1 Corinthians 10:13. Success in resisting temptation is based on our relationship and obedience to God. Sometimes we may feel that a temptation is so strong that there is no way to resist it. This temptation may be food, sex, pride, or anything.

The illustration of The Boy and the Bathing Suit highlights how we let temptation get the better of us. In the story the father has told the boy not to jump in the canal. The boy then walks by the canal carrying a bathing suit. It is obvious what happens next. Most of us have a conscience and know what we are suppose to do and not do. The trouble is that we make provisions to do wrong.

Bible Summary. The devil, nor anyone else or anything, forces us to make these bad choices and yield to temptation. Sin is our choice. Temptation is something that we know is wrong, but our flesh wants to do it anyway. Through obedience to God and seeking His truth, we can overcome temptation. Temptation is not something to play with, but to flee.

Genesis 39:12. Joseph of the Bible ended up overcoming temptation by fleeing from it. He had become a servant of Potiphar, Pharaoh's captain of the guard. Joseph did well and prospered in the house of Potiphar. This was until Potiphar's wife became to have eyes for Joseph.

1 Peter 1:14: The Bible tells us that we can overcome temptation by being obedient to God (1 Peter 1:14, “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance”). Temptation is something that we know is wrong, but our flesh wants to do it anyway. Temptation usually comes in the form of material things such as money, food, sex, and so on.

Romans 6:13. Overcoming temptation is a spiritual battle. It is easy to believe that if we are tempted that we will sin. This is not true. God will not put us in a position where we have no choice but to sin. Now temptation can come from about anything to include a member of the opposite sex, money, drugs, food, alcohol, possessions that we do not have, and so on.

The illustration of The Rat and Pilot highlights how we can overcome temptations in our lives. In the story, the hungry rat could not survive at high altitudes. This is the same with temptation. If we focus on spiritual things, sin will not dominate our lives. If God is the focus of our lives, temptation becomes dull. We become dead to sin.

Bible Summary. There are many examples of human weakness. David gives us an example of human weakness when he temporary lost his purpose that led him to adultery with Bathsheba and eventually murder of her husband. Wealth can be a human weakness if we let it control us. Another example of human weakness is our physical weakness.

James 1:14. The prime example of human weakness is the lust that is inside ourselves. The basic definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. Lust tempts every person. No one is immune from the thoughts of lust. Lust weaken us because it draws us away from God.

Mark 14:38. One example of human weakness is our physical weakness. We may have good intentions to do something, but our body will give up on us. This is what happened to Peter, James, and John in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus had commanded them to sit and watch for Him while He prayed. This was a dark hour for Jesus.