Difference between revisions of "Temptation"

<div> '''1: πειρασμός ''' (Strong'S #3986 — Noun Masculine — peirasmos — pi-ras-mos' ) </div> <p> akin to A, above, is used of (1) "trials" with a beneficial purpose and effect, (a) of "trials" or "temptations," Divinely permitted or sent, &nbsp;Luke 22:28; &nbsp;Acts 20:19; &nbsp;James 1:2; &nbsp;1 Peter 1:6; &nbsp;4:12 , RV, "to prove," AV, "to try;" &nbsp;2 Peter 2:9 (singular); &nbsp; Revelation 3:10 , RV, "trial" (AV, "temptation"); in &nbsp;James 1:12 , "temptation" apparently has meanings (1) and (2) combined (see below), and is used in the widest sense; (b) with a good or neutral significance, &nbsp;Galatians 4:14 , of Paul's physical infirmity, "a temptation" to the [[Galatian]] converts, of such a kind as to arouse feelings of natural repugnance; (c) of "trials" of a varied character, &nbsp;Matthew 6:13; &nbsp;Luke 11:4 , where believers are commanded to pray not to be led into such by forces beyond their own control; &nbsp;Matthew 26:41; &nbsp;Mark 14:38; &nbsp;Luke 22:40,46 , where they are commanded to watch and pray against entering into "temptations" by their own carelessness or disobedience; in all such cases God provides "the way of escape," &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:13 (where peirasmos occurs twice). (2) Of "trial" definitely designed to lead to wrong doing, "temptation," &nbsp; Luke 4:13; &nbsp;8:13; &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:9; (3) of "trying" or challenging God, by men, &nbsp;Hebrews 3:8 . </p>

<li> Ordinarily, however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and hence Satan is called "the tempter" (&nbsp;Matthew 4:3 ). Our Lord was in this way tempted in the wilderness. That temptation was not internal, but by a real, active, subtle being. It was not self-sought. It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his part. "Christ was led, driven. An unseen personal force bore him a certain violence is implied in the words" (&nbsp;Matthew 4:1-11 ). <p> The scene of the temptation of our Lord is generally supposed to have been the mountain of [[Quarantania]] (q.v.), "a high and precipitous wall of rock, 1,200 or 1,500 feet above the plain west of Jordan, near Jericho." </p> <p> Temptation is common to all (&nbsp;Daniel 12:10; &nbsp;Zechariah 13:9; &nbsp;Psalm 66:10; &nbsp;Luke 22:31,40; &nbsp;Hebrews 11:17; &nbsp;James 1:12; &nbsp;1 Peter 1:7; &nbsp;4:12 ). We read of the temptation of [[Joseph]] (&nbsp;Genesis 39 ), of David (&nbsp;2 Samuel 24; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 21 ), of [[Hezekiah]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 32:31 ), of Daniel (&nbsp;Daniel 6 ), etc. So long as we are in this world we are exposed to temptations, and need ever to be on our watch against them. </p> <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Temptation'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/t/temptation.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> The enticement of a person to commit sin by offering some seeming advantage. There are four things, says one, in temptation: </p> <p> 1. Deception. </p> <p> 2. Infection. </p> <p> 3. Seduction. </p> <p> 4. Perdition. The sources of temptation, are Satan, the world, and the flesh. We are exposed to them in every state, in every place, and in every time of life. They may be wisely permitted to show us our weakness, to try our faith, to promote our humility, and to learn us to place our dependence on a superior power: yet we must not run into them, but watch and pray; avoid sinful company: consider the love, sufferings, and constancy of Christ, and the awful consequences of falling a victim to them. The following rules have been laid down, by which we may in some measure know when a temptation comes from Satan. </p> <p> 1. When the temptation is unnatural, or contrary to the general bias or temper of our minds. </p> <p> 2. When it is opposite to the present frame of the mind. </p> <p> 3. When the temptation itself is irrational; being contrary to whatever we could imagine our own minds would suggest to us. </p> <p> 4. When a temptation is detested in its first rising and appearance. </p> <p> 5. Lastly, when it is violent. </p> <p> See SATAN. Brooks, Owen, Gilpin, Capel and Gillespie on Temptation; South's Seven Sermons on Temptation, in the 6th vol. of his Sermons; Pike and Hayward's Cases of Conscience; and [[Bishop]] Porteus's Sermons, ser. 3 and 4, vol. 1: </p>

<p> (מִסָּה, πειρασμός, both meaning [[Trial]] ) in the modern usage of the term, is the enticement of a person to commit sin by offering some seeming advantage. There are four things, says one, in temptation (1) deception, (2) infection, (3) seduction, (4) perdition. The sources of temptation are Satan, the world, and the flesh. We are exposed to them in every state, in every place, and in every time of life. They may be wisely permitted to show us our weakness, to try our faith, to promote our humility, and to teach us to place our dependence on a superior Power; yet we must not run into them, but watch and pray; avoid sinful company; consider the love, sufferings, and constancy of Christ, and the awful consequences of falling a victim to temptation. The following rules have been laid down, by which we may in some measure know when a temptation comes from Satan: </p> <p> '''1.''' When the temptation is unnatural, or contrary to the general bias or temper of our minds; </p> <p> '''2.''' When it is opposite to the present frame of the mind; </p> <p> '''3.''' When the temptation itself is irrational, being contrary to whatever we could imagine our own minds would suggest to us; </p> <p> '''4.''' When a temptation is detested in its first rising and appearance; </p> <p> '''5.''' Lastly, when it is violent. See Brooks, Owen, Gilpin, Capel, and Gillespie on Temptation; South, Seven Sermons on Temptation, in vol. 6 of his Sermons; Pike and Hayward, Cases of Conscience; and Bishop Porteus, Sermons, vol. 1, ser. 3 and 4. </p>