Question: How can a Christian overcome temptation?

Pastors’ response: How can a Christian overcome temptation?
Reverend Tom Amenkhiena’s response:
First of all Pastor the word temptation can mean temptation and it can mean trial. It means temptation and trial, I will like to deal with this in this way. When it is trial like the book of James 1:2 says “…count it all joy when ye fall into diver’s temptations; that he talks about the trial of your faith, so that temptation is trial and that comes in many ways for example a young boy maybe in secondary school or university becomes a believer and the parents say okay you want to be a follower of Jesus Christ we will not give you pocket money or pay your school fees and he... Read More Pastors’ response: How can a Christian overcome temptation?
Reverend Tom Amenkhiena’s response:
First of all Pastor the word temptation can mean temptation and it can mean trial. It means temptation and trial, I will like to deal with this in this way. When it is trial like the book of James 1:2 says “…count it all joy when ye fall into diver’s temptations; that he talks about the trial of your faith, so that temptation is trial and that comes in many ways for example a young boy maybe in secondary school or university becomes a believer and the parents say okay you want to be a follower of Jesus Christ we will not give you pocket money or pay your school fees and herts facing those persecution is the trial of his faith to make him give up. So like the husband doing that to a wife, you know it can happen that your faith is being tried to make you give up. Sometimes it can be difficult in finances so that is the trial of your faith and that trial he says it works patience, the trial of it then he says (James 1:2-3) …count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing that the trying of your faith works patience. And when you allow patience he said you become entire, complete lacking nothing wanting nothing. Some people could say what if someone is tempted with sin, the way that was dealt with if a man is drawn away of his own lost, sin cannot so tempt you that you fell into it, it has to do with knowing who you are if you are lusting after something is very easy for you to say I was tempted and I fell into it. If you are disciplined you are hungry and there is money somewhere you know it does not belong to you, you can’t take it and say because I was hungry because under the same circumstances there will be someone else who has control over his emotions and his appetite and he will not steal, he would rather take another option and not steal but the one that says I was hungry or the money was present I needed it and I took it has not disciplined or master, he doesn’t have discipline in his life. So you are not tempted by sin, you are not a snake that can be lured by a magician or something. Every man is drawn away of his own lust, so in that wise Pastor it is to focus on the word of God and remember who you are. The other question that we answered sir said sin shall not have dominion over you so sin cannot tempt you. You know when you say something is tempting you so to overcome temptation is for you to know who you are, you have dominion.
Pastors’ response:
Thank you, thank you very much in Romans 12:1-2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Vs 2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. What the word is telling you here is that if you will renew your mind through the word of God you will prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God. So, you will not be afraid of being tempted because when temptations come it’s not strange, Jesus was tempted, to be tempted in itself is not sin, you can be tempted the point is when temptation come is only what you have got in you that will win. So, he already told us (Romans 12: 2) …be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind… So, if your mind is renewed by God’s word he says (Romans 12:2) …that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. So the working of God’s word in your life is what will come out. He says you will prove necessarily what is that good, that means that which is good and acceptable and perfect in the will of God, that’s what will come out of your life. So that’s the way to deal with temptation. Less