Resisting Temptation - THE JESUS WAY

in #steemchurch7 years ago

Hello fellow steemians, I am grateful to @sirknight for this great opportunity.

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One thing that JESUS was not - was flashy, When He Cured When He spoke, The crowds came to Him And when He resisted the Devil - it is the simple mechanisms of fasting, prayer, and Scripture. These are things we can do daily or weekly, which fits perfectly with Jesus's advice. Your life - your resistance to temptation - will be all display you need

In the Gospels, the best known examples of Jesus facing and resisting temptation are the three tests in the desert at the very beginning of His ministry. Just after his baptism by John, Jesus was led into the desert by the Holy Spirit, where He fasted for 40 days. At the end, the devil came and tempted Him 3 times The first stone of bread For the second test, the Devil used Jesus to destroy the temple. The third of the world's empires What is notable about all three examples - and the most applicable to your life - is that Jesus was the strongest and almost overwhelming temptations by His fasting and praying for 40 days, and by quoting Scripture

Another example is Jesus's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus never asked for his mission. He simply asked Jesus always be recognized Jesus berated the apostles who were with him.

Jesus faced many temptations during his trial before Pilate and Herod, including the mocking by the soldiers and the physical and emotional torture He was attacked by the whipping, thorns with crowning, and guards from humiliating slaps. Jesus resisted the temptation to either quit his ministry or retaliate (remember, he had told Peter in the garden that he could summon legions of angels to His side). Jesus protested

The final temptation of Jesus was when he was hanging on the cross, dying from blood loss and suffocation. The crowd and the thief to his side mocked him, calling him to come down from the cross. Again, Jesus resisted the temptation by focusing on His mission, even granting eternal life to the thief who praised Him

Jesus throughout the Gospels emphasized connecting with God, but nowhere was that much more likely to be tempted. He repeatedly explained that prayer and fasting were paramount in strengthening yourself to resist temptation, and quoted Scripture to answer