I hear that its storming, blizzarding, snowing like crazy back home in South Dakota! Its April! Where's Spring?! We are thinking about all you guys back there, Stay Safe! Hopefully this will be the last storm of the season! :) And Summer will be just around the corner
Today I'm going to write about Temptation....we all get tempted, and because we are human we all give into temptation.
Did you know that Jesus was also tempted, while he was here on earth? He is our example of what we should do and say when the Devil tempts us.
The Bible says that Jesus always gives us a way out. He also understands that we are going to fail and we are going give in to sin, thats why he died on the cross for us. To forgive us of our sins. And He will never give up on us.
We are going to read a couple of scriptures today. The first one comes from Matthew.
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
During that time the devil came and said to him "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread."
But Jesus told him "No! The Scriptures say, People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone."
Jesus responded, "The scriptures also say, You must not test the Lord your God"
Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. "I will give it all to you" he said "if you will kneel down and worship me".
"Get out of here, Satan" Jesus told him. "For the scriptures say, You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him."
Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.
Notice how Jesus kept quoting scriptures to the devil, and eventually the devil gave up and "went away".
I believe that when you are being tempted, You need to pray and ask God to help you resist and tell satan to flee from you. And you also need to quote scriptures.
God also gives us this promise in 1 Corinthians....
1 Corinthians 10:13
The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
Next time you are tempted pray that the God would show you the way out and follow Him.
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