Posted on 09/24/2013 3:15:26 PM PDT by James R. Aist
The Bible identifies several kinds of sexual sin, including fornication, adultery, incest and homosexuality. Homosexual behavior is unequivocally and consistently portrayed in the Bible as sin (Genesis 19:5 with Jude 1:7; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; I Corinthians 6:9-10; and I Timothy 1:10). The biblical witness on this point could not be any clearer.
(Excerpt) Read more at ipost.christianpost.com ...
Ordinarily, “temptation” means solicitation to that which is evil. Hebrews 4:15-”For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we areyet he did not sin.” I do not believe that your distinction is either real or biblical. If you have ever been tempted, then you have experienced temptation. If you nave never been tempted, then you are one of a kind. May the Lord bless you.
This led me to a wonderful book by John Owen's The Three Treatises on Overcoming Sin and Temptation who explains this far better than I ever will. Of course he takes 464 pages but it is a wonderful work for which I would highly recommend.
Excerpt from the book...
Temptation, then, in general, is any thing, state, way, or condition that, upon any account whatsoever, has a force or efficacy to seduce, to draw the mind and heart of a man from its obedience, which God requires of him, into any sin, in any degree of it whatsoever.
In particular, that is a temptation to any man which causes or occasions him to sin, or in anything to go off from his duty, either by bringing evil into his heart, or drawing out that evil that is in his heart, or any other way diverting him from communion with God and that constant, equal, universal obedience,in matter and manner, that is required of him.
For the clearing of this description I shall only observe, that though temptation seems to be of a more active importance, and so to denote only the power of seduction to sin itself, yet in the Scripture it is commonly taken in a neuter sense, and denotes the matter of the temptation or the thing whereby we are tempted. And this is a ground of the description I have given of it. Be it what it will, that from anything whatsoever, within us or without us, has advantage to hinder in duty, or to provoke unto or in any way to occasion sinthat is a temptation, and so to be looked on. Be it business, employment, course of life, company, affections, nature, or corrupt design, relations, delights, name, reputation, esteem, abilities, parts or excellencies of body or mind, place, dignity, artso far as they further or occasion the promotion of the ends before mentioned, they are all of them no less truly temptations that the most violent solicitations of Satan or allurements of the world, and that soul lies at the brink of ruin who discerns it not. And this will be further discovered in our process.
John Owen
OK, you’re , like, a duct tape salesman, right?
I recognize most sarcasm when I see it.
I guess I should have tagged it as such for those who don’t.
Ditto.
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