The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-27

speaking on Inc Temptation VI
Jesus" Rev. W. A. Sunday at the tab
ernacle Saturday afternoon said:
l should like to explain a difficult
passage of scripture so it might be
as helpful to you as 1t has been to
me; and to teach you a lesson from 1t
that might be a source of encourage
ment to you.
am going to talk about the tempta-
ton of Jesus. l am compelled to dis
agree with some commentators in
their explanations of this. Not just
to be arbitrary, but what they see l
do not see at all.
The history of the temptation is
found only in Matthew and Luke.
John does not mention It and Mark
dismisses 1t with a few words.
Matthew and Luke are the only
new Testament books that give US the
genealOgy OF Jesus. Hence they are
the only ones that give us the key
necessary TO understand the tempta-
ton.
Afr he had been baptized by John,
HGnd the heavens had opened and the
spirit of God descended upon him like
a dove; after all those things was he
led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
Now the verb tempted" means to
be tried The spirit of God does not
mean to tempt any man to do wrong
You will be tempted and you will be
tested. All temptation comes from the
Devil. The Spirit of God does not
tempt anybody.
He was led by the Spirit into the
Wilderness"
Christians Tested
Every Day.
You are tested every day that you
are led by the Spirit. Every day you
meet something. But you are led by
the Spirit and you are tested; but all
temptation that gets you to turn away
from God, comes from the devil.
So there is q big difference between
being tested and tempted. You are
tested by the Spirit; you are tempted
by the Devil. That is how you come
to do 1t.
And we have been taught that If we
ha dthe Holy Spirit there would be no
effort and we would always have vic,
tory. but it will only come after a
fight
Now please disabuse the fact that
you have not temptations, when you
become a Christian. You will. And
you will be tempted. You never get
so good that you will not be tempted;
but you can get good enough so that
you will not yield to temptation.
After the Spirit came upon Jesus,
the Devil came. That has always been
true After the Holy Spirit came upon
the people of Pentecost, the Devil
came around and said that these PEG
pie were all drunk. And Peter got up
and made him mad by saying that it
lie
l. hour of the day.
Whenever the power of the Spirit
of God comes to move on a city. you
will always find the Devil in and out
of the church, beginning to throw cold
water on it. Ii you want to see it
just see where the Spirit is working
and there you will find the Devil too
The heart OF the Devil works to divert
their attention. So learn something
will you?
Devils Seek to Trap
Believers.
When we begin to rush forward il
a life OF complete submission to Jesus
Christ then the Devil begins to oppose
and if you want TO know how much
you are doing for God, find out how
much the Devil is opposing what you
are trying to do.
NAbu 1 SLduu sui On lIlo pldlIO Il
feel no air breaking against n!
chest But if l should leave this plat
form and run down the aisle. as l rush
ed forward the atmosphere would rusf
against me- The atmosphere exert!
the same pressure against an ObjeC
moving through the air as it would j
that object were standing still and thu
wind blew against it. SO when | Stant
still | feel no opposition but when
rush the air rushes against me.
So when | being to rush to do some
thing for God, then all the Devils be
gin to oppose me. Always.
Some people don't believe in Devil
I always feel sorry for a devil lik
that. Now. the Devil is an individual
not an influence. The Holy Spirit i
not an influence; you are not an il
fluence, you are a personality but yO'
can exert an influence.
SO God is a personality; he exert
n influence. The Devil is personality
'he exerts influence. SO am l. l ar
personality too The same argumen
for the personality OF God hold
sood for the personality of the Devi
Devil Works
ShrewdIy.
know the Devil Yes, he was m
master at one time. | worked for tn
Devil for a good many years. l knO7
him. am onto him. am next.
know his game. How shrewdly tn
Devil works.
Look out. Big-hearted man or bi:
hearted woman, You would make
splendid spendthrift. You would kee
your husbands nose to the grindston'
You are always in debt and then yo
cant pray well, for you are worrying
Lock out. High-strung, nerVou
tempered man or woman. You Nigh