It was a really boring sermon about how Jesus knows what were going through (all good stuff, but only the bajillionth time I've heard it) and I was just about to switch to a "more appropriate" message when pastor Chris began to talk about Jesus' temptations.
This also wasn't a new topic to me. But the thought that sprang into my head was.
I so often view my temptations as failures. That I've let those thoughts creep into my head. I basically view any temptation I have as a sin.
But Jesus never sinned.
What makes my temptations any worse than his? What makes mine sin and his not?
Nothing. My temptation doesn't mean something is wrong with me. Should I act on them, yes. That would be a sin. Be it a desire to lie or cuss or mope around, those all would become sin if I gave in. But the temptation itself is not a mode of defeat.
In fact, it's a victory that it's just a thought not an action.
Take every thought captive. Dispel the lies. Stand firm in Gods truth.
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That was super long and rambly, but I just had to share. That's a revelation for me. Food for thought.
<3jen
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