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Temptation and sin are not the same thing. Jesus
Himself was tempted by the devil, and overcame that temptation. Temptation
only becomes sin when you give in to then same. Let's look at what the
Bible has to say about temptation:
TEMPTATION COMES FROM THREE SOURCES: THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND SATAN.
Temptation From The World
ROMANS 12.2
"AND BE NOT CONFORMED (SUSCHEMATIZO, FASHIONED
ALIKE, MOLDED BY, CONFORMED BY A PATTERN)
TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED (METAMORPHOO,
TRANSFIGURED, CHANGED FROM ONE CREATURE TO ANOTHER)
BY THE RENEWING (ANAKAINOSIS, RENOVATION,
RENEWING TOTALLY)
OF YOUR MIND, (NOUS, INTELLECT, MIND,
STORAGE FACILITY OF THE SOUL)
THAT YE MAY PROVE (DOKIMAZO= TEST FOR
THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING, DISCERN BY TESTING)
WHAT IS THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD."
1 JOHN 2.15-16
"LOVE NOT (PRESENT LINEAR ACTION, IMPERATIVE
AGAPAO + NEGATIVE ME, STOP LOVING)
THE WORLD, NEITHER THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. IF ANY MAN
LOVE THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. FOR ALL THAT IS
IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, AND THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE
PRIDE OF LIFE, IS NOT OF THE FATHER, BUT IS OF THE WORLD."
Temptations From The Devil
JAMES 4.7-8
"SUBMIT (HUPOTASSO, AORIST PASSIVE, BE
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF)
YOURSELVES THEREFORE (OUN, INFERENTIAL
CONJUNCTION, BECAUSE OF THIS, THEREFORE)
TO GOD. RESIST (ANTHISTEMI, AOR ACT IMPER,
STAND AGAINST, OPPOSE)
THE DEVIL (DIABLOS, EVIL ONE)
AND HE WILL FLEE (PHUOGO, FUTURE MIDDLE,
HE HIMSELF WILL RUN AWAY, AVOID)
FROM (APO, PREPOSITION OF ULTIMATE SOURCE)
YOU. DRAW NIGH (EGGIZO, AOR ACT IMPER,
APPROACH, COME TO)
TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NIGH (EGGIZO,
FUTURE ACT INDIC, WILL COME NEAR TO YOU)
TO YOU. CLEANSE (KATHARIZO, AOR ACT, CEREMONIALLY
CLEAN, REFERS TO CONFESSION OF SIN, PURIFY)
YOUR HANDS YE SINNERS, (LOCATIVE PLURAL
HAMARTALOS, ALL WHO MISS THE MARK. REFERS TO BACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIANS)
AND PURIFY (AGNIZO, CLEANSE FROM WITHIN)
YOUR HEARTS, YE DOUBLEMINDED. (DIPSUCHOI,
DOUBLE SOULED. ONE WHO IS IN A BACKSLIDDEN IS A BELIEVER WHO LIVES LIKE
AN UNBELIEVER, SO IS REFERRED TO AS A DOUBLE SOULED PERSON)"
Temptation From The Flesh
ROMANS 7.15-17
"FOR THAT WHICH I DO I ALLOW (GINOSKO,
TO KNOW OR UNDERSTAND BY EXPERIENCE. I.E., I DON'T KNOW IN MYSELF WHY
I'M DOING THIS.)
NOT: FOR WHAT I WOULD, THAT DO NOT. BUT WHAT I HATE, THAT DO I.
IF THEN I DO THAT WHICH I WOULD NOT, I CONSENT UNTO THE LAW THAT IT IS
GOOD. NOW THEN IT IS NO MORE I THAT DO IT, BUT SIN THAT DWELLETH IN ME."
GALATIANS 5.16-21
"THIS I SAY THEN, WALK (PRES ACT IMPERATIVE
PERIPATEO, KEEP ON WALKING, KEEP ON LIVING)
IN THE SPIRIT AND YE SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF THE FLESH. FOR
THE FLESH LUSTETH AGAINST (LIT = IN OPPOSITION
TO)
THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH, AND THESE ARE CONTRARY
THE ONE TO THE OTHER: SO THAT YE CANNOT DO THE THINGS THAT YE WOULD. BUT
IF YE BE LED OF THE SPIRIT YE ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW. NOW THE WORKS
(ERGA, PRODUCTION FROM ENERGY)
OF THE FLESH ARE (PRES ACT INDIC, EIMI,
WILL ALWAYS BE)
MANIFEST, WHICH ARE THESE;
[A list of sexual sins]
ADULTERY (Illicit sex with another person
you aren't married to)
FORNICATION (Illicit sex with an unmarried
person)
UNCLEANNESS (homosexual activity)
LASCIVIOUSNESS (All other sexual promiscuity)
[Sins against the Person of God]
IDOLATRY (making other gods)
WITCHCRAFT (collusion with satan)
[Sins against the Members of the Body
of Christ]
HATRED
VARIANCE (disagreeableness leading to fighting)
EMULATIONS (causing divisions in the body)
WRATH (Physical evidence of hatred)
STRIFE (open warfare)
[The following sins are against the Church
Leaders]
SEDITIONS (Undermining God's authority, the
Pastor)
HERESIES (Undermining God's word)
[The following sins are against society in
general]
ENVYINGS (Jealousy)
MURDERS (Character as well as overt murder)
DRUNKENNESS
REVELLINGS (wild partying)
AND SUCH LIKE: OF THE WHICH I TELL YOU (PROLEGO,
PRES LINEAR AKTIONSART, HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD YOU BEFORE)
BEFORE, AS I HAVE ALSO TOLD YOU IN TIME PAST, THAT THEY WHICH DO
(PRES LINEAR ACTIVE, PROSSO, HABITUALLY PRACTICE)
SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
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