TV Ads & Electronic Enticements

Whether on TV, on the computer or I Pad, or in magazines and billboards--we are flooded with advertisements!  Tempted primarily through the "eye-gate."  It's been going on since the creation of mankind!  Not only do we "see" temptation, but we "hear" it as well.  Words create thoughts...thoughts produce deeds!

You could throw me in a haystack of tobacco--and it wouldn't phase me.  You could fill a bathtub full of gin--and it wouldn't bother me.  BUT...let me get near a bakery and--I'd be TEMPTED!!!  Oh, the smell of freshly baked bread...the sweet rolls...yum, yum!  We all have a vulnerable area (a weak spot).  What's yours?

In Genesis Chapter 3 Eve is "tempted" by satan's words and by seeing that the fruit of the tree was good to eat, she yielded to the temptation, picked a piece of fruit,  and took a bite!  Then she offered it to Adam--and he just couldn't say "no," so he took a bite, too!  Our 5 natural (carnal)senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) can get us into a lot of trouble!

Yesterday was the 1st day of a new year--and many of  you made a New Year's resolution.  Today you'll be "tempted" to break your resolution.  If you don't submit your (weak) will(power) to the Lord, and submit to His Will, you will fail to keep your resolution.

Remember what Jesus did to avoid temptation:  He said, "it is written"....He knew God's Word and He knew His Father's Will.  Therefore, He did not fall into sin.  God's ways are higher than our ways; His thoughts are higher than our thoughts!  [Isaiah 55:8-9]  Don't sink to satan's level.  Rise above the temptation (with God's help) and you'll be able to overcome the tempation.

Remember, "SIN IS NOT IN THE BAIT...IT'S IN THE BITE!"