Jesus modeled how to succeed against temptation. Sin then, for the Christian, becomes a choice—not a compulsion. We should obey God. Tell me what you think: Can you distinguish between a test and a temptation? To leave a comment, just click here. You'll also receive fresh content each time I post. It's easy! Leaving a comment is easy! If you don't want to mess with logging in to a service, just: 1. Write your comment, and include your name and email.
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The drinking increases and now he is exchanging meals for drink. Instead of eating lunch, he now downs a few beers and some whiskey. He is now in the beginning stages of drunkenness and does not even have a clue that his one temptation has led to a disastrous lifestyle. Now he begins to miss work and becomes a trouble maker, he is fired and now looks to the bottle as his comfort.
Then he turns to the world for pity and says I have a disease. Satan is the tempter but we as Christians have the ability to close the door of temptation and pass the test of obedience. Resist the devil , and he will flee from you. Let us look at a temptation which probably has hit everybody on the Internet, especially if you have AOL. Have you ever been on line and a little screen pops up and says something to this effect, "The Best XXX porn is only one click away.
Did you delete close the door and pass the test or did you click on the hyperlink and walk through the door of temptation and fail the test? With every test you pass, the stronger you become in your walk with the Lord. Let us look at some biblical scenarios where we find people being tempted and tested.
Here is probably the most famous temptation of a human in the Bible. God gave Adam and Eve specific instructions concerning what trees they may eat from and which one they were not supposed to eat from. Some folks, when approached, do not want to be impolite so they engage in a conversation. It is the succumbing to the temptation that causes us to sin. The Bible teaches that all people will be tempted. James CSB. James goes on to say that at least some of our sin comes from within our own sinful nature.
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
James CSB [emphasis added]. The internal struggle with sin in our flesh is the main source of temptation in our lives. Read Romans 7, where Paul talks about his own struggle with temptation and sin. For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error. While most of our temptation will come from numbers 1 and 2 above, there will be times we are tempted by Satan or one of his followers.
We see this type of temptation a few places in scripture—Adam and Eve, Job, Jesus, Paul, etc—but the typical verse that we point to is from 1 Corinthians In this passage, Paul warns married couples from abstaining from each another too long, so that Satan will not tempt them to be unfaithful to their spouse since they lacked self-control. Do not deprive one another—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Other sources of temptation: the world 1 John , the love of money 1 Timothy , power Deuteronomy , lust Proverbs , , and pride Proverbs Let me remind you that being tempted is not a sin. Sin is what happens when someone gives into temptation. Over and over, the Bible challenges followers of Jesus to resist temptation and gives us what we need to overcome the temptations that we face.
One final reminder, everyone will have different things that they are tempted by. One might be tempted to steal and another has no desire to do so, instead, they struggle with foul language. Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. We see these practices exercised in people like Job, Daniel, Jesus, and Paul, all who resisted various temptations they faced in their lives.
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