Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

failed, but the Second Adam, Christ, was successful against Satan’s assault. The prayer of Christ must be understood in light of praying that the Lord will not allow you to walk into a temptation but will deliver you from it. Every believer should pray that we would avoid Satan’s temptation and be freed from any evil set against us. We have this promise: No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. —1 C ORINTHIANS 10:13 When Joseph was tested by another man’s wife, instead of looking for the bedroom, he looked for the exit and thus saved his integrity. 3. The spirit is willing to resist. The third important truth is found in the same verse that instructs men to watch and pray: Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. —M ARK 14:38, KJV In the New Testament when we see the word spirit , we must