Let's talk about overcoming temptation in today's study.
For a follower of The Way, success often means growing closer to God. A key aspect in this pursuit is the fight against temptation. So what can you do when you’re tempted? For those wanting to overcome temptation to sin, consider these biblical strategies to grow in holiness before God.
Let's define temptation based on the Bible as anything that influences you to disobey God. Truly any situation you face in life will either promote your growth or promote your destruction. The determining factor is what you decide in your heart to do.
Will you obey God and draw near to Him, or will you rebel against God? You are not a passive victim here. Instead of choosing to sin, resolve to implement the following strategies to overcome temptation in your life.
BE RECONCILED TO GOD.
According to the Bible, your first step in overcoming temptation is to turn to Him in repentance and faith. Acknowledge that only Jesus the Christ can make you right before God. He died in your place to satisfy the just wrath of God against your sin, and He rose from the dead to prove the debt was paid.
Your first step in overcoming temptation is to turn to Him in repentance and faith.
You see, apart from Christ, all people are enslaved to sin. We obey sin’s desires and attempt to live apart from God’s righteous commandments. But “thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Romans 6:17–18).