Defeat Temptation

Defeat Temptation

Temptation is not sin.

Let that marinate in your Spirit. Many people believe because they have a thought, they are trapped in sin. That is far from true. They use Jesus’ words in His Sermon on the Mount to condemn themselves. They use it wrong. 

When Jesus says anyone who looks at a woman “with lustful intent” commits adultery, He’s talking about the person who is dwelling on such thoughts. The person who is plotting to follow through on such thoughts. He is not talking about the person who has the thought then casts it down. That person is experiencing spiritual warfare. That person will win by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

When you make God your pursuit, you will always defeat temptation. Here’s today’s Bible verse. Enjoy. 

Romans 6:11-14

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sinbut alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

Today’s Readings:

Romans 6; Psalms 16; Proverbs 19:20-21