8/15/21 "Temptation "

8/15/21

5 Minutes of Focus 

"Temptation "

Feeling tempted in the moment does not make it sin....It makes you human.

In the words of Pastor Keith Moore, "Being Tempted is not a sin." Think about it!

You see, It's not about what you felt in the moment, but about what you said or did in response to how you were feeling in the moment that determines, if it is SIN OR NOT.

If you felt like going off on somebody and cussing them out...BUT INSTEAD, You got up and walked out the door without saying a WORD.

Beloved, That's not sin. The sin is not in the temptation itself...

Many times Jesus was tempted when he walked this earth.

He was tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 4:15 NIV 

So, The sin is not in being tempted or even in how you felt in the midst of the temptation.

Because the bible slso let's us know that it's okay to be angry.

Be angry, and do NOT sin. 

Ephesians 4:26 NKJ

• Being angry is not a sin.

• Being tempted is not a sin.

Again, It's how you respond to it, how you respond to the temptation, how you respond to the anger that determines, if it's SIN OR NOT.

What you say or do when tempted, when you're angry makes all the difference.

That's why Jesus could tell the woman in John 8 to "Go and sin no more"....

He didn't have a problem dropping the charges, as long as she didn't GO & DO the same thing as before.

How she would respond to being free and possibly starting her life over; clean in the coming days, weeks etc was up to her.

And Beloved, It's up to you now.  Temptation will always be there, but how will you respond?

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy