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ILLUSTRATION
The True Power of Temptation

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Topics:	Appetites; Carnality; Depression; Devil; Evil; Flesh; Human condition; Idealism; Overcoming; Satan; Spiritual warfare; Strength; Temptation; Temptation, avoiding; Temptation, resisting; Tests; Trials; Weakness
Filters:	Free; Quotes
References:	Genesis 3:1-7 , 2 Samuel 11:1-26 , Matthew 4:1-11 , Matthew 26:41 , Luke 4:1-13 , 1 Corinthians 10:13 , 2 Corinthians 11:14 , 1 Timothy 6:9 , Hebrews 12:1 , James 1:13-15
Tone:	Warn

The power of temptation is not in its appeal to our baser instincts; if that were the case, it would be natural to be repulsed by it. The power of temptation is in its appeal to our idealism.

Helmut Thielicke, Our Heavenly Father (Harper and Brothers, 1960)

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