Lead us Not into Temptation

The apostle calls it to 'fall into temptation' (1 Tim. 6:9), as a man falls into a pit or deep place where there are  traps and snares with which he might be entangled. The man is not instantly killed or destroyed, but he is entangled and detained. He does not know how to get free or be at liberty. So Paul speaks in 1 Corinthians 10:13 in terms of temptation taking us. To be taken by a temptation is to be tangled with it, to be held in its cords, and not find at present, a way to escape. Peter also says in 2 Peter 2:9, 'The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations.' If they are entangled with them, God knows how to deliver them out of them. When we allow a temptation to enter into us, then we 'enter into temptation.' When sin knocks at the door, we are at  liberty; but when a temptation comes in and we allow it to speak with our heart, reason with our mind, entice and allure our affections, for a long, or a short time, then sin subtly and almost imperceptibly draws our soul to take particular notice of it: we enter into temptation.
—John Owen, "Temptation"