Temptation

The Two-fold Purpose of Watching and Praying

The Two-fold Purpose of Watching and Praying

Mark 13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch Jesus gave the command to watch and pray to his disciples.  He understood that a time was coming […]

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part 7

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part 7

Sometimes you will have to rebuke those closest to you. Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. Temptation can come from those closest to you. Job’s wife wanted to know why he was still trying to be godly. Why was he still holding on […]

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part 6

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part 6

Half-truth is the same as lying. Genesis 2:16-17 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. […]

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part 2

How to Handle Temptation Matthew 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested like the first Adam, who handed over His power and dominion to Satan, the tempter.   After Jesus had abstained from eating food […]

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part I

Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part I

  Things You Should Know About Temptation, Part I Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. It may seem strange that Jesus would be led by the Holy Spirit to be tempted. To be tempted in the Greek means to be soft; to […]