James 1, verse 14
1 Corinthians 10, verse 13
2 Peter 2, verse 9
Hebrews 2, verse 18
Hebrews 4, verse 15
Revelation 3, verse 10
The word “temptation” has been on my mind all day long, after listening to a sermon yesterday on sanctification and what we must overcome in order to walk closer and closer with the Lord.
Here, we share some thoughts that arise from some of the Bible’s wisdom around the temptation that leads us through trials and tests, entices us to do evil, and keeps us in separation from the God whose presence is everything.
Jesus, who was tempted by the devil himself for 40 days, not only endured the suffering of that experience, but passed the trials and tests with flying colors, never once falling into sin. In the first 11 verses of Matthew 4, we are given the perfect model for how to resist the devil’s temptations, and to rely on God through the everlasting Word that will never let us down.
