When temptation comes

17 Jun When temptation comes

🎯We all struggle with temptation. In fact, even Jesus was tempted, but He resisted and never sinned.

🎯Experiencing temptation is not in itself a transgression.

🎯However, if we let the enticement take root in our thoughts, we are heading toward sin.

🎯Obviously, taking action on a wrong yearning is sinful, but Scripture tells us that entertaining the evil desire is as well

🎯So where does the urge to sin come from?

🎯The source is threefold: Temptation comes from our own lusts, the devil, and the world system organized under Satan’s authority.

🎯The tempting circumstances we encounter are not unique to us; others have faced similar situations.

🎯Although God doesn’t promise to rescue us from all temptations, He limits them and provides a way of escape so we can endure without yielding to sin.

🎯Whenever something is tempting us, let’s draw near in submission to God and resist the devil.

– With Dr. Charles Stanley