04/01/2022
ROOTS OF ALL SINS
1 John
Chapter 2
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away and the lust there of, but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. KJV
Jesus had begun to teach us some things about the roots of all sins yesterday. We are continuing with the next root today. Should we make progress? Okay let's advance further.
TEMPTATION
Temptation is also termed the lust of the world.
There are three major things that define temptation or the lust of the world.
These are: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. In the garden of Eden, Eve displayed these things in Genesis 3:6.
She saw that the tree was good for food, that is, lust of the flesh, which simply means that it can bring nourishment to the body. It is of nutritional value to the body. So she went for it without considering the commandment of God which she stated clearly herself in Genesis 3:3.
She also saw that it was pleasant to the eyes, that is, the lust of the eyes, which means that the fruit was beautiful, attractive and loving. She went for it and disobeyed God instead.
She also saw the tree of the fruit as the one to be desired to make one wise, that is, the pride of life, which simply means that she had arrived.
She associated with the tree and ate of it's fruit and gave to her husband who ate of it also.
She neither submitted to God, nor resisted the devil and sin had it's way into her life and her husband's. James 4:7-10. Their actions of lust for the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil put all of us into trouble of becoming sinners that lost the glory of God. Romans 3:23.
This is the exact picture of men and women in our society today. The lust of the world or temptation has made many to find it difficult to obey the voice of God. Eagerness to observe these three sure temptation that lead one to committing various sins ( Mark 7:20-23; Romans 1:21-32; Galatians 5:19-21; etc) just to have one's way, has made many people to sin against God.
The grace to avoid the lust of the world or temptation (Matthew 6:13) at all costs, so we won't sin against God, we receive now in Jesus mighty name. Amen.