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Temptation is derived from your own lust.
"Lust of the Eye"....is usually the issue.
"I want THAT......no matter WHAT".........
See how the lust has taken over the mind?.....And you will then do it., as what is in your mind is what you are going to do next.
The NT says....>"be in the world but not OF it"....to a Christian....and this is explained as..>"all that is in the world is LUST of the EYE".....ect.
To be "worldly", is to be owned and controlled by your own lust that desires what you SEE which becomes what you think about that decides what you do.
"Temptation" is not sin.....the sin begins when you DWELL on the Temptation, as at that point you have left noticing it, and have entered into the doing it stage.
Jesus said....."if you look at someone, and in your mind you want to have SEX with them"......its the same as doing it, as you have already become engaged with the desire to do it, to pursue it.
Final analysis : Its not wrong to WANT, as we all want.....but its wrong when you want what is wrong for you, as defined by The Law as a SIN or by Paul as a work of the Flesh.
Temptation is the open doorway that leads to sin.
You decide if you go through the door.
Remember that your mind is like a big screen that you are watching.
So, if something comes to the screen that you recognize is LUST< then just change the channel. Change the screen, instantly, as if you dont, you will watch it, and then you will do it.
Temptation is not the problem....its the DWELLING on it, that is the power that will lead you to commit a sin, a work of the flesh.
Change the screen.
Renew your mind.
Temptation is derived from your own lust.
"Lust of the Eye"....is usually the issue.
"I want THAT......no matter WHAT".........
See how the lust has taken over the mind?.....And you will then do it., as what is in your mind is what you are going to do next.
The NT says....>"be in the world but not OF it"....to a Christian....and this is explained as..>"all that is in the world is LUST of the EYE".....ect.
To be "worldly", is to be owned and controlled by your own lust that desires what you SEE which becomes what you think about that decides what you do.
"Temptation" is not sin.....the sin begins when you DWELL on the Temptation, as at that point you have left noticing it, and have entered into the doing it stage.
Jesus said....."if you look at someone, and in your mind you want to have SEX with them"......its the same as doing it, as you have already become engaged with the desire to do it, to pursue it.
Final analysis : Its not wrong to WANT, as we all want.....but its wrong when you want what is wrong for you, as defined by The Law as a SIN or by Paul as a work of the Flesh.
Temptation is the open doorway that leads to sin.
You decide if you go through the door.
Remember that your mind is like a big screen that you are watching.
So, if something comes to the screen that you recognize is LUST< then just change the channel. Change the screen, instantly, as if you dont, you will watch it, and then you will do it.
Temptation is not the problem....its the DWELLING on it, that is the power that will lead you to commit a sin, a work of the flesh.
Change the screen.
Renew your mind.