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Hello! Today I am going be writing about temptation. Everyone who has ever walked upon this planet has struggled with temptation. I know that I have, even Jesus did! The problem that we as humans have with temptation is not facing temptation, but rather how we deal with the temptation that is before us. Before I share my top 8 verses when I deal with temptation let’s define what temptation actually is. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, a temptation is “a cause or an occasion of enticement.” Evil creates temptation. God is good and he is perfect therefore he does not create temptation.
Throughout the Bible we see many people struggle with temptation. I have created a list of some who have struggled but I can go into larger detail upon each of these in a later post.
- Adam and Eve – Genesis 3
- King David – 2 Samuel 11
- Jesus – Matthew 4: 1-11
See even Christ struggled with temptation. Below I have listed my top 8 verses that help me overcome temptation. They are in no particular order. My verses are coming from the NKJV.
- James 1: 13-18 “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of his own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.”
- Matthew 6:13 “And do not lead us into temptation,”
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
- 1 Corinthians 16: 13 “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.”
- Proverbs 7:25-26 “Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths; For she has cast down many wounded, And all who were slain by her were strong men.”
- 1 Peter 4:12 “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:15 “For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.”
- 1 Timothy 6:9 “But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.”
Those are some verses that help me when I fall to the struggle of temptation. I hope that they will also help you. God bless you!
With Love, Madison Grace