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/sawyer'>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 by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God.
and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.
And the devil having finished all the temptation, departed from him for a time.
those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and they have no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of trial fall away;
AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who is indebted to us; and bring us not into trial.
When I was daily with you in the temple you stretched not out your hands upon me but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
I will not speak with you much more; for the ruler of this world comes and has nothing in me;
And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.
Now, therefore, why do you try God, to put on the necks of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we could bear?
For no trial has befallen you but what is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial will order the event, that you may be able to endure.
For because he has himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.
For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials, knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one. read more. But every one is tempted when he is drawn away by his desires, and enticed; then the desire taking effect produces sin, and sin being finished brings forth death.