Heidelberg Catechism: 'What is the sixth petition?'
LORD’S DAY 52
127. What is the sixth petition?“And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.” That is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand for a moment;1 while our sworn enemies, the devil,2 the world,3 and our own flesh,4 assail us without ceasing; be pleased to preserve and strengthen us by the power of your Holy Spirit, that we may make firm stand against them, and not sink in this spiritual war,5 until we finally obtain complete victory.6
1 Ps 103:14-16; Jn 15:1-5; 2 2 Cor 11:14; Eph 6:10-13; 1 Pt 5:8; 3 Jn 15:18-21; 4 Rom 7:23; Gal 5:17; 5 Mt 10:19-20, 26:41; Mk 13:33; Rom 5:3-5; 6 1 Cor 10:13; 1 Thes 3:13, 5:23
128. How do you close your prayer?
“For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.” That is, all this we ask of You, because, as our King, having power over all things, You are both willing and able to give us all that is good;1 and that thereby not we, but Your holy Name may be glorified for ever.2
1 Rom 10:11-13; 2 Pt 2:9; 2 Ps 115:1; Jer 33:8-9; Jn 14:13
129. What does the word “Amen” mean?
“Amen” means, “it is true and certain.” For God has much more certainly heard my prayer than I feel in my heart that I desire this these things of Him.1
1 Isa 65:24; 2 Cor 1:20; 2 Tim 2:13
