Temptation

"Then the devil came to Jesus to tempt him," (Matthew 4:3a).

In this passage as wells as the rest of the chapter that follows we see that Jesus not only did Jesus not sin, but he was actually tempted to. Even though Satan tempted Jesus in everyway, He said sinless. He said no to the urgings of Satan and continued to follow God, even though it would have been easier to give in.

This needs to be our example. We need to turn to God in our temptations, for He is the only one who can resist 100%. We as human beings will of course stumble, and fall. But, it is what we do when we stumble that matters most.

God doesn't expect us to be absolutely perfect every moment of every day. But he does expect us to come to Him repentantly when we do. For with the help of God we will be able to resist temptation, as long as we have God at our side everything becomes possible.

And when you are tempted don't forget that God was tempted too, in the form of the Son Jesus. And where he triumphed he can help us, his children, to succeed too.

TNT,
Words by Ali


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