Avoiding Temptation - NCCG.ORG Ning Network Archive 2008-10

When you are aware that something or someone tempts you to do something sinful, you must make every effort to distance yourself from whatever or whomever it is that is tempting you. If a sinful thought comes into your head because of something or someone, you need to immediately remove yourself from that place or person. Do not hesitate, because the longer that you stay there in that position of allowing something or someone to tempt you, the more likely you are to give into that temptation.

If you know that a person struggles with an addiction to alcohol, then you need to help them and make sure that they do not go around alcohol. If you know that someone is struggling with sexual temptations, then you should help them to avoid situations and people that can tempt them into sinning sexually. Each and every one of us are our brother’s and sister’s keepers. If we allow the enemy to take us out one at a time, then there will be no one to stand with us when we need help to overcome the Tempter.

It is a truth - either you are for YHVH or you are against Him. There is no middle ground. We are not to cause another person to sin, and if we are doing something that is putting temptation in their way, then we are not on YHVH’s side. When you love a brother or sister as YHVH loved us, then you do not want that person to suffer. If you see a person under attack by the Adversary, then you must go help them, or else you do not have love for them. To allow the enemy to repeatedly attack a brother or sister while you stand back and let it happen, then you are just as guilty for the blood of that person and their sin as they are.

The perfect law of YHVH is simple and easy to us, but the enemy wants us to think it is difficult and too hard for us to follow. The Adversary tugs at our feelings and emotions trying to lure us away from following YHVH. The fact is, though, that if we wish to spend eternity in heaven with YHVH, then we must allow the things of this earth to not appeal to us. The Adversary uses those who are in his control to try to divide and conquer those who are serving YHVH. And we know that we are walking the right pathway when the Adversary really turns up the heat on us.

This means that as individuals, we must make the tough decisions. We must make the decisions to give up those things that once enthralled us. We must choose not to follow or associate with those that are not in the Kingdom of YHVH that we have called friends and family. This means that children will be separated from parents, and parents from their children. This means that even spouses who turn away from following YHVH will come against and be separated from the spouse that remains faithful to YHVH. Each person must make their own decision as to whether or not they will serve YHVH, and if they choose not to, then those that do can not remain behind with them.

The Prodigal Son’s father did not follow after his lost son begging and pleading with him to return, nor did the father go and be with his son while his son was off wasting away his inheritance. Rather, the father went about life in the way that he was suppose to, regardless of whether or not his wayward son was there or even would return. There is nothing that is to come between you and YHVH, and if there is something or someone who tries to do that, then they are not of YHVH.

As a parent, there are times that we must have tough love. This is so true when you see a child of your own that refuses to follow YHVH. Spiritually they are dead, and the best thing you can do is simply turn them over to YHVH and let Him work with them to bring them to Him, and back to you. Sometimes, people have to sink to the very bottom of the pit of life before their eyes are opened and their heart must be totally broken before they can allow the Master Potter to remake them in His image. This is hard for any parent who loves their children, but if your child places you in the position of choosing them or choosing to follow YHVH, then you can not look back once your hands have grasped the handles of the plough.

The Adversary knows exactly how to hurt us the most, and that is his goal. To hurt us so bad that we will turn out backs on YHVH and blame Him for everything that has gone wrong in our lives. The Adversary will take everything from us to see if we will curse YHVH and die. What he did to Job, he will do to each and every one of us. It is up to us to make sure that we do not give up and that we remain faithful to YHVH, even if it costs us earthly pleasures and friends and family. For our family is not the family that we are physically born into, but rather the family we are spiritually born into.

So even if we lose out on our physical family, we still have a spiritual family. And that is why we can not allow a spiritual brother or sister to go through temptations alone. We must love each other as YHVH has loved us. No one has ever had an easy life that follows YHVH. But when we come together as a spiritual family and fellowship with each other, we are stronger and can help each other fend off the fiery darts of the Wicked One. The key os to avoid temptation at all costs, and when you can not, to make sure that you have help from your brothers and sisters that are in the Kingdom of YHVH.

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