It Is Written
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, 5th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Matthew 4:7:
”You shall not tempt the Lord your God.”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 10:13:
”No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
Temptation - You know that Jesus Himself was tempted in the desert, and how did Jesus overcome the devil? He quoted Scripture to the devil. “It is written, thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God”. “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone.” It is written! We need to do the same. We need to quote Scripture because Scripture is the most powerful weapon we have at our disposal.
Remember, I’m talking to a young man, a young lady now, when we get tempted that is not the sin. So if you look at a beautiful young girl walking down the street, that is not a sin. However, when we look at her a second time, or if you look at that man a second time, then lust comes into play and then there is a problem.
Now remember King David. He was standing on the veranda, on a beautiful evening. He looked down and he saw the most beautiful woman. She must have been very, very beautiful because he had many wives. He looked at her first, he was tempted. If he had turned away and walked away, he would have been fine, but he didn’t. Then he looked at her a second time and he lusted after her and that is when the sin was committed.
You know the Bible tells us: Resist the devil, and he will flee from us. James 4:7. We need to understand. We have the power. Greater is He who is within us than He that is in the world. (1 John 4:4)
So the temptation is not the sin, no. The lust is the sin. So when we get tempted, we turn around and we walk away and Jesus will undertake for us.
Have a beautiful day, God bless you and goodbye.