Some think that they are already programmed to fall for temptations or that they are created naturally weak as not to be able to withstand temptations.I have even heard a line from a scene in a film that says something to the effect that the best way to resist temptation is to fall for it!
Can these views be correct?
We can be tempted - yes.Lucifer can inflict anybody with inner struggles that in its intensity can be likened to a battle!We can be deceived, cajoled and tricked to tread the path that should never be attempted. We can be presented with fanciful propositions that appear quite harmless. Behind all these also stands our flesh and its weaknesses.
However as human beings we have been endowed by our Creator with an inner core - the human spirit. This spirit is our real self.It has its origin in the Kingdom of God. It is pure, without guile and with its perceptive capacities will only choose that which is right.Man only has to follow the ways chosen by his spirit also called the inner voice and nothing wrong can ever develop.Our flesh may wish to follow the broad and easy road offered by temptations; it lies with man however to resist this, and let his spirit lead the way.The flesh after all is meant to serve the spirit and help it carry out its wishes on this planet.
Where however, we give dominion to the flesh, it usurps the throne and yes can become a master and an unscrupulous master it can be, robbing man of all nobility and degrading him to the level of an animal and regrettably and judging by present day happenings even below the level of any animal.This slave master drives its servants to acts of greed, avarice, sordid sensuality,murders and other irritable behaviour.
May we be imbued with strength from above to resist temptations from out of the darkness. May we be able once again to listen within to our inner voice and do only what is right in the sight of our Lord God. Amen.
Can these views be correct?
We can be tempted - yes.Lucifer can inflict anybody with inner struggles that in its intensity can be likened to a battle!We can be deceived, cajoled and tricked to tread the path that should never be attempted. We can be presented with fanciful propositions that appear quite harmless. Behind all these also stands our flesh and its weaknesses.
However as human beings we have been endowed by our Creator with an inner core - the human spirit. This spirit is our real self.It has its origin in the Kingdom of God. It is pure, without guile and with its perceptive capacities will only choose that which is right.Man only has to follow the ways chosen by his spirit also called the inner voice and nothing wrong can ever develop.Our flesh may wish to follow the broad and easy road offered by temptations; it lies with man however to resist this, and let his spirit lead the way.The flesh after all is meant to serve the spirit and help it carry out its wishes on this planet.
Where however, we give dominion to the flesh, it usurps the throne and yes can become a master and an unscrupulous master it can be, robbing man of all nobility and degrading him to the level of an animal and regrettably and judging by present day happenings even below the level of any animal.This slave master drives its servants to acts of greed, avarice, sordid sensuality,murders and other irritable behaviour.
May we be imbued with strength from above to resist temptations from out of the darkness. May we be able once again to listen within to our inner voice and do only what is right in the sight of our Lord God. Amen.
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