TRYING AND TEMPTATION

TRYING AND TEMPTATION

Matthew 5:44-45 But I Say Unto You, Love Your Enemies, Bless Them That Curse You, Do Good To Them That Hate You, And Pray For Them Which Despitefully Use You, And Persecute You; That Ye May Be The Children Of Your Father Which Is In Heaven: For He Maketh His Sun To Rise On The Evil And On The Good, And Sendeth Rain On The Just And On The Unjust.

People ask why do good people go through bad things, like being hatred because of our Faith, or maybe illnesses such as covid or cancer, I believe it is to strengthen our Faith and the Faith of others. It is not what we are going through, it is how we handle the situation. When we go through a trying time, remember that we are Children Of The Most Holy God, and our trying times only reinforce the fact, that our Home Is In Heaven. These trying times are either Faith building or a failure. We Christians are to Trust in The Lord, not our circumstances.

James 1:3 Knowing This, That The Trying Of Your Faith Worketh Patience.

Trying and Temptation go hand in hand, here are some Scriptures about temptation.

Read what The Lord said about keeping The Word Of His Patience, how He will keep us from The Hour Of Temptation that will come upon all of the world, He is talking about The Great Tribulation.

Revelation 3:10 Because Thou Hast Kept The Word Of My Patience, I Also Will Keep Thee From The Hour Of Temptation, Which Shall Come Upon All The World, To Try Them That Dwell Upon The Earth.

IF YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED, THEN WHY?

Are you being tempted because of Growing Your Faith Or Because Of Self Lust?

James 1:14 But Every Man Is Tempted When He Is Drawn Away Of His Own Lust And Enticed.

1 Corinthians 10:21-22 Ye Cannot Drink The Cup Of The Lord, And The Cup Of Devils: Ye Cannot Be Partakers Of The Lord's Table, And Of The Table Of Devils. Do We Provoke The Lord To Jealousy? Are We Stronger Than He?

Luke 6:22-23 Blessed Are Ye, When Men Shall Hate You, And When They Shall Separate You From Their Company, And Shall Reproach You, And Cast Out Your Name As Evil, For The Son Of Man's Sake. Rejoice Ye In That Day, And Leap For Joy: For, Behold, Your Reward Is Great In Heaven: For In The Like Manner Did Their Fathers Unto The Prophets.

1 Peter 1:6-7 Wherein Ye Greatly Rejoice, Though Now For A Season, If Need Be, Ye Are In Heaviness Through Manifold Temptations: That The Trial Of Your Faith, Being Much More Precious Than Of Gold That Perisheth, Though It Be Tried With Fire, Might Be Found Unto Praise And Honour And Glory At The Appearing Of Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 2:18 For In That He Himself Hath Suffered Being Tempted, He Is Able To Succour Them That Are Tempted.

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 Wherefore Let Him That Thinketh He Standeth Take Heed Lest He Fall. There Hath No Temptation Taken You But Such As Is Common To Man: But God Is Faithful, Who Will Not Suffer You To Be Tempted Above That Ye Are Able; But Will With The Temptation Also Make A Way To Escape, That Ye May Be Able To Bear It.

James 1:13-15 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. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

James 1:12 Blessed Is The Man That Endureth Temptation: For When He Is Tried, He Shall Receive The Crown Of Life, Which The Lord Hath Promised To Them That Love Him.

Never think that God tempts you with evil. If you're being tempted by someone or something bad, then that is the devil tempting you. Read The Scripture that tells us, God will provide a way to escape, when we are being tempted.

If you are being tempted then check your life, your family, your job, your friends, to see if any of these are causing you to be tempted. 

If you are being tempted, then it may be because God has a job for you to do, and the devil is trying to stop you from achieving it. Never think you are above or too Spiritual to be tempted. Read The Scripture that says for us to be careful when we try to help others when they are overtaken with a fault, lest we become tempted. 

Pray and ask The Lord, why you are being tempted, and adjust yourself accordingly.

Donna K Purifoy

1/2/2022