Five Truths About TemptationSample

Truth #2

Temptations are experienced by every single human being.

No one escapes the onslaught of temptations. Not a single person.  Hebrews 4:15 reveals that everyone is tempted by the words, “but was in all points tempted as we are.”  Did you see the words, “as we are”—without any exceptions or limitations. 

You are tempted; she is tempted; he is tempted; they are tempted; I am tempted.  

One the frequently quoted passages in the Bible is found in Hosea 4:6: 

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.  

God is lamenting that “My people” are “destroyed” because of the absence of something, the “lack of knowledge.”  Whenever the truth of Scriptures is missing in any given area, the results are always the same: Sin runs rampant. Far too many people believe that temptations are sin, or that they are unique to them. When we have a correct view of temptation, though, we can overcome. We won't be destroyed due to a lack of biblical knowledge.