God\u2019s plan for turning temptation into triumph is not to \u2018endure\u2019 temptation, but to \u2018escape\u2019 temptation. That calls for two things: <\/p>\n
(1) Don\u2019t get into a tempting situation.<\/i> Too many people are like the little boy sitting under the farmer\u2019s apple tree. When the farmer asked him, \u2018Son, are you trying to steal my apples?\u2019, he replied, \u2018No sir, I\u2019m trying not to.\u2019 His problem was being under the apple tree in the first place. Martin Luther said, \u2018You can\u2019t keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair.\u2019 You can\u2019t keep pornography off the internet, but you can avoid it by obeying God\u2019s Word which says, \u2018I will set nothing wicked before my eyes.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a0101:3\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) <\/p>\n (2) If you get into a tempting situation, get out of it quickly.<\/i> The Bible never says we are to fight temptation, it says we are to flee from it. Paul tells Timothy, \u2018Flee also youthful lusts.\u2019<\/i> (2\u00a0Timothy\u00a02:22\u00a0KJV<\/sup>) He warns the Corinthians, \u2018Flee sexual immorality.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a06:18\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>) Potiphar\u2019s wife repeatedly tried to seduce Joseph. \u2018Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master\u2019s wife took notice\u2026 and said, \u201cCome to bed with me!\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Genesis\u00a039:6\u20137\u00a0NIV<\/sup>) But Joseph fled, leaving his coat behind. <\/p>\n God does not provide a way of escape before the temptation or after the temptation, but with the temptation. Are you being tempted today? Pray and God will strengthen you. \u2018The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.\u2019<\/i> (2\u00a0Peter\u00a02:9\u00a0NKJV<\/sup>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" God\u2019s plan for turning temptation into triumph is not to \u2018endure\u2019 temptation, but to \u2018escape\u2019 temptation. That calls for two things: (1) Don\u2019t get into a tempting situation. Too many people are like the little boy sitting under the farmer\u2019s apple tree. When the farmer asked him, \u2018Son, are you trying to steal my apples?\u2019, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}