Overcoming In Times Of Temptation

My Utmost For His Highest

 

1 Corinthians 10:13  Temptation

 

‘[…]Temptation itself is not sin; it is something we are bound to face simply by virtue of being human.[…] Beware of thinking that you are tempted as no one else–what you go through is the common inheritance of the human race, not something that no one has ever before endured. God does not save us from temptations–He sustains us in the midst of them.’ CHAMBERS

 

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" Matthew 4 Satan said to Jesus three times .. “If you are [really] the Son of God …. “

 

Man has been faced with temptation since the Garden.  God gave us a free will … but unless that will is tested .. how will you know that you have it?  We can choose life or death.  When Jesus was tempted in the desert, He was tempted as a man.

 

Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest [Jesus] who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”

 

It was not His divine nature that was being tempted .. but His human nature.  God cannot be tempted to sin … it is impossible .. but man can be and is … Can I hear a witness?

 

James 1:13 “When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone”

 

When Jesus was in the desert He gave us a model . . a method for dealing with temptation .. He responded to Satan with the Word of God.  Psalm 119:11 says that we are to “hide the Word in our hearts so we won’t sin against God.” Ephesians 6 calls the Word the sword of the Spirit.  Temptation is a part of life .. you know that already … make reading the Bible a part of your life every day so you will be ready to stand against temptation and bring glory to God in the victory.

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)