Since the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, we’ve been fighting Satan’s temptations and our sinful flesh. Life is a battleground over our very souls. A war between the goodness of God and the present darkness lurking behind every corner.
Satan despises mankind because we are made in God’s image, and we are loved by Him. This is why his ultimate goal is to lead us into temptation at an opportune time and get us to sin against God.
Every time we’re faced with temptation, we have the choice to respond either righteously or sinfully. And every time we stand strong through adversity, we are saying “I love you” to God. Because God’s love language is obedience of His perfect word.
So how do we fight back against Satan in the face of temptation?
We call on the Lord Jesus Christ! We look to His truth and discern how He would handle every struggle we encounter. Because in His grace, He will always provide a way of escape. This is why Jesus has given us the indwelling and power of the Holy Spirit so we can stand against the schemes of the devil. We can have victory in Christ when we take up God’s word as our weapon and put on the full armor of God.
When You Fall Into Temptation…
If you’ve recently fallen into temptation, know that God loves you and forgives you. All of us fall short of the glory of God, and that’s why Jesus came to be the perfect gift and atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Proverbs 24:16 says: “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”
Don’t fall for the lies Satan will try to tell you if you stumble, and don’t let him shame you into thinking you’re not worthy of God’s love…Just get back up and keep fighting the good fight. The Christian life isn’t made to be easy, and God has chosen us to be stewards of His truth for a reason. Without adversity, we wouldn’t experience spiritual growth, and have the context to understand the power of God’s love and forgiveness.
This is why we can consider it pure joy when we fall into trials of various kinds…Because God is producing perseverance within us! If we strive to have a pure heart, we will see eternal life with our faithful high priest, Jesus!
35 Powerful Bible Verses To Help You Resist Temptation (King James Version)
1. Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
2. James 1:12
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.
3. Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
4. Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
5. Psalm 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
6. 1 John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
7. Romans 6:11-12
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
8. Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
9. James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
10. Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
11. Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
12. Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
13. 1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
14. 1 Corinthians 10:13
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.
15. Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
16. Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
17. Colossians 3:6
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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18. John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
19. Galatians 5:16-17
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
20. Psalm 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
21. Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
22. Philippians 3:8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
23. James 1:13-15
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
24. Ephesians 6:10-11
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
25. Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
26. 1 Timothy 6:11
But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
27. 2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
28. Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
29. Hebrews 11:25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
30. Genesis 39:9b
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
31. Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
32. James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
33. 1 John 2:15-17
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. 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. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
34. Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
35. Romans 12:21
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
When you stand strong through the testing of your faith…You are fighting the spiritual forces of evil and being a true warrior for the Kingdom of God. God is smiling down on you when you persevere through trials of many kinds and choose to do the right thing for His sake. Remember that nothing we are currently facing can compare to the joy and good things coming when we are finally reunited with Jesus!
Believe in God’s power within you, and always remember that He loves you so much.
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