“Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.” (Billy Sunday) It’s inevitable that temptations will come to us; it is not inevitable that we must give in to them when they do. Scripture promises that, with temptation, God provides “a way out” (1 Cor. 10:12). Consider…
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“The devil made me do it.” My generation remembers Flip Wilson popularizing this catchphrase in the early 1970s. It was comedy. We laughed when his character, Geraldine Jones, said, “The devil made me buy this dress. I didn’t want to do it!” Flip Wilson may have popularized the catchphrase, but he didn’t originate the notion…
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Scripture teaches that Jesus, the Son of God, was tempted in every way that we are tempted, yet without sin (Heb. 4:15). Think of it: there’s no temptation any of us face in life that He can’t relate to. He’s been there. He knows what it’s like. He faced all kinds of temptation when He…
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