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What, outside of the pulls of our flesh, is most responsible for tempting us to sin?
"But Peter said, 'Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit ...?'" (Acts 5:3).
"And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts" (Mark 4:15).
"For some have already turned aside after Satan" (1 Timothy 5:15).
The Scriptures sometimes refer to Satan as the "tempter" (Matthew 4:3). He is a master at tempting us to yield to our weaknesses and selfish desires (Ephesians 2:1-3).
Paul cautioned Christians, having turned from Satan's influence, not to surrender again to it. He knew this was a real danger (2 Corinthians 11:3). He wrote, "For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain" (1 Thessalonians 3:5).
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