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teMPtation
by:bonitabritt,
Founder resureCtion, redeMPtion, & restora- tion Ministries internationaL (PsaLM 118:17)
“No temptation has overtaken you ex- cept such as is common to man but God is faithful, who will not allow you to
be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13
ere’s no trial too great or temptation too strong that Satan can use to destroy you... if you face him from a position of knowing. Satan doesn’t have the power to compel men to sin against their free will. He has the ability to place temptation before you. He can seduce, entice, lure and deceive you. He cannot make you sin.
“Blessed is the man who endures temptation;
desires and enticed. en, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.”
James 1:12-15
God doesn’t tempt anyone. We’re tempted when we’re drawn away by our own carnal desires. If we allow Satan to ll our minds with thoughts that continually feed these desires, we will eventually yield our wills to those desired and sin will be conceived in our hearts and minds, even before the sin manifests itself in our actions.
Satan’s rst attack is our thoughts. Since he cannot overpower us and make us sin, he rst tries to plant thoughts in our hearts and minds that will eventually cause us to
“Satan doesn’t have the power to compel men to sin against their free will.”
for when he has been approved, he will re- ceive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted. I am tempted by God for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own
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yield our will to sin against God. ree ways he tries to do this:
1. Lust of the esh. 2. Lust of the eyes. 3. Pride of life.
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