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/noyes'>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 was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
And when he had brought every temptation to an end, the Devil departed from him for a season.
Those on the rocky ground are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; and for a while they believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
And lo! a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?
and forgive us our sins, for even we ourselves forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.
Ye however are they who have continued steadfastly with me in my trials.
when I was daily with you in the temple, ye did not put forth your hands against me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
I shall not talk much more with you. For the prince of the world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of those who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.
Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
For we have not a highpriest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who hath in all points been tempted as we are, without sin.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him. Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one. read more. But each one is tempted when by his own lust he is led away and enticed; then lust, having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when completed, bringeth forth death.