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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WHAT DO YOU DO WITH TEMPTATION" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH TEMPTATION?
I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TEACHINGS ON TEMPTATION, SOME GOOD AND SOME NOT SO GOOD. ONE OF THE WORST WAS ONE ON GOD TEMPTING US TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD DO. HOW STUPID IS THAT? THEY MUST THINK THAT GOD IS SITTING UP IN HEAVEN JUST WAITING TO ZAP ONE OF US THAT DOES SOMETHING WRONG. THEY DON'T KNOW THE LOVING GOD THAT I KNOW AND THE ONE THAT SENT HIS OWN SON TO DIE FOR US ALL.
ANOTHER THING IS, DON'T THEY EVER READ THE BIBLE? THE BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES AGAINST THIS. LOOK AT JAMES 1:13-14 WHERE IT SAYS "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed." THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME.
SOME TEACH THAT TEMPTATION IS A SIN. I WONDER IF THEY THINK JESUS SINNED. I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY NO. WELL, JESUS WAS TEMPTED MANY, MANY TIMES WITH TEMPTATIONS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN CONCEIVE. LOOK WHAT PAUL SAYS ABOUT JESUS IN HEBREWS 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. I TAKE THE PHRASE "IN ALL POINTS" AS BEING TEMPTED WITH EVERYTHING KNOWN TO MAN AND HE NEVER SINNED.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT SIN JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN ANY MORE THAN CHILDREN JUST HAPPENS. SIN HAS TO BE CONCEIVED. FIRST COMES THE THOUGHT AND THEN THE DESIRE. THEN COMES THE LUST AND THE ACT OF SIN FOLLOWS. LOOK FOLKS, WE LIVE IN A CORRUPT WORLD AND ARE EXPOSED TO EVIL THOUGHTS CONSTANTLY. "HOWEVER", AND I LOVE THIS "HOWEVER", 2ND CORINTHIANS 10:4-5 CLEARLY STATES THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN US SPIRITUAL WEAPONS THAT CAN TAKE EVERY EVIL THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO OBEY HIM. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. WE CAN FIGHT IT AND THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. THE LATE KENNETH HAGIN, FOUNDER OF THE RHEMA BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE, ONCE EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY.
"WE CAN'T KEEP A BIRD FROM FLYING OVERHEAD, BUT WE CAN KEEP IT FROM LIGHTING IN OUR HAIR AND MAKING A NEST THERE". WHEN EVIL THOUGHTS COME, DON'T DWELL ON THEM BUT CAST THEM OUT OF YOUR MIND. WE HAVE THE POWER AND IT IS UP TO US.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.