Psalms 19:13 KJV
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
John Gill says of presumptuous sins, "...the words are to be understood of sins wilfully, contumaciously, and presumptuously committed; and the petition supposes, that these may be committed by good men, if left to themselves; and that there is a proneness in them to them; and that they would rush into them, were they not kept back and restrained by the powerful and efficacious grace of God: and it also supposes that the saints cannot keep themselves; that God only can keep them from evil; and therefore they pray to him that he would, who does keep them by his power, at least from a final and total falling away."[1]
Both the Lord's model prayer and the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:10 petition God to keep us from evil.
Maybe the most "presumptuous" sin a good man can commit is that of thinking he can be good without the grace and help of Almighty God. Satan's devices are opposed to the things of God and the man who lives godly in Christ Jesus should consider himself a target of those devices. Without the help and grace of God in protecting him, he will surely fall into sin. Worse, once fallen, many of those sins have the capability of capturing and taking dominion over the child of God.
In Matthew 6:13 Jesus told us to pray, "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"
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
John Gill says of presumptuous sins, "...the words are to be understood of sins wilfully, contumaciously, and presumptuously committed; and the petition supposes, that these may be committed by good men, if left to themselves; and that there is a proneness in them to them; and that they would rush into them, were they not kept back and restrained by the powerful and efficacious grace of God: and it also supposes that the saints cannot keep themselves; that God only can keep them from evil; and therefore they pray to him that he would, who does keep them by his power, at least from a final and total falling away."[1]
Both the Lord's model prayer and the prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:10 petition God to keep us from evil.
Maybe the most "presumptuous" sin a good man can commit is that of thinking he can be good without the grace and help of Almighty God. Satan's devices are opposed to the things of God and the man who lives godly in Christ Jesus should consider himself a target of those devices. Without the help and grace of God in protecting him, he will surely fall into sin. Worse, once fallen, many of those sins have the capability of capturing and taking dominion over the child of God.
In Matthew 6:13 Jesus told us to pray, "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"
[1] E-Sword 7.7.7, John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, Dr. John Gill (1690-1771)
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