Lord’s Day 52, Chapter 3: Prayer for Deliverance from Evil (2)

The question may be asked whether it is necessary for the Christian constantly to utter this second part of the petition, throughout his entire life. There are those that deny this. They are called perfectionists. According to them, he that utters this prayer confesses that he is not yet completely delivered from the dominion of the devil and from the power of his evil nature. And therefore these people claim that the believing, redeemed, regenerated, sanctified Christian cannot properly take...