Tag: temptation
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Temptation
“Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when…
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Temptation
I totter on the steep cliff’s edge.The roaring waves like musicBeckon to me: “Hurl thyselfOnto the waiting rocks!” Ne’er have Jaws been so alluring;Flames leap up the watery pit.Devils’ heartbeats are expecting:”Come on down! Come, lift thy feet!” (I think it’s a good idea to write a poem every time I write a devotional. That…
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation
TEXT: Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. INTRODUCTION Sin is the Christian’s greatest grief. Christians can still sin and this happens when we succumb to temptation. Temptation isn’t sin, but giving in to temptation is. We need to be prepared for temptation when it strikes. We should prepare…
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Die Rather than Yield
The great wisdom and security of the soul in dealing with indwelling sin is to put a violent stop unto its beginnings, its first motions and actings. Venture all on the first attempt. Die rather than yield one step unto it. John Owen, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, p. 289
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 