verse of the day

Sunday 5 August 2018

We have a choice ( James 1 v 12 - 14 )

In the Lords  prayer we ask our heavenly Father ,to lead us  not into temptation (Matthew 6 v 13 ),it is a needed prayer, as C. Spurgeon  writes ,''For I cannot preserve myself''. Yes we need so much help from God, that we may  not  yield, to temptation,and be taken captive by Satan. This is a real possibility,  for all Gods Children,but it need not be so,.In Isaiah 52 v 11,we read ' Depart,depart,go out from there, touch no unclean thing,get out from the midst of it,purify yourselves'.The point is you don't  play around,Joseph when tempted ran away,to escape the tempter. (   Genesis 39 v 12 )    So it is, that we must not dally when we are tempted,the things that we can be  tempted with, can appear very attractive.We would not play with a snake, no matter how beautiful it is, so why should we play around with temptation,the answer is we should not. I know a man who was friends with a married couple,the lady was unhappy in her marriage,the man was friendly with the lady,and found himself in a place of vulnerability , in the end he felt he had better end that friendship. Let us consider ,God will deliver us,but He expects us to not put ourselves in a place of danger, to our  spiritual well being.





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