January 19 – Don’t Trade Truth for Temptation

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 19th.

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Don’t trade truth for
temptation.

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There’s almost always a shortcut
being offered, something that

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promises relief, excitement, or
an easier way out.

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Maybe it’s bending the truth to
avoid consequences, entertaining

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a relationship you know isn’t
healthy, or scrolling places you

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shouldn’t because it feels
harmless in the moment.

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Temptation is rarely loud or
ugly at first.

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It usually whispers just this
once or it’s not a big deal.

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But Scripture is honest about
where those shortcuts lead.

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Proverbs chapter 5 doesn’t play
games with this.

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Verse 8 says keep your way far
from her and do not go near the

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door of her house.
Notice the wisdom here.

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It doesn’t say go close and see
how strong you are.

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It says, stay far away because
temptation doesn’t usually trap

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us all at once.
It pulls us in step by step.

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Standing near the door makes it
easier to walk through it.

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God’s warning is actually
protection.

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He knows how costly compromise
can be, even when it starts

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small.
Then Jesus asks a question in

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Matthew chapter 16 that changes
everything.

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He looks at his disciples and
says, But who do you say that I

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am?
Peter answers.

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You are the Christ, the Son of
the living God.

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That moment matters because what
you believe about Jesus shapes

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how you respond to temptation.
If Jesus is just a good teacher,

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then ignoring him when it’s
inconvenient might seem fine.

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But if he is truly the Christ,
the Savior, the Son of the

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living God, then his truth
carries more weight than any

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momentary pleasure.
Every temptation is really a

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question in disguise.
It asks, Do you trust God, or do

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you trust this feeling?
It asks, Is Jesus enough or do

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you need something else right
now?

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Later in Matthew 16, Jesus says,
what will it profit a man if he

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gains the whole world and
forfeits his soul?

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That’s a heart check.
Temptation always promises gain,

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but it never shows the cost
upfront.

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Peace, clarity, integrity and
closeness with God are often

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what get traded away.
The good news is this, you’re

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not powerless.
You don’t fight temptation by

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arguing with it.
You fight it by answering Jesus

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question clearly in your own
heart.

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Who is he to you when you know
Him as Lord?

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Walking away from temptation
becomes an act of trust, not

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deprivation.
You’re choosing what’s better,

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not missing out.
God isn’t trying to take joy

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from you, He’s protecting your
future.

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Staying far from temptation
isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.

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And choosing truth over
temptation is choosing life.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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loving me enough to warn me when
danger is close.

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Help me recognize temptation
before it pulls me in and give

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me the strength to walk away.
Remind me who Jesus truly is and

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help me trust that His truth is
better than any shortcut or

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momentary pleasure.
Teach me to stay far from

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anything that pulls my heart
away from You.

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In Jesus name, Amen.
What if the ache you feel for

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more is actually God calling you
deeper?

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This is a journey from longing

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to encounter, from dryness to
delight.

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Seek teaches you how to pursue
God with passion and

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intentionality.
Savor trains your heart to

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recognize and enjoy His presence
in every season.

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See opens your spiritual eyes to
God’s power, glory, and beauty

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at work in your life.
Satisfy leads your soul into

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fullness, strength, and deep
contentment in Him alone.

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Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and
worship that rises naturally

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from intimacy with God.
Stay anchors your heart in

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away, and Stand equips you to
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protection, and victory.
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weary, or simply longing for

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Now I invite you to spend time

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with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan, Proverbs

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Chapter 5 World English Bible.
My son, pay attention to my

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wisdom.
Turn your ear to my

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understanding that you may
maintain discretion, that your

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lips may preserve knowledge for
the lips of an adulterous drip.

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Honey, her mouth is smoother
than oil, but in the end she is

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as bitter as Worm Hood and as
sharp as A2 edged sword.

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Her feet go down to death, her
steps lead straight to she All.

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She gives no thought to the way
of life.

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Her ways are crooked and she
doesn’t know it.

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Now.
Therefore, my sons, listen to

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me, Don’t depart from the words
of my mouth.

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Remove your way far from her.
Don’t come near the door of her

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house, lest you give your honor
to others and your years to the

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cruel. 1 Lest strangers feast on
your wealth, and your laborers

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enrich another man’s house, you
will groan at your latter end

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when your flesh and your body
are consumed, and say how I have

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hated instruction and my heart
despised reproof.

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I haven’t obeyed the voice of my
teachers, nor turn my ear to

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those who instructed me.
I have come to the brink of

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utter ruin among the gathered
assembly.

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Drink water out of your own
cistern, running water out of

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your own well.
Should your springs overflow in

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the streets, streams of water in
the public squares, let them be

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for yourself alone, not for
strangers.

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With you let your spring be
blessed.

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Rejoice in the wife of your
youth, a loving doe and a

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graceful deer.
Let her breasts satisfy you at

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all times.
Be captivated always with her

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love.
For why should you, my son, be

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captivated with an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of

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another?
For the ways of man are before

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Yahweh’s eyes.
He examines all his paths.

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The evil deeds of the wicked
ensnare Him.

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The cords of his sin hold him
firmly.

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He will die for lack of
instruction.

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In the greatness of his folly He
will go astray.

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Matthew Chapter 16 World English
Bible The Pharisees and

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Sadducees came and testing him,
asked him to show them a sign

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from heaven, but he answered
them.

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When it is evening, you say it
will be fair weather, for the

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sky is red in the morning.
It will be foul weather today,

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for the sky is red and
threatening hypocrites.

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You know how to discern the
appearance of the sky, but you

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can’t discern the signs of the
times.

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An evil and adulterous
generation seeks after a sign,

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and there will be no sign given
to it except the sign of the

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prophet Jonah.
He left them and departed.

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The disciples came to the other
side and had forgotten to take

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bread.
Jesus said to them, Take heed

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and beware of the yeast of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.

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They reasoned among themselves,
saying, We brought no bread.

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Jesus, perceiving it, said, Why
do you reason among yourselves?

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You have little faith because
you have brought no bread.

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Don’t you yet perceive or
remember the five loaves for the

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5000, and how many baskets you
took up, or the seven loaves for

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the 4000 and how many baskets
you took up?

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How is it that you don’t
perceive that I didn’t speak to

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you concerning bread?
But beware of the yeast of the

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Pharisees and Sadducees.
Then they understood that he

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didn’t tell them to beware of
the yeast of bread, but of the

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teaching of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.

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Now when Jesus came into the
parts of Caesarea Philippi, he

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asked his disciples, saying, Who
do men say that I, the Son of

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Man AM?
They said some say John the

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Baptizer, some Elijah and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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He said to them, But who do you
say that I am?

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Simon Peter answered You are the
Christ, the Son of the living

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God.
Jesus answered him.

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Blessed are you Simon bar Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not

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revealed this to you, but my
Father who is in heaven, I also

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tell you that you are Peter.
And on this rock I will build my

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assembly, and the gates of Hades
will not prevail against it.

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I will give to you the keys of
the Kingdom of heaven, and

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whatever you bind on earth will
have been bound in heaven, and

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whatever you release on earth
will have been released in

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heaven.
Then he commanded the disciples

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that they should tell no one
that he was Jesus the Christ.

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From that time Jesus began to
show his disciples that he must

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go to Jerusalem and suffer many
things from the elders, chief

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priests and scribes and be
killed, and the third day be

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raised up.
Peter took him aside and began

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to rebuke him, saying, far be it
from you, Lord, this will never

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be done to you.
But he turned and said to Peter,

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Get behind me, Satan, you are a
stumbling block to me.

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For you are not setting your
mind on the things of God, but

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on the things of men.
Then Jesus said to his

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disciples, If anyone desires to
come after me, let him deny

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himself, take up his cross and
follow me.

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For whoever desires to save his
life will lose it, and whoever

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will lose his life for my sake
will find it.

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For what will it profit a man if
he gains the whole world and

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forfeits his life?
Or what will a man give in

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exchange for his life?
For the Son of Man will come in

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the glory of his Father with his
angels, and then he will render

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to everyone according to his
deeds.

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Most certainly I tell you, there
are some standing here who will

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in no way taste of death until
they see the Son of Man coming

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in His Kingdom.
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