Month: December 2025

James 1:14 (LSB) 14 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully matured, it brings forth death.

After what we discussed yesterday, let’s get down to the meat of this topic and discuss what the source of our sin failure really is. This will make it easier to understand how to defeat that sin pattern in our lives that repeatedly continues to knock us down.

Now, this is where it can get a bit tricky, because what I’m about to share may offend some people.

But what I am about to say is 100% backed by scripture, so let’s take it at face value so we can learn everything we can from it.

The big question that we all need to ask is, where does our failure against temptation come from?

What is the source of our propensity to fail when confronted with temptation?

It is our own self.

So, now that this truth is on the table, let’s talk about it.

Yesterday’s devotional was based on James 1:13, which tells us plainly that temptation never comes from God.

If that’s the case, then where does our temptation come from?

The devil, our enemy, is referred to as “the tempter”. He is the one who tempts us.

But why do we succumb to temptation and fall into sin?

Because of the lusts and desires that are within us.

Yes, we are our own worst enemy.

We are not the source of temptation, but we are the source of our failure to successfully combat those temptations.

Join us again tomorrow as we lay out what is required to win this battle once and for all.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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James 1:13 (LSB) 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

Humanity has a sin problem.

The perpetual wrestling match between man and sin has been happening since the beginning of time.

Temptation comes to everyone. Not one of us is exempt.

But each of us handles it differently.

Some seem to fall easily, never reaching a point in their lives where they can stand in the face of temptation and defeat it. They fall repeatedly.

But others defeat it more frequently. And to outsiders watching from a distance, it may seem that these people have it all together because they seemingly never fall.

Why is that?

To be brutally honest, those who cave in to temptation less frequently have learned how to walk away from sin.

Does this mean they are better people?

No. It means they have come to understand what it is that causes them to sin. And they have surrendered that part of themselves to God. They have allowed Him to teach them how to turn and walk away.

They have given Him their loyalty, their allegiance, their whole heart. And they have allowed Him to mold them, shape them, and train them in the ways of righteous living.

And though this may appear from the outside to be easy, it is not, especially in the beginning.

It is a lifelong endeavor that requires dedication, purposeful surrender, and wholehearted loyalty to God.

Anything less than full, unconditional surrender will result in failure.

This is something that we all need to learn and understand more fully.

So, let’s talk more tomorrow.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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