The Lord's Prayer





Supposed controversy around the Pope's suggestion in regard to changing of the wording of 'The Lord's Prayer' has lead me to ask the following question: Do Christians actually read the bible?

The Lord's Prayer is one of the best known prayers in the Christian faith. It is found in Matthew 6:9-13 and reads thus in the most well known version from the King James Bible:

Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.

The Pope's reasoning for the proposed change of wording is that God doesn't lead people into temptation. But is this accurate?

According to the book of Job:

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil... Job 1:1 NIV
One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.  But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. Job 1:6-12
The book of Job continues to explain the temptation of Job to curse God and die as his wife suggested that he should do. In the story, God allowed Job to be put through a series of hardships including the death of all of his adult children when the roof of the house they were in fell in and crushed them to death. Job, a blameless man also experienced the loss of wealth, the breakdown of his marriage and personal sickness. 

After Job proved his faithfulness by not giving into the temptation to turn away from God because bad things were happening to him, he was once again blessed and highly favoured by God and he had more children. unfortunately the first ten were still dead.

There is also the fact that what is known as the Lord's prayer is an example that Jesus (the Lord) gave Christians as to how they should pray. In the preceding verses Jesus explained that praying should not be ritualistic or hypocritical.

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him." Matthew 6: 5-8

Does this mean that Christians should repeat the Lord's prayer verbatim? 

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