Do you look at temptation as suffering? I don't think I do. Maybe it's because I tend to see sin as "pleasurable for a season". If you think about the temptation of Eve in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3) and of Christ in the desert (Matthew 4) the devil was attacking man's central trust and reliance on God. "Did God really say?", "If you are the Son of God". Temptation is not a cute little tease, temptation is an all out assault upon the umbilical cord of the faithfulness of God our Father.
Christ, our faithful High Priest, suffered temptation to a degree we may never know the depths of. But, because he experienced temptations awful pull, he is able to help you and me when we are tempted.
What is tempting you? Is your faith in Christ being assaulted? Do you realize that temptation is not benign? However you are feeling the effects of temptation know that Christ is able to help?
Christ is able to help...
Lord Jesus Christ, help us! Praise be to you in us today!
What is tempting you? Is your faith in Christ being assaulted? Do you realize that temptation is not benign? However you are feeling the effects of temptation know that Christ is able to help?
Christ is able to help...
Lord Jesus Christ, help us! Praise be to you in us today!
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