Fighting Temptation - The Word Way

WHY STUDY TEMPTATION
CHAPTER 1

Temptation is as old as men have existed. It has not grown weak, but grown as strong as many have allowed it to become.
There was a day when a bright and shining angel, made for serving God, rebelled. He was self-lifted up in pride. Angels have the Power to make a choice but not the Right to make one. He did and before he and one third of his followers could even think another thought, they were cast out of Heaven.
In his anger and rage to fight back at God, which is never going to be possible, so he went after the god-man. For man looked like God and had both the Right and Power to make choices. He now had an opportunity to get even. Yet there was a problem, how could he speak to the man, being a spirit he needed a body. One day he saw it, there it was, man and woman's talking pet, snaky.
He promised snaky, that if he would let him speak to man and woman through his body then he would make him the ruler of the animal kingdom, since snaky was the only talking creature. The offer was too good to pass by, so he agreed. Snaky was also deceived as was the one third of the angels that supported the Liar. If you noticed that when God made Adam he made snaky as his friend, yet God said it is not good for man to be alone without a comparable mate. Therefore, he made the woman. You see snaky was not comparable to Adam.
He got into snaky and started to sow doubt into Eve, he knew if he would continue to question and keep firing fiery thoughts against God's faithfulness, he could make them disobey God. He also knew that disobeying God's Word is sinning against God, and then God will have to judge his man. Eve finally took the bait; she started to speak the words of the deceiver speaking through snaky. She would talk to Adam night after night the reasons it

Was all right to eat. Adam began to feel the pressure of giving in and eventually he did.
With snaky and Eve leading the way, Adam did commit what would be known as the highest form of treason. One man would make all men sinners by his one act of disobedience. The Devil rejoiced uncontrollably, the plan succeeded, temptation executed man defeated. Adam did not realize what he had done by giving into temptation. Eden lost and sorrow gained, expelled from God's presence. That was what the enemy of men desired. He was already judged awaiting final sentence, by this act of tempting man he bought himself six thousand years of man's lease on earth. He was enthroned as god of this world. Man became his slave, now he could cause God pain by using his weapon of temptation on the man God so dearly loves. Temptation wins by condemning men and rules by guilt.
God always has a plan, far better and greater than both men and devil can come up with.
I call it GOD'S PLAN OF REDEEMATION. The devil he had no idea what this meant, when God spoke judgement with His promised salvation. The Devil had no idea what was in the mind of God. You see, the devil is limited and spiritually blinded to revelation knowledge. Therefore, all his tests and trials are based on what one can see, and feel.
Have you ever noticed that God did not speak to the devil, when judging Adam and Eve, because the devil was in the body of snaky while judgement of God was being passed God came to the snake, he first dealt with snaky, on your belly now you shall move and dust shall be your food. God also took away from snaky the power of speech as he split his tongue in two.
As for the devil in snaky He spoke that the seed of the woman shall destroy the devil and he will bruise his heel. The devil from then went after the most important, firstborn as to remove the one to destroy his power and take the authority back which he took from Adam.

Therefore, you see him tempt Cain to kill Abel, did his best to kill, Moses, and Joseph. He did his best at the birth of Jesus, but kept failing. God knows more than we try telling him, though it be breaking news, HE KNOWS IT ALL.
In reading the Bible you will never find a place where the devil manifested himself and did the temptation to cause you to sin in disobeying God’s direct command. Yet you will notice that through thoughts, condemnation and suggestions the devil has worked man against man. That is the reason Paul reminded the believers that we are not fighting each other, and that people are not our problem, the devil is because of his accusations. The children are not the problem the devil is, the marriage partner is not the problem the devil is.
Today, every person is tempted in one shape or form. Every temptation is different and the way the enemy brings, it is also various, yet his chief end is to see us stumble and fall into sin; which is come into disobedience against God’s word and plan for our lives.
For when we sin or disobey the laws that God has set we bring into our own self judgment. Many have this idea that when one disobeys a direct word of God, it is then at that moment God judges that person or his disobedience (sin). That is not true. God has already judged sin. He has pronounced His curse on whosoever commits sin will face its consequences. The only way we experience these consequences are by yielding to temptations instead of yielding to God and His Word. For example, if I told you that a certain tree does not have good fruits in it and you knowingly go ahead and eat from that tree and get sick, will you blame me for the sickness or the tree or yourself for not heeding the warning.
There is also a very important point to remember as you read about that in Christ Jesus, your sins and judgments are forever gone. Mercy and Grace have triumphed over judgment yet that does not give us the liberty to break the laws of nature and God.

There is a lot of confusion in the church as to Jesus forgiving our sin, there is one and only one sin that will keep you from heaven, that is to deny Jesus and His sacrificial work on the cross for your sins. You are a sinner, not by works, but by birth, therefore a new birth is needed in your life as Jesus said YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
As a born again, Spirit filled Believer, there are two places where he can choose to live in: the Kingdom of God or the world. The Kingdom of God is living here on earth and be led by the Holy Spirit, guided by the Word of God and having no part of the world’s system of doing things in your life that is living by the standard set by this present evil culture of our day {either through movies television programs or using the news media.}
The world is a devil ruled system of doing things that are completely against the Word of God. This is where lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and pride of life exist. The blessings of God are only found in the kingdom of God, but curses, sin, sickness, diseases and poverty both spiritually and physically are found in the world.
God’s judgment is already passed on sin and the world from the beginning and whoever stays in that system of the world will experience the effects of the curse. That is why God told his people in the day of Moses, KEEP COVERED UNDER THE BLOOD, and NO DEVIL OF DEATH CAN TOUCH YOU OR COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING.
As you read this book pose and ask yourself this question: which kingdom am I in?