Temptation

• 1 Nephi 8:23…Many people begin on the path (righteousness) but the mist of darkness (temptations) cause them to wander off (sin)
• Alma 31:10…Daily prayer and supplication is good so you don’t enter into temptation.
• Alma 11:23…When we’re tempted, we should say this as we stand up for righteousness.
• Alma 7:11…Christ shall suffer pains and affliction and temptations of every kind so that the word is fulfilled that says he’ll take upon Him the pains and sicknesses of his people.
• Alma 17:38…Just as Ammon smote off as many of their arms as were lifted against him, we should too fight off and destroy as many temptations as lifted against us
• Alma 13:28…To not be tempted above that we can bear we must (1) Humble ourselves (2) Call on His holy name (3) Watch & Pray continually
• Mosiah 15:7…Christ’s flesh was subject even unto death, and he was tempted until death
• Mosiah 15:5…We should follow Christ’s example.  He suffered temptations but didn’t yield to them.
• Alma 13:28…Not tempted above that ye are able
• 1 Cor. 10:13…Not tempted above that ye are able
• Alma 34:39…How to overcome temptation – Pray always!
• Luke 22:40…How to overcome temptation – Pray always!
• Matt 26:41…How to overcome temptation – Pray always!
• Alma 46:7…We need something to remind us of the Lord during temptation
• 1 Nephi 8:33-34…Don’t take heed to the temptations of Satan
• 1 Nephi 12:17…Satan’s temptations are the mists of darkness and they (1) Blind the eyes (2) Harden the hearts of children of men (3) Lead them into broad roads (4) Make them perish and lost
• 1 Nephi 15:24…Study & overcome temptations
• See C. Brown’s Journal bt/w March 9-Mar. 10, 1996
• D&C 29:39…Satan tempts us so that we can be our own agents
• Ether 13:20…The Lord always gives the escape route to sinners
• “There are two influences in the world today and have been from the beginning. One is an influence that is constructive, that radiates happiness, and that builds character. The other influence is one that destroys, turns men into demons, tears down, and discourages. We are all susceptible to both. The one comes from our Heavenly Father and the other comes from the source of evil that has been in the world from the beginning seeking to bring about the destruction of the human family.  We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority….” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, Chapter 18: Stay on the Lord’s Side of the Line
• 3 Nephi 18:18 -20…Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father in my name;  And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you.
• “Every trial a man goes through, if he is faithful in that trial and does honor to God and his religion he has espoused, at the end of that trial or affliction that individual is nearer to God, nearer in regard to the increase of faith, wisdom, knowledge, and power, and hence is more confident in calling upon the Lord for those things he desires. I have known individuals who have trembled at the idea of passing through certain ordeals who after they were through the temptation have said they could approach the Lord in more confidence and ask for such blessings as they desired…” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, 2011
• “We have been placed upon earth not to fail or fall victim to temptation’s snare but rather to succeed.”  Meeting Your Goliath (Thomas S. Monson) Kindle Loc. 56-57
• “The fiery darts of the Adversary come with Novocain.” (Wayne Bringhurst, Juniper Ward Sacrament Meeting, 24 Sep. 2006)
• “The Lord has made no secret of the fact that He intends to try the faith and the patience of His Saints. (Mosiah 23:21.) We, mortals, are so quick to forget the Lord: ‘And thus we see that except the Lord doth chasten his people with many afflictions…they will not remember him’ (Helaman 12:3). However, the Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. (DC 50:40; DC 78:18.) Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain. (1 Corinthians 10:13.)…President Brigham Young said of a geographical destination, ‘This is the place.’ Of God’s plan of salvation, with its developmental destination, it can be said, ‘This is the process’! President Young, who knew something about trial and tribulation but also of man’s high destiny, said that the Lord lets us pass through these experiences that we might become true friends of God. By developing our individual capacities, wisely exercising our agency, and trusting God—including when we feel forsaken and alone—then we can, said President Young, learn to be ‘righteous in the dark.’ (Secretary’s Journal, 28 Jan. 1857.) The gospel glow we see radiating from some—amid dark difficulties—comes from illuminated individuals who are ‘of good cheer’! To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. (Msh. 3:19.) These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.” (Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov. 1982, 67)
• D&C 23:1… (to Oliver Cowdery): “Beware of pride, lest thou shouldst enter into temptation.”
• “We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority, and sometimes he finds a weak spot and the individual loses what might have been a great blessing if he had been faithful.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 10
• “The veil which separates us from the spirit world sometimes seems very thin to us…however, surely those who have passed beyond, can see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is possible for us to see them from our sphere of action. I believe we move and have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and heavenly beings. We are NOT separate from them ….we are close to our kindred, to our ancestors, to our friends, and associates and co-laborers who have preceded us into the spirit world.They see us better than we can remember them….they know us better than we know them….I claim we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous of our welfare, they love us now more than ever…For they see the dangers that beset us; they can comprehend, better than ever before, the weaknesses that are liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths.  They see the temptations and the evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal beings to yield to temptation and to do wrong; hence their love for us, the solicitude for us, and their love for us, and their desire for our well being, must be greater than that which we feel for ourselves.”  Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine p.429
• “There are two influences in the world today and have been from the beginning. One is an influence that is constructive, that radiates happiness and that builds character. The other influence is one that destroys, turns men into demons, tears down and discourages. We are all susceptible to both. The one comes from our Heavenly Father and the other comes from the source of evil that has been in the world from the beginning seeking to bring about the destruction of the human family. We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority, and sometimes he finds a weak spot and the individual loses what might have been a great blessing if he had been faithful.” Manual, Teachings, Chapter 18, George Albert Smith