08 Nov 2013
Thoughts#3006
Trial and
temptation.
A trial is
a test of faith, patience or stamina by suffering or temptation.
Temptation
is an enticement to do something wrong by promise of pleasure or gain.
Do not
confuse temptation with God’s testing your faith as a way to strengthen it.
Temptations
come from Satan (Matt 4 : 1, 1Cor 7 : 5)
Temptations
come from inside yourself (Matt 18 : 7-9)
Temptations
come from other people (Mark 9 : 42)
Temptations
come when you take the easy way (Matt 7 : 13-14)
Temptations
come when you have pride in yourself (Gal 6 : 1)
Temptations
come when you are persecuted (1Thess 3 : 4-5)
Temptations
come from riches (1 Tim 6 : 9)
We deal
with temptation
by knowing
the word of God and looking to it for strength (Matt 4 : 1-11)
by praying
and calling upon the Lord (Matt 26 : 41, Luke 22 : 40, 2Tim 2 : 22)
by knowing
that God and Jesus are standing along side of you (1Cor10 : 13; Heb 4 : 15, Eph
6 : 11)
by being
alert to temptation so you can recognize and resist it (1Peter 5 : 8)
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