My Reflections on Temptation (II)

Welcome friend,
how are you today. May the grace of God be with u..
I am continuing what began the previous morning, in form of reflecting on temptation. Why I thought about this particular issue, I do not know. But I did, and I wanted to share it with you...
why, you may ask?, I also am not sure, but I hope it may somehow encourage you or someone you know. May God at least use it to bless you, or entertain you. Amen.
So, if you are willing, I will go on...

• We all have desires, and we know what happens when we let them stray without keeping to the boundaries God has set for us ( As I pen my thoughts, I am aware that I feel a temptation to not be truthful. i.e, to make this blog more watered down. God, help me too). Our forebears Adam and Eve, also yielded to their own desires.
• We read in Genesis 3, that Lucifer (the Devil) used their desires to cause them to stumble. God placed the tree there (true), but I do not believe that God placed the tree to tempt Adam or Eve? It is abit like saying God placed the opposite sex, or that goody, for me to steal it, to tempt me to sin (not true either). Eve, and then Adam were led off by what they thought was appealing (in their case, becoming wise like God, and knowing good and evil, as Satan suggested), even though God had commanded them not to eat. It is like me or you wanting to do wrong with the opposite sex, even though we know God has said wait for marriage before sexual relations. If stealing was okay, why then if caught, were they to pay back as much as 7-times what they stole(Book of Deuteronomy for reference)? You see, If it was okay, then God would not say "the soul that sins, shall die" and "these evil habits will make it impossible for the doers to enter heaven"

• in the following scriptures Isaiah 14:10-17, Ezekiel 28:11-19 God created Lucifer (true), and made him a very important angel (with great responsibility and splendor), but God also set limits beyond which Lucifer was not assume authority. Lucifer was led astray also by his own desires (I think among the other reasons, he probably wanted these: to be equal with God, showmanship, failure to respect the boundary set for him, e.t.c). "I want more than He allowed, Satan had said to himself. Whatever God has for me is not enough, I do not like His conditions so I will defy them". God had to do away with him and kicked him (and his followers) out of heaven.
• I am also realizing that temptation usually comes in form of "partial truth" persuasions. I guess if you think about the temptations you have encountered, you would get the gist. This is not what God has in mind for you or for me. He desires us to be with Him in heaven. If we read the blog "Father's Love Letter", we can see all the truthful and wonderful plans God has for us, and he also shows us how to receive them. That blog gives a beautiful summary of what the Father of lights has in heart and mind for you.

Please Read "My Reflections on Temptation Part III" for the concluding remarks