If you have not read the first two parts to this series, you can find them here: More of A Man than You’ll Ever Hope to Be More of a Man than You’ll Ever Hope to Be, Part 2… Read More ›
Temptation
Tempted, But Not Beyond What We Can Bear
MAY 8 “For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.” – Psalm 103:14 A factory mechanic builds a truck. He knows the chassis of that truck and knows the load it can carry. In the same way,… Read More ›
Jesus Saves the Best for Last
APRIL 28 “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more excellent way.” – 1 Corinthians 12:31 Satan always gives the best first and the worst last. For example, Proverbs chapter 20 verse 17 says,… Read More ›
THE ESSENCE OF TEMPTATION
by Neil Anderson February 6 Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin I have found… Read More ›
The Way Of Escape
by Neil Anderson November 11 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with… Read More ›
Flesh vs. Spirit, part IV
Hebrews 4:15 (NAS): For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Matthew 16:24 (NAS): Then Jesus said to His… Read More ›
TEMPTATION’S HOOK
by Neil Anderson June 24 Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Food is the ultimate appetite, since it is necessary for survival. So we eat to live,… Read More ›
AN INTACT BELIEF SYSTEM
by Neil Anderson May 15 1 Timothy 4:6 In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine… Read More ›
THE PRIDE OF LIFE
by Neil Anderson April 27 1 John 2:16 The boastful pride of life is not from the Father, but is from the world The third channel of temptation is at the heart of the New Age Movement:… Read More ›
THE LUST OF THE EYES
by Neil Anderson April 26 1 John 2:16 The lust of the eyes . . . is not from the Father, but is from the world The second channel of temptation through which Satan came to Adam and… Read More ›
THE LUST OF THE FLESH
by Neil Anderson April 25 1 John 2:16 The lust of the flesh . . . is not from the Father, but is from the world Satan first approached Eve through the channel of the lust of the flesh. He… Read More ›
SATAN’S THREEFOLD TEMPTATION
by Neil Anderson April 24 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but… Read More ›
WHEN STRONGHOLDS BECOME ENTRENCHED
By Neil Anderson March 27 2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier Once your consideration of… Read More ›
AT THE THRESHOLD OF TEMPTATION
By Neil Anderson March 26 Titus 2:11, 12 The grace of God has appeared . . . instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age Yielding to temptation… Read More ›
THE ESSENCE OF TEMPTATION
By Neil Anderson February 6 Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin I… Read More ›
The Must Read Interview with Satan!
Vine of Life News Copyright© πίστις 2013 Me: Do you acknowledge Jesus as being truly God? Satan: Of course I do as do the demons, it is only foolish humans that do not. Me: So why do you think so… Read More ›
The Way Of Escape
By Neil Anderson November 11 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but… Read More ›
Continuing temptation – Continuing sin!!
Well – looking at it from a purely human aspect ‘temptation’ has been around for years and years from creation really and it will continue to plague us until Jesus comes again – pretty sad turn of events I’d say… Read More ›
At the Threshold of Temptation
by Neil Anderson March 26 AT THE THRESHOLD OF TEMPTATION Titus 2:11, 12 The grace of God has appeared . . . instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in… Read More ›
Yielding Control
by Neil Anderson March 5 YIELDING CONTROL 2 Corinthians 2:11 For we are not ignorant of his schemes We generally agree that Christians are vulnerable to the enemy’s temptation, accusation and deception. But for some reason, we hesitate… Read More ›