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Related question: why does the Lords Prayer include “and lead us not unto temptation”? Why would God lead us to temptation? Does this suggest some kind of test?


19 posted on 01/09/2016 5:37:03 PM PST by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: matt1234
I am going to suggest you read James Chapter two very carefully.

The answer to your question here is found in verse 13 and 14.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

No you are not a bad person to be tempted. We all are. And there is no time when we are safe from temptation.

You just have a weak spot that is being worked on. You can either ask the Lord to give you strength to resist and grace to endure or you can give in.

But still, read James Two. In fact, read the whole book of James. It is one of the short ones.

50 posted on 01/09/2016 8:45:58 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: matt1234

God doesn’t lead us into temptation......Spiritual warfare is ‘a personal resistance’ for each of us ‘against our own sinful desires’.... which the enemy will use to his advantage.... He will try ‘to annul our effectiveness’ and tempt us to walk contrary to the standards of God’s word.

Much of what is tempting us is really man’s own fallen nature expressing itself through his flesh.... we can honestly blame ourselves for most of the activity we see today.

However...we do have the authority and the strength to resist temptations and lies by deferring to God, submitting to God, standing in Christ, and putting on His armor..... We are able to resist his temptations, because greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. (Ephesians 6:12; James 4:7)

Remember when Jesus was tempted by the devil he resisted him by quoting scripture that was ‘relevant to his situation.’.... He destroyed the lie propagated ‘by putting the truth next to it’.

Jesus stood to GAIN much ‘by resisting’...(All of mankind)....had he lost the temptations in the desert all men would be doomed.


56 posted on 01/09/2016 10:25:09 PM PST by caww
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