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Temptation
God cannot be the subject of — Jas 1:13.
Does not come from God — Jas 1:13.
Comes from
Lusts. — Jas 1:14.
Covetousness. — Pr 28:20; 1Ti 6:9,10.
The devil is the author of — 1Ch 21:1; Mt 4:1; Joh 13:2; 1Th 3:5.
Evil associates, the instruments of — Pr 1:10; 7:6; 16:29.
Often arises through
Prosperity. — Pr 30:9; Mt 4:8.
Worldly glory. — Nu 22:17; Da 4:30; 5:2; Mt 4:8.
To distrust of God’s providence — Mt 4:3.
To presumption — Mt 4:6.
To worshipping the god of this world — Mt 4:9.
Often strengthened by the perversion of God’s word — Mt 4:6.
Permitted as a trial of
Disinterestedness. — Job 1:9-12.
Always conformable to the nature of man — 1Co 10:13.
Often ends in sin and perdition — 1Ti 6:9; Jas 1:15.
Christ
Endured, from the devil. — Mr 1:13.
Endured, from the wicked. — Mt 16:1; 22:18; Lu 10:25.
Resisted by the word of God. — Mt 4:4,7,10.
Overcame. — Mt 4:11.
Sympathises with those under. — Heb 4:15.
Is able to help those under. — Heb 2:18.
Intercedes for his people under. — Lu 22:31,32; Joh 17:15.
God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their powers to bear — 1Co 10:13.
God will make a way for saints to escape out of — 1Co 10:13.
God enables the saints to bear — 1Co 10:13.
God knows how to deliver saints out of — 2Pe 2:9.
Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of — Re 3:10.
Saints may be in heaviness through — 1Pe 1:6.
Saints should
Resist, in faith. — Eph 6:16; 1Pe 5:9.
Watch against. — Mt 26:41; 1Pe 5:8.
Pray to be kept from. — Mt 6:13; 26:41.
Not to occasion, to others. — Ro 14:13.
Restore those overcome by. — Ga 6:1.
Avoid the way of. — Pr 4:14,15.
The devil will renew — Lu 4:13.
Has strength through the weakness of the flesh — Mt 26:41.
Mere professors fall away in time of — Lu 8:13.
Blessedness of those who meet and overcome — Jas 1:2-4,12.
Exemplified
Joseph. — Ge 39:7.
Balaam. — Nu 22:17.
Achan. — Jos 7:21.
David. — 2Sa 11:2.
Jeroboam. — 1Ki 15:30.
Peter. — Mr 14:67-71.
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