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Just to add a little more to the definition:

  1. an experiment, attempt, trial, proving

    1. trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14)

    2. the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy

      1. an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances

      2. an internal temptation to sin

        1. of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand

      3. of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness

      4. adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one's character, faith, holiness

    3. temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men

      1. rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves

 

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Hi @Selah7….   When I was growing up, my parents used to be my way out of sticky situations.  If my friends tried to pressure me into doing something that my common sense or conscience told me was wrong, I could just say, “Uh… my parents won’t let me do that,” or “No, I’ll be grounded until I’m 30 if my parents find out!”

Our Heavenly Father has provided Himself as a way out.  :)  A good example is Joseph’s temptation in Genesis 39.  Potiphar, his Egyptian master, had put Joseph in charge of his entire household.  While her husband was away, Potiphar’s wife continually tried to seduce the handsome Joseph.

Genesis 39:8-9

8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. 9 There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Unfortunately, she did not respect his way out, and she kept after him day after day.  Finally, she even grasped him by his coat in an effort to force him to stay….  What did he do?  He RAN, leaving his coat in her hands!  

When we are tempted or troubled by anything, we too should RUN— run to our Father in prayer, run to His written word for answers.  In Him we have the promise of rest.  He is always our very best way out!  

Matthew 11:28-30

28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

 

 

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I relate this to what used to be my least favorite verse of the bible, until I began to understand it

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

For us to grow and mature in Christ our faith must be tested.  Like an ore that has to be refined, it is put through the crucible of the refiners fire.  And while being in that fire is never comfortable, it is always needful.  1 Cor 10 tells us that, that fire is controlled and will never be hot enough to destroy us, only to make us "Perfect, complete and lacking nothing"

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7 hours ago, Selah7 said:

but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to [a]bear it.

 

The brutal practical answer is one has to want to escape, to use the ' way of escape ' to borrow Joseph, when trapped by Potiphar's wife he literally run away.

 

How often do we reach for the off switch, or don't go there where temptation lurks.

 

The lure of temptation is in our minds, in the glamour we give it.

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Christians may not be able to rely on their personal strength to endure trails and tribulations.  We need to rely on God fully by means of His word in the scriptures and  prayer.  His spirit should comfort and sustain us.  Reference: Romans 15:4, 5; James 1:5. 
 

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