Test from the Master
April 1, 2008
I was on my way to school today listening to the Christian radio. It’s amazing how inspiring it can be when only listening to it for 15 minutes. I was hearing a preaching that impacted me. Made me want to stay in the car and listen to it all. The preacher said that temptation is put into our lives from God. I first thought “Sure Bob! Temptation comes from satan.”. Then the man continued and said that God puts temptation to build our character. He said that since we are always boosting about how good we are on this and how well we achieve that, that He puts that temptation there to see if we are really MATURE Christians. Those 15 minutes of that preaching just gave me a completely new outlook of temptation. Here I am always saying oh temptation doesn’t come from God, when really it does. It’s a test. If I decide to fall into temptation then I am spiritually immature because of my actions. It is when we are Spiritually Mature Christians when we see that the test comes from our Master.
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kingsview | April 2, 2008 at 2:08 am
Though agree on some of your points, I’d have to say I don’t see the logic. We are a reflection of God’s character. We as earthly parents do not purposely put in front of our kids weed from time to time to tempt them and see their maturity.
Rather, we use their own life experiences, our own, and examples to help them learn to make the right choice. I would argue that the most noticeable growth of maturity comes from those time where our kids make mistakes and learn to do things differently. So, would our Heavenly Father, purposely tempt us? Maybe the difference lies within the contexts of the words: Tempt vs Test.
The Word says:
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
(James 1:13)
but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
( James 1:14)