Teptation
Tonight, let us think through the M.O. of Temptation.
I believe we are made in the image of the triune God. We have a soul, a body and a spirit: a triune nature. When we are tempted, it will either be in the area of the soul, the body or the spirit. It is important that we understand this concept if we want to know how to overcome temptation.
The world will primarily tempt us in the area of our soul. The word for soul is psyche, which we use to describe an individual's mind, will, and emotions. Our soul contains our ego, our desires, our, emotional self. The world will tempt the soulish side of us. When we talk about a person on an ego trip, or a person that is worldly, we are generally speaking, of a person who is easily influenced by and controlled by the pleasures of this world.
Illustration: When the herdsmen for Abraham and Lot began to fight with each other over range land, Abraham told his nephew to choose some land, and he would go the other way. So, Lot looked......
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