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“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,
he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.” James 1:12.
(Selected
from The Secret of Salvation by E. E. Byrum)
What a blessed thing it is to know the promises we have if we endure
temptations! And the promises are to those who endure unto the end;
and it is also a consolation to know that our blessed Master
understands our case; and His word says He was tempted on all points
as we are. So He knows just exactly how to sympathize with us, and
just how much help we need. And when the temptations are round about
us on every hand, He has promised to give His angels charge over us,
insomuch that the evil one cannot touch us as long as we prove true
to Him. He sends His angels to minister unto us, and to strengthen
us, as He did unto Christ while in prayer at Gethsemane. After
earnest supplication unto the Father, an angel came and strengthened
Him so that He was able to endure all through which He had to pass.
But the command is to “watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation.” This command is given to His disciples but is also a
lesson unto us, and we should profit by the same; and when
temptations come, flee to the Lord in earnest prayer, and He will be
true to His word.
People sometimes get an idea that they have greater trials than
anyone else. But His Word says, “There hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear
it.” I Corinthians. 10:13
-E. E. Byrum
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