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No One Is Immune To Temptation
GOD WANTS
COMBAT-SEASONED WARRIORS
David Wilkerson
Temptation is an invitation or an
enticement to commit an immoral act.
Right now, Satan is raging over
the earth as a roaring lion trying to entice Christians toward immorality.
No one is immune and the closer
to God you get, the more Satan will desire to sift you.
“My brethren, count it all
joy when ye fall into divers temptations” (James
1:2, KJV).
The Lord tells us to rejoice when
we fall into various trials because we are experiencing something unique.
Temptation is “training under
combat conditions” and it only happens to maturing Christians.
God wants
combat-seasoned warriors who can testify, “I was under fire! I’ve been in
battle! The enemy was all around me, trying to kill me but God showed me how to
take it all and not be afraid.”
Only
true children of God can be tempted — sinners cannot.
Rain cannot touch a body already
under water and sinners are already drowned in perdition.
As children of Satan, they do as
he dictates and he teases them into deeper and darker pits of immorality.
Temptation
is not a sign of weakness or a leaning toward the world.
Rather, it is a sign that God
trusts us.
The Spirit led Jesus into the
arena of temptation in the wilderness so that He could learn the secret of
power over all temptation.
Actually,
God was saying to Jesus, “My Son, I have given you the Spirit without
measure and confirmed you before the world. Now I am going to permit Satan to
tempt you so you will see how powerless he is. You will never once fear his
dominion and you can go forth preaching the kingdom with faith that Satan is
defeated and cannot touch you in any way.”
We
are not tempted to teach us about ourselves or show off the power of the devil.
No!
Temptation is allowed to teach us
the limitation of Satan — to defang him and expose his weakness.
And to show the power of God to
deliver!
Start glorifying the Lord and use
your shield of faith against temptation in your life.
David
Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of
Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to
minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling
book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
In
1987, David Wilkerson returned to "the crossroads of the world" to
establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully
led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage
righteous living and complete reliance on God.
David
Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout
the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding
conferences for Christian ministers.
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