0834. 815. “Temptation”

815. “Temptation”

1. Falling through Temptation—Psa_95:8; Heb_3:8; Luk_8:13. God’s testings are for our tempering, and not for our tripping.

2. Praying against Temptation—Mat_6:13; Mat_26:41. God never leads us to sin in His tryings, but He does test that we may triumph—Jas_1:13, Jas_1:14.

3. Enduring in Temptation—Luk_4:13; Jas_1:12; Luk_22:28. To stand the strain and the pain shows there is metal and material in us.

4. Delivered from Temptation—Rev_3:10. He keeps out of the crucible sometimes, and certainly keeps the temper under control.

5. Succour in Temptation—1Co_10:13; Heb_2:18; Heb_4:15. Satan may hedge us in, but he cannot roof us in.

6. Taken out of Temptation—2Pe_2:9. His eye is watching, His heart is loving, and his hand is ready to rescue.

7. Christ our Example in Temptation—Luk_4:2, etc. Led by the Spirit, and equipped by His Word and armour, we are, trusting in the Lord, victors.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH