Tempted - Deceived!

From: Messages of God's Love: 1978

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

One day a gardener in one of the big parks saw a fine, little, pedigreed dog following a man who was shabbily dressed. Patsy, the dog, kept sniffing at the man’s pant-leg. This made the gardener suspicious. He stopped the man, and discovered that he had placed a savory piece of meat inside the cuff on his pant-leg. It had been placed there to entice the little dog away from her home. The gardener rescued Patsy just in the nick of time, and the deceived dog was returned to its owner.

Satan is the great deceiver and tempter. He uses many different baits to tempt boys and girls away from the Lord and into sin. But the Lord Jesus came to rescue tempted and deceived ones, and will keep all who put their trust in Him.

“Be not deceived.” Galatians 6:7⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7).

The Lord is “able to save” (Heb. 7:25²⁵Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25)), and “able to keep” (Jude 24²⁴Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, (Jude 24)).

Ask the Saviour to help you,

Comfort, strengthen and keep you,

He is willing to aid you,

He will carry you through.

ML-01/29/1978

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