Self enticement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, \u201cI am being tempted by God\u201d; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vince Lombardi, among the greatest football coaches ever to walk the grid iron (almost as great as Tom Landry \ud83d\ude09 made famous the phrase \u201cGentlemen, this is a football.\u201d This was his illustration of the need to pay attention to the basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n James is good about focusing on basics. Vs 14 is one of those basics. Let\u2019s break it down: is tempted; As mentioned yesterday, \u201ctempt\u201d = test. I test to see how far I can go towards darkness while still, technically, remaining in the light? This is one of the simplest, most predictable processes we can imagine yet it can destroy each of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s another metaphor from Indian lore: We have two wolves fighting inside of us. The winner will be the one we choose to feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Father, I\u2019m weak and easily distracted by the things of the world. Keep me alert to Your teaching and your love. Help me to focus on that which YOU want me to focus. I want to be useful in Your kingdom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self enticement James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, \u201cI am being tempted by God\u201d; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived,… Continue reading Self Enticement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41,40,38,39,33],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devo","tag-death","tag-entice","tag-james-114","tag-self","tag-temptation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
14 But each one: That means you and me. I can\u2019t do much about you so that leaves ME.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust: once I decide to go down that slide, momentum builds and the next thing you know, I\u2019m sliding into the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n