2. As God does not tempt us for evil, why, then do we pray our Father not to lead us into temptation? We pray _"that God would guard and keep us" that our enemies may not lead us into sin and shame._ There are such as always try to lead us, the children of God, into sin, those _enemies_ of whom we heard in the Third Petition--the _devil,_ the _world,_ and our _own flesh._ Our most dangerous foe is the _devil. "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour; whom resist steadfast in the faith."_ 1 Pet 5,8.9. Remember how he tempted _Adam and Eve_ in Paradise and seduced them to fall into sin. Our next enemy is the _world,_ that is, all the wicked men around us. How often do our friends or schoolmates entice us to do wrong! _"My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."_ Prov. 1,10. The third enemy is _our own flesh,_ our old sinful heart, which is full of evil lust. Our own lust draws us away from God and entices us to sin. 3. These our enemies have an _evil will_ against us. They want to lead us away from God and our salvation, to lead us again into the kingdom of Satan and sin. They try with all their power and cunning to _deceive_ us; they try to give us the impression that it would be good for us to follow their temptations. By such enticements they try to seduce us to lead us astray from God and His Word, into _misbelief,_ into a wrong faith, or into _despair,_ so that we abandon all hope for our salvation. (Remember _Cain,_ Gen. 4,15, and _Judas,_ Matt. 27,4.5.) Or they try to lead us into _other great shame and vice,_ into sins that will bring shame upon us, to yield to evil passions, which will destroy our faith.