Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and evil actions lead to death.
Our paths and design were originally meant for success – that is, until man's disobedience to God allowed the devil into our lives. Once Satan was allowed into man's life, long lasting alliances with Satan were unknowingly forged allowing evil to reign and corrupt our paths. The Bible teaches us in Romans 7:5 that, “When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced sinful deeds, resulting in death.” The enemy continually tempts us to trigger the sinful nature that's within us. The way to keep our old nature dead is to continue developing our new nature by feeding upon the Word of God. Allowing our new nature to thrive will keep us on the path of success and away from the temptation that leads to death.
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Amen, this was encouraging. God bless!
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