Tentação
A tentação faz parte da jornada cristã, mas Deus é fiel e não permite que sejamos tentados além do que podemos suportar. Em Cristo, temos poder para resistir e vencer.
A realidade da tentação
Jesus foi tentado em tudo como nós e compreende nossas lutas. A Bíblia nos ensina que a tentação não é pecado — o pecado está em ceder a ela.
15 We do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our infirmities weaknesses. He was tested in all things like ourselves. Yet he was without sin!
2 He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted: "God tempts me." God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempts enticesteststrys no one.
3 Know that the testing of your faith produces patience endurance.
O escape providenciado
Deus sempre providencia uma saída. Não precisamos cair, pois Ele nos dá forças para resistir e promete nos livrar da provação.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.
9 Jehovah knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)
13 »And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil the wicked one. (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)
9 You know all my desires, O Jehovah. My groaning has not been hidden from you.
Vigilância e resistência
A Palavra de Deus, a oração e a vigilância são nossas armas contra a tentação. Vigiar e orar é o conselho do próprio Jesus.
41 »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«
22 »He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
20 »That which comes out of the man defiles the man.21 »It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.23 »All these evil things come from within and defile the man.«
1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right. But you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.
28 Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
12 The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.