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 For we have not a high-priest unable to have fellow-feeling with our weaknesses, but one tested in all respects, by way of likeness, apart from sin.
2 forty days,being tempted by the adversary; and he did eat nothing in those days,and, when they were concluded, he hungered.
13 Let, no one, while tempted, be sayingFrom God, am I tempted,for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;
3 Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out 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 Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.
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13 And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
9 O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:
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 Be watching and praying, that ye may not enter into temptation: The spirit, indeed, is, eager, but, the flesh, weak.
22 And, he among the thorns sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word,and, the anxiety of the age and the deceit of riches, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh.
20 And he was sayingThat which, out of the man, cometh forth, that, defileth the man;21 For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,fornications, thefts,22 murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness,23 all these wicked things, from within, come forth, and defile, the man.
1 Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.
28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
12 Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of lifewhich he hath promised unto them that love him.