Temptation

This Chapter starts out with a story about a man having dinner with his boss's wife, in which she tries to seduce him. It is very similar in a sense to that of Josephs story so I will just share Joseph's instead.

Genesis 39:6-10

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. ow Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me." But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

We must know and hold on to the evil of sin and the love of God. That is how Joseph stood up against overwhelming temptation.

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in "the present age"

The Cross-Eyed Watchman

"Your mind can only protect against the deceit of the flesh if you are 'cross-eyed.' That is, you can only keep teh rottenness of sin and the kindness of God in mind if you fix your eyes on the cross. What shows God's hatred of sin more than the cross? What shows God's love to you more than the cross? If you want to know exactly what sin deserves, you have to understand the cross. If you want to know how infinitely deep the rot of sin reaches, you have to think through all the implications of the cross. If you want to know how far God was willing to go to recue you from sin, you have to see his precious Son hanging on the cross for you."