5 Bible Verse Books: Forgiveness, Who is Jesus, Sin and Temptation, Holy Spirit, and HealingTony Alexander
(1.) Negatively: Lead us not into temptation. Having prayed that the guilt of sin may be removed, we pray, as it is fit, that we may never return again to folly, that we may not be tempted to it. It is not as if God tempted any to sin; but, "Lord, do not let Satan loose...
“the woman.” But what makes this so striking is that a relative clause has been inserted to explain what is meant by the reference to the woman: “whom you gave me.” Ultimately, the man is blaming God for giving him the woman who (from the man’s viewpoint) caused him to sin....
Luke 4:1 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate continuity with the previous topic. Luke 4:1 tn“River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. Luke 4:1 sn The double mention of the Spirit in this verse makes it clear that the temptation ...
temptation is natural. Temptation is not sin. It is yielding that is sin. God never brings temptation to us. He allows it to test us. It is the work of the devil. Recognize it as such. One way to meet temptation is to quote a verse of Scripture at the Tempter — he will always ...
“I cannot return to the monastery with you,” he told his waiting friend. “I have committed a terrible sin. I was tempted, and I gave into the temptation and committed fornication last night. I have broken my vows to my brothers and to God, so you will have to go back without me...
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence, draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (...
But this logic may be faulty. It may be an open question whether dreams really reflect our desires. Secondly, Matthew 5:28 probably is not to be taken literally. Matthew’s next verse (5:29), also attributed to Jesus, says that “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out ...
Temptation is not sin. Would you like to contemplate an unanswerable question for a moment? Could Jesus have sinned? We can't imagine it. And yet, part of being human is to have a will free to choose wrong as well as right. He must have been able to sin, or temptation is just a...
New Christian Bible Study Spiritual Topics ← Previous Next → Most of us would welcome a life without temptation. It would be so easy to be good! According to Swedenborg, however, a life without temptation would actually guarantee the opposite: It would leave us mired in evil and bound for...