Show What Does m The Bible Say Ii By REV LEO LEOE E E. E RUBEL I There is an old story of two knights who engaged in a bItter bit bitter bitter bIt bIt- ter argument over a shield one asserting the shield was gold the other stoutly maintaining maIntainIng maintaining main maIn- it was made of silver stIver There was really no cause for argument for the knights The Theone Theone Theone one looked at the golden front of the shield while the 0 other the r saw the backside lined with silver I SO IT i is s with the word temptation it it has two meanIngs meanings meanings mean mean- I ings in the Bible Sometimes it is used in the good sense of trials tests afflictions which come from God At other times it refers to the blandishments of Satan and these are always I evil The Bible says God And And God I did tempt Abraham Gen 22 I 1 When God sought to t test e s t Abrahams Abraham's faith by ordering him to ts his son ion Isaac how furiously Satin Satan must have worked to change that test of faith into a temptation to evil I Iby by planting into Abrah Abraham's Abrahams a ams am's ms m's heart the seed of doubt and disobedience But by Gods God's grace Abraham emerged with witha a faith stronger than before There has never been a temptation temptation temptation temp temp- tation of God that Satan has not tried to turn to his 0 own w n advantage HOW STRANGE we human beings are The temptations of Satan always evil seem 1 so enticing whereas those thos e coming from God a always I w a ys r Intended for our good seem 1 F r- cruel heartless Yet God alms aims to bring out the gold of our our faith and love and keep us on the narrow way to life lite eternal f Truly we need to pray for tor greater spiritual Insight also when we ve pray And cAnd lead us not Into temptation tat Mat 6 13 The Bible says Let no man say when he is tempted to evil I am tempted of ot God n for God cannot be tempted with evil neither to evil He any man but every manis man manis E is tempted to evil when he Is ise i drawn away of his own lust lust and enticed by Satan James 1 13 THE BIBLE says Be sober be vigilant because your jour adversary adversary ad- ad j ad-j the devil as lion about seeking 0 whom he may devour by tempting tempting tempt tempt- ing to evil whom resist steadfast steadfast stead stead- fast In the faith faJth 1 Peter 5 y I 89 8 w I I |