Tempted. It is written.

Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Drawn away of his own lust.

His OWN lust.

We each individually have our own lusts, our own flesh desires.

Lust-G1939
Definition:
1. desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust


We are drawn away from God by these lusts, these desires, these cravings we have that are contrary to God's love.

There is not ONE single thing that is good for us that is denied to us.

Satan tempted Jesus to sin, remember that? Jesus was tempted. Some get all upset thinking that Jesus could ever be tempted. They like to imagine that He was above temptation, that the temptation hit an impossibly impenetrable wall a million miles thick, something forever and ever impossible to tempt. The truth is Jesus was TEMPTED- but His temptation - His LUST was NEVER conceived! He never ever fell to any temptation He felt and He did feel them, He became flesh in order to save us. Jesus became flesh so that He might feels as we feel in all ways, that He might face every temptation we face.

Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Jesus was TEMPTED- Jesus was draw away of His OWN lust and enticed. BUT the difference, the most crucial difference is HIS own lusts were NEVER CONCEIVED- NEVER INDULGED IN- Jesus NEVER fell victim to temptation but ENDURED, DEFEATED, OVERCAME every single wrongful desire He ever had.

It goes against so much of our thinking to imagine Jesus having any wrongful desires doesn't it? Yet, how could He be tempted in ALL points as we are if He had no real temptation to abstain from? If He were impervious to every wrongful desire, if He came to earth, born of a woman taking on human flesh and utilized a special shield that made it impossible to ever have a wrongful desire- how could He truly be touched with the feeling of our infirmities? How? Every single one of us relates to others and their life stories based on the experiences we've had in our own life, right? We might not go through the exact same things in life, but we will take the closest thing to that thing experienced by another and relate to it through that as best we can. We imagine how they might have felt based on things we have felt on perhaps a lesser degree, a lesser level of experience. If Jesus never felt tempted could He truly be touched with the feeling of our infirmities? Could He? Jesus knew what it meant to be human to feel the human pull towards flesh desires, for wrongful desires- and just FEELING the temptation, just being drawn away towards that wrongful lust was and is NOT sin, it's GIVING into that LUST in anyway- mentally or physically. Jesus did NOT give into any temptation He had but faced and overcame every single one by the WORD OF GOD!

Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, IT IS WRITTEN, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Mat 4:7 Jesus said unto him, IT IS WRITTEN again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for IT IS WRITTEN, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Deu 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

WE LIVE BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD!

Do you live by the words of God?
Do you face your temptations with the word of God?

Seriously! When you feel yourself being drawn away, do you LIVE by the word of God? Do you say… IT IS WRITTEN? Do those words even begin to enter your mind? Seriously, do they? Ask yourself…do they!? I know they really haven't entered by mind much and I'm ashamed to say that, I really am.

Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

When lust is indulged - we sin- and when we sin we deserve death.

Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

We need to boldly go to the throne of grace! We only obtain mercy when we go to the throne of grace and find the grace we need when we have fallen into sin, fallen into temptation.


All by the grace of our wonderful God who has not left us without hope, but has given us all the hope we'll ever need in His amazing Son!

More tomorrow by His grace!


Amen.