Reference: TEMPT
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To make trial of, Lu 10:25, and usually to present inducements to sin. Satan is the great tempter, seeking thus most effectually to destroy men's souls, 1Ch 21:1; Job 1-2; Mt 4:1; 1Th 3:5. Men are also led into sin by their own evil inclinations and by other men, Jas 1:14-15. God, being holy and desirous of men's holiness, does not thus tempt them, Jas 1:13; but he makes trial of them, to prove, exercise, and establish their graces, Ge 22:1; Jas 1:2-3. Christ stands ready to support his people under any possible temptation, 1Co 10:13; Heb 2:18; 4:15; 2Pe 2:19. Yet they are not to rush into temptation unbidden, Lu 11:4. Men tempt God by presumptuously experimenting on his providence or his grace, or by distrusting him, 7/2/type/godbey'>Ex 17:2,7; Isa 7:12; Mt 4:7; Ac 5:9; 15:10. Sore afflictions are often called temptations or trials, as they are frequently the occasion of sin, Mt 6:13; Lu 8:13; 22:28; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:6-7.
Christ, at the outset of his public ministry, was violently assailed by the tempter, who thus displayed his effrontery and his blindness, hoping perhaps that the human soul of the Redeemer would be left unaided by his divinity, Mt 4. The temptations are to be understood as real transactions, and not as visions. The tempter was baffled, and left him for a season, to meet a like rebuff on every future assault, Lu 4:13; 22:53; Joh 14:30. The Savior triumphed, and paradise was regained.
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Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
And the devil having perfected every temptation, departed from Him for a season.
And those on the stones are they who, when they may hear, receive the word with joy; and they have no root in them, who believe for a time, and in time of temptation they fall away.
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting Him, saying, Teacher, having done what shall I inherit eternal life?
and forgive us our sins; for we also do forgive every one owing us: and lead us not into temptation.
But you are those who have remained with me in my temptations.
I being daily with you in the temple, you reached not out your hands unto me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
I shall no longer speak many things with you, because the prince of the world comes: and he has nothing in me;
And Peter said to her; Why has it been agreed with you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of those having buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
No temptation has overtaken you, except that which is human: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make a way of escape, in order that you may be able to bear it.
For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations. Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love. Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one: read more. but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed. Then the lust, conceiving, brings forth sin; and sin, having been perfected, produces death.