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/worrell'>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 he tempted by the Devil.
Jesus said to him, "Again it has been written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
And bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.'
And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.
"And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; who, for a season, believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, saying, "Teacher, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?"
and forgive us our sins; for we also ourselves forgive every one indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.'"
But ye are they who have remained with Me in my temptations;
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against Me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
I will no more speak much with you; for the Prince of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
But Peter said to her, "Why is it that it was agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?
A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
for in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.
for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall in with manifold temptations; knowing that the proving of your faith establishes patience.
Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him. Let no one, when tempted, say, "I am tempted from God"; for God cannot be tempted with evils, and He Himself tempteth no one. read more. But each one is tempted, when by his own desire he is drawn away and enticed. Then the desire, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death.