A leader in my college group at church said her father explained the difference between temptation and testing in this way:
"Testing is from God with the purpose of our succeeding, learning, and growing.
Temptation is from Satan with the ultimate purpose of our falling, destruction, death, and failure."
James tells us that God will not and does not tempt any man, so we know that God TESTS us - Satan tempts us. But God has provided a way of escape (see 1 (or 2...haha) Cor. 10:31), so even in the "bad," God has given us a way to escape. What a loving God...He's always giving us opportunity to grow and thrive. =)
What has God been teaching you lately??
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