Another reason why God sent His Son to this earth in the flesh was because man was helpless and needed a helper who can understand and sympathize with the struggles and temptations that go on in the flesh. Though Christ was tempted in all ways, He never sinned or even got close to sinning. The promise for us is that we can boldly go to the throne of God and cry out for help and He will understand our pains and struggles and help us through each and every temptation and struggle.  Hebrews 4:14-16   ”¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶ Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

God has promised us that He will not allow us to be tempted more than what we can handle. God knows His children inside and out and He knows our weaknesses even before we cry out and confess to Him.  Psalm 139 totally explains the perfect knowledge that God has of man. Now if God knows us that well then He also knows how much temptation we will be able to handle and will not allow us to go through more than that. After all He is our Creator and we are His children. Which parent wants to see their child struggle and fall into sin that will lead them to destruction. How much more our loving Father in heaven will protect us from temptations we can’t handle. 1 Corinthians 10:13   “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.”     As you can see in this verse God even promises us that even when we are tempted He will make a way of escape.  For in our weakness He is strong and His mighty grace will be sufficent to overcome anything that comes our way.  1 Corinthians 12:9 ^“9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  Amen!!!

Be of good cheer my brothers and sisters in the Lord. Our God has promised us that we are not alone in our walk with Him and that He is going to help us in this path in which He chose for us to walk in. He is the author and finisher of our faith and has promised us He will help us get to the finish line.  Phillipians 1:6  ^“ being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;”.  Praise be to God for the hope we have in Jesus because we could not have walked this Holy walk on our own!!!!  Always remember that    ^“4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”  1 John 4:4   AMEN!!!

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The Fall of Man

The Root of all our struggles and temptations started from the fall of man in Genesis 3 where Adam and Eve disobeyed God and heeded the tempting voice of Satan. From that day forth the sinful nature of man came forth and the fall of man began. Man kind was no longer considered sinless.Romans 3:9-20 explains to us that “There is non righteous, no, not one;” and it continues describing the sinful nature of man. We can not blame others for our sinful actions and say because of so and so I sinned or fell into sin. Many times we like to blame others for our short comings and sins but at the end of the day we are all going to answer to God for our actions because any sinful desire we might have comes from within. Paul explains to us in Romans 7:13-25 that it is the sin that dwells in him that causes him to do the things he really does not want to do. He explains clearly that the root of his sinful actions dwells within him and no one else is to be blamed. Of course wrong influences and wrong fellowships can surely contribute to the sinful desires that come from within us but that is where we have to be wise and discern who we should and should not associate with. We need to constantly remain in prayer asking God to show us our short comings and sins and ask for discernment from Him on how to avoid situations that may cause us to stumble.

You may start to wonder why God would create man with a sinful nature when He is Holy and commands His children to live Holy. Well my answer to that question is that God did not create man unholy and sinful, as a matter of fact He created man in His image. Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Another very good bible verse that confirms that God created man upright is Ecclesiastes 7:29 “Truly, this only I have found:
That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.” These two bible verses clearly sum up that the root of all our sinful desires does not come from God, nor did He create us with sinful desires. God is Holy and He will never tempt us or encourage us to sin. On the contrary, He sent down His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to live in the flesh Holy and Blameless and then to die on the cross an innocent death for our sins so that we may be free and overcome any kind of sin and temptation through His son who is resurrected from the dead and who is interceding on our behalf to the Father. So we basically came to one conclusion, that it is our own evil desires that cause us to struggle and many times give in to sin and temptation.

(James 1:12-15) “12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. “