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Is being tempted the same thing as sinning?

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Paul said in Hebrews the 12th chapter, “Seeing that we’re compassed about with such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every sin, every weight, and the sin that does so easily beset us.” Now, he said, “Well now, Daniel had Angel, and so forth.” But said, “The New Testament does not support Angelic beings coming to individuals after the Holy Spirit has come.” And I said, “Oh, brother, I different with you.” I said, “I believe that the Holy Spirit is here. He’s the One that fills us. And our life is not our own, but it’s the Life of the Holy Spirit in us that makes us Christians.” I believe that, that ever fiber of a Christian’s body is controlled by the Holy Spirit. I believe that your eyes are. You can’t help when you look to see an evil, but if you lust after it, you’ve already committed adultery. You turn your head. The Holy Spirit makes you do that. Is that right? You might be tempted. Temptation is not sin. Heeding your temptation is sin. See? You can be tempted. Christ was tempted like we are, but never sinned. So the Holy Spirit is God that helps us bear out the truth of God, and we’re written epistles read of all man.

The Resurrection, 1953-12-05, West Palm Beach, FL, §28

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Title:
The Resurrection
Date:
December 5, 1953
Location:
West Palm Beach, FL
Paragraph:
§28

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