about
which I commanded you, ‘You must not
eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life. It
will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat
your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken;
for dust you are and to dust you will
return.” So the Lord God banished him
from the Garden of Eden to work the
ground from which he had been taken.
by mankind’s
fall into sin
What is evil?
Skim through
Job 1 – 2
uses evil to make
life hard
Key Point #1
Evil is all the hardships we
experience in life as a result of
sin’s ruining this world.
What are we asking God to do about
the evil that threatens us?
Psalm 91:9-10
If you make the Most
High your dwelling—
even the Lord, who is
my refuge— then no
harm will befall you,
no disaster will come
near your tent.
keep evil
away
What are we asking God to do about
the evil that threatens us?
Romans 8:28
And we know that in
all things God works
for the good of those
who love him, who
have been called
according to his
purpose.
use it for
our good
What are we asking God to do about
the evil that threatens us?
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
To keep me from becoming
conceited because of these
surpassingly great revelations,
there was given me a thorn in my
flesh, a messenger of Satan, to
torment me. Three times I pleaded
with the Lord to take it away from
me. But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so
that Christ’s power may rest on
me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I
delight in weaknesses, in insults, in
hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak,
then I am strong.
help us
bear it
Key Point #2
We ask that God would keep
evil from us, or if he permits it
to come, that he would use it for
our good and would help us bear
it.
What are we asking God to do in the
future about the evil that threatens us?
Acts 7:59-60
While they were
stoning him, Stephen
prayed, “Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.”
Then he fell on his
knees and cried out,
“Lord, do not hold this
sin against them.”
When he had said this,
he fell asleep.
What are we asking God to do in the
future about the evil that threatens us?
Revelation 21:3-4
And I heard a loud voice
from the throne saying,
“Now the dwelling of God is
with men, and he will live
with them. They will be his
people, and God himself will
be with them and be their
God. He will wipe every tear
from their eyes. There will be
no more death or mourning
or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed
away.”
deliver us from
evil completely
in heaven
Key Point #3
We ask that God would deliver
us completely from evil in
heaven.
Agree or Disagree?
When we get sick or have other
troubles, God is punishing us for
our sins.
Give an example from the Bible
how God kept evil away from a
believer.
Give an example how God
permitted evil to come but used
it for a believer’s good.
Explain…
Why would you NOT like to die
today?
Why would it be good if you
died today?
What do you think is the
greatest evil that could ever
happen to someone? Explain
your answer.
In some churches, instead of
praying “Deliver us from evil,”
the people pray “Deliver us from
the evil one.” Both are possible
translations, but which one do
you prefer? Why?
Agree or Disagree?
Adults are more afraid of death
than young people.
Agree or Disagree?
It would be better to die
suddenly than to spend years in
sickness and pain and weakness
before finally dying.
When Tony’s dad was
hospitalized with cancer, Tony
thought that God was not
answering his family’s prayers
to deliver them from evil. How
would you respond?
Lesson 61
I ask God to bring me safely
through all the hardships of life
until he takes me to heaven.
Vocabulary…
“Evil”
the hardships we
experience in life as a
result of sin