The purpose of the sermon is to help believers, even unbelievers, understand and be able to discern the differences and purposes of trials and temptations. Thu James and KT clearly distinguish between these 2 words. Because of misunderstandings, believers often blame and doubt the love and faithfulness of the Communist Party when encountering difficulties, tribulations, losses and sufferings in life. On the other hand, when we understand clearly, we can know what comes from the Church, what comes from the devil and have the appropriate attitude, reaction, and prayer.
One reason for the confusion and difficulty of distinguishing between challenges and temptations when reading James and KTTU is that both of these words share the same root from peirasmos. Question 2: all 6 Vietnamese translations are translated as challenges (BHD, BDM, BD2011) but in question 12, 3 translations are challenges, 3 translations are translated as temptation (BTT, BPT, BDY).
Trials: The Lord uses to train His people, knowing that the test of your faith breeds patience. But patience must be used to its full effect, so that you yourself can be mature, perfect, and not lacking anything. (James 1:3-4) The Communist Party uses the challenge to help the faith grow, to become stronger and stronger, to sharpen the qualities to give birth to the Communist Party, change lives, become more and more like the Communist Party...
Temptation: Coming from the devil, the world, and the flesh with the purpose of causing people to sin with God in order to destroy their faith, relationship with God, and to destroy the body and spirit of the tempted person.But each person is tempted by his own desires that attract and seduce. (1:14) If a thought, plan, action, attitude, or situation is contrary to the teachings of the Kingdom, and contrary to the 10 commandments, it is temptation. [Some examples: passion for beauty, lust; gambling, wanting to take from others...]
Just as everyone who lives in life will be tested (tribulation, loss), so everyone, whether believer or unbeliever, is tempted (listening to bad friends, following carnal desires, following heresy). These are two experiences that everyone has and can testify to. The difference is the attitude and reaction and also the prayer, reading and learning KT when challenged and tempted!
If we know that it is a challenge, we thank God and ask the Youth Union to give us new strength so that we can stand firmly, not blame the Church, blame the people and the situation. If it is a challenge, we find out if there are any similar cases and see how the characters in KT react and act to stand firm and trust God more.
On the other hand, if we know that it is temptation, we ask God to give us more energy and faith, ask God to use words to help overcome, God to use friends and adults to help. And find out if KT has any similar cases and see how the characters in KT react and act, leading to falls and crimes.
Understanding and distinguishing these 2 things is not just to add knowledge, or just abstract problems, books, and theories. On the contrary, it is very important and practical. In the lecture, I will cite through many stories in KT to clarify this.
James wrote in 1:2-4 that those who suffer trials will be blessed. Those challenges, we learn are circumstances that are outside of testing our faith and producing spiritual growth. But those challenges can also become temptations. And instead of being a means of spiritual growth, the devil uses the challenge to tempt God's people to sin.
When things get tough in life, you have to see if this helps strengthen faith, helps to obey God and always trust in His care and trust in His power and so I grow up. That's the challenge. But if, by lust, greed, selfishness, or any other reason contrary to the fruit of the Truth (love, joy, peace, etc.), if I solicit evil, to doubt the Pope even more, to reject His words, to disobey, not to follow what God teaches, and therefore I have fallen into the temptation of the devil, of his flesh. The same word that means a temptation to evil is also used to talk about a challenge. The difference is how qv reacts to it.
If you meet the challenge with obedience, you will grow spiritually. If qv responds to a challenge with disobedience, it turns into a temptation and qv has become its prey. Each challenge has the potential to become a temptation depending on how we react. So James prompts to teach change from trials, which lead to growth and blessings, to temptations, to sin and death. Every circumstance of life we face demands and ultimately leads to a decision. Will I stand my ground or not? Will I move forward in faith in God by obeying Him, or will I listen to voices that suggest the easy way out of disobedience and falling into sin?
So, according to the teachings of James, the challenge comes from the Church with the aim of helping his people grow in faith. The Lord uses to train His people: the test of your faith breeds patience. 4But patience must be at its full strength, so that you yourselves may be mature, perfect, and not lacking in anything (1:3-4). But the temptation comes from the devil, the world, the flesh in order to incite people to sin against the Church, to separate us from God, to lose our intimate and close relationship with the Church, and to destroy both physical and spiritual life. But each person is tempted by his own desires that attract and seduce.
For this reason, the first 13 verse of temptation can also be translated as a trial according to the circumstances, the environment, and the attitude: When under temptation, no one should say, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil. and He himself tempts no one. 14 But each man is tempted by his own desires that attract and seduce. 15 Then when lust is conceived, sin is born; sin that has grown up brings forth death. - James 1:13-15.
Tribulations, difficulties, and losses (trials) bring about the growth of faith and a close relationship with God. God also promises to give the crown of heaven to those who stand firm in the face of trials. But trials can also have harmful consequences if dealing with the wrong attitude, as James says in verse 13: forgive the Pope that God himself tempted to sin.
GOD TESTS HIS PEOPLE OR DOES HIS PEOPLE TEST GOD?
The first challenge with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden: In the middle of the garden there was a tree of life and a tree of knowledge of good and evil... 16The LORD God said to people, "You are free to eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, 17but as for the fruit of the tree of good and evil, you must not eat it, for every day you eat of it, you will surely die.(Genesis 2:9, 16-17).
The challenge: not to eat the fruit of good and evil. Why did the Pope challenge Adam and Eve? To know if they obey God's instructions.
Temptation: the snake. ... Snakes are the most insidious of all. The serpent said to the woman, "Has God really told you not to eat from the trees of the garden?... 4 The serpent said to the woman, "You will certainly not die! 5 For God knows that when you eat of the fruit your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." – Gen 3:1, 4-5
14 But each man is tempted to be tempted by his own desires. 15 Lust carries forth evil; the crime is complete, and death is born. - James 1:14-15
Cain & Abel: After a while, Cain used the produce as a gift to Jehovah. 4And Abel offered the best of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord went to Abel and his offering, 5but he did not look to Cain and his offering.
Temptation: As a result, Cain was very angry and had a tarnished countenance. Jehovah asked Cain: "Why are you angry? Why did you slam your face? 7If you do good, will you not be accepted? And if you don't do good, sin lurks at the door, and it covets you very much; but you have to manage it." (Genesis 4:3-7)
Noah – a test of faith for 100 years when building arks in the face of public ridicule and ridicule. Seduce? For the sake of the people's words, they gave up. In his generation, Noah was a righteous and perfect man; he walked with God... 22 Noah Did All Things Just as God Had Commanded - Genesis 6:9, 22
After the flood, the Archbishop blessed and made a covenant with Noah and his descendants.
But after the Flood, he fell again because of drunkenness: Noah worked as a farmer. He was the first to grow grapes. 21He drank heavily and took off his clothes and lay in the middle of his camp. (9:20-21)
Abraham offered Medicine. When Isaac asked,
The KTCU clearly teaches the Communist Party to challenge His Holiness. To know clearly whether they obey the teachings and commands of the Communist Party or not. To know the hearts of the people.
Remember that all the way in the wilderness that Jehovah God has led you on for forty years, He has humbled you and put you to the test to know how your heart is, whether you keep His commandments. 3He lowered you and caused you to famine, and fed you manna that you and your fathers never knew, to teach you that mankind lives not only by bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah.
The love and grace expressed by the Communist Party for the people of Y during the 40 years in the wilderness.
The people were enslaved in Egypt for 300 years. The life was miserable, and they had to be slaves to the Egyptians. The Pope sent Moses to rescue them. But then they blamed Moses, Aaron, and even the DP for going through the trials in the wilderness. At least 13 times civilians blamed Moses, Aaron, and even the Pope in various places and under various circumstances.
In the Red Sea:
They said to Moses, "Are there not enough graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in this wilderness? What are you taking us out of Egypt for? 12 Didn't we say to you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone, let us serve the Egyptians'? - Exodus 14:11-12
In Mara:
When they came to the land of Mara, because the water in Mara was bitter, they could not drink it; hence the name of this place Mara. 24 The people complained to Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" 25 Moses cried out to the Lord. 26 He said, "If you listen attentively to the word of Jehovah your God, do what is upright before Me, and hear my commandments, and keep all my statutes, then . . . I am the Lord who heals you." – Exodus 15:25-26
Desert Sin – The Archdiocese does not rebuke, the rest give mana and quails
2 In the wilderness, the whole congregation of Israel rebuked Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them: "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, while we were sitting in a pot of meat and eating bread to our heart's content! But you have led us into this desert so that the whole people will starve." Exodus 16:2-3
At Ephedim (Exodus 17:1-7) – No water, water from the rock of Horeb. God does not rebuke, nor judge
There was no water for the people to drink here. 2 The people got into trouble with Moses and said, "Give us water." Moses replied, "Why are you making trouble with me? Why dare you test Jehovah?" 3 But there the people were thirsty, and they murmured against Moses, saying, Why did you bring us out of Egypt and let us, our children, and our flocks suffer so thirsty?" 4 Moses cried out to Jehovah, saying: "What shall I do to this people? Lack of what they stoned me!"
5Jehovah said to Moses, "Go ahead of the people, take some of the elders of Israel with you, and take in your hand the stick that you have struck in the river, and go. 6Behold, I will stand before you on the rock of Horeb. Thou shalt break the rock, and the water shall flow out of it for the people to drink." Moses did so in front of the elders of Israel. 7Moses named this place Masa and Meribah, because the Israelites had troubled him and dared to test Jehovah by saying, "Is the Lord among us?"
At Mount Sinai when Moses received the 10 commandments. This is the 5th time! The Pope was angry and wanted to punish him, but Moses asked God to forgive the people. Moses was angry and punished the people for setting up the golden calf for worship. Pay Attention to Aaron's Words
And the people said, "O Israel! Behold, your gods have brought you out of the land of Egypt. 5 When Aaron saw this, he set up an altar in front of the statue of the bull; and he cried out, "Tomorrow morning there will be a feast to honor the Lord!" 6 And the people awoke early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings and reconciliation offerings, and sat down to eat and drink, and then got up and rejoiced. (Exodus 32:4-5) Jehovah also said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and they are a hard-necked people. 10 Now let me do it, that my wrath may rise against them, and destroy them; but I will make thee a great people.
11 Then Moses pleaded with the LORD his God, saying, "O Lord, why are you angry with your people? the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power. May the Lord calm down his anger and ignore the calamity He wants to inflict on His people. (32:9-12)
At Thabera. The people complained because they were tired of manna and meat. They crave and ask for food, just as they did in Egypt.
1 Now, the people complained, and that displeased Jehovah. Jehovah listened, and his wrath arose. The fire of Jehovah burned among the people and burned the head of the camp. 2 The people cried out for Moses' help. Moses prayed to Jehovah and the fire stopped. 3This place was named Taberah because the fire of the Lord had burned among the people.
4The people of Israel were so hungry for food that the Israelites cried out, saying, "Who will feed us? 5We remember the fish we ate free of charge in Egypt along with cucumbers, melons, palanquins, onions, and garlic. 6Now our bodies are worn out, and we have nothing to eat, only manna."- Numbers 11:1-2
After the 12 detectives returned from Canaan. Civil penalty: 40 years in the wilderness; The blame generation will die, only the new generation will enter the promised land.
1 The whole congregation shouted loudly; The people mourned that night, 2 All the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron; The whole congregation said to them, "Must we die in the land of Egypt or in this desert! 3 Why did the LORD lead us into this land to fall to death by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken away by the enemy. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?" 4 Then they said to one another, "Let us make a leader and return to Egypt." – Numbers 16:1-4
There are still other times to try God in 40 years of walking in the wilderness!
Period of the Judges – about 300 years. 12 judges. After Saul's 40 years, David unified the country and ruled for 40 years. Solomon – the golden age of 40 years. A total of 120 years.
It was then divided into two countries around 931 BC. The DP gave Israel (the North fell in 722 BC) ~210 years to repent and change. For Judah 345 years (fall in 587 BC). But Van had a promise that 70 years later the people would return to rebuild the temple and the city
So the descendants, the descendants of the generation who blame and blame Moses, Aaron, and the Archbishop even though they have entered the promised one, continue as their fathers in the past. Civilians continue to blame the CCP for their crimes! 17 O Lord, why have we strayed from your ways? Why are our hearts so hardened that we do not fear You? - Isaiah 63:17
A man's foolishness destroys his ways, and his heart reproaches the Lord.
(Proverbs 19:3)
It was not until the last prophet Malachi (430 BC) that it was another 160 years. 400 years of silence. Christmas. In 70 years the temple and the city of Jerusalem were destroyed, and the people were scattered throughout the lands.
In 1948, the Communist Party brought his people back to the promised land, that is, 1878 years later.
God gives: BIBLE + DTL + Church today. Can we trust the Communist Party? Is it possible to believe what James taught?
2My brothers, consider the trial of a hundred dimensions that befalls you as a perfect joy, 3knowing that the trial of your faith is born of patience. 4But patience must be used to its full effect, so that you may grow yourselves. Perfect, nothing is missing. (1:2-4)
We are all tempted. We will all sin and often we will blame God by blaming our circumstances, blaming our weaknesses, blaming our inclinations, blaming our surroundings, blaming our friends, blame our loved ones, blame our families, blame our economic condition or whatever. And so verse 13, James says, "Don't let anyone speak when they're tempted I'm tempted by God." It is a counsel that forbids anyone to blame God. Let no one be tempted and say, "It is God who tempts me; for God is not tempted by any evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. (James 1:13)
Of course, the answer is our own. However, the reality is that for people in the world, when they commit a crime after being tempted, they will often blame the situation, on someone, except themselves. Children (4-5 years old) often avoid taking the blame: they didn't take your toys! You probably know that many people who fall and commit sins when they are tempted to change their surnames, to change their surnames, to their circumstances, to their parents, to the church, to the school, to society.
[The judges' new view: release or reduce sentences greatly because they think that the crime is due to racism, because of social circumstances. The NY mayoral candidate's essay accuses the people and the city of discriminating against Muslims: the real victim of 9/11 was his aunt for not daring to ride the tram while wearing a hijab! They blame the people, society, and the country for being Muslim when 9/11 killed 3000 people by radical Islamic terrorists!]
3A man's foolishness destroys his ways, and his heart condemns the Lord. (CN 19:3)
Evading responsibility for sin is a favorite pastime for humans. When you blame anything else, you say that God is responsible because He is the One who created everything. Some people even go so far as to say that God is responsible for temptation. Those people (even believers) use Matthew 6:13 as an excuse: Please do not let us be tempted. According to this teaching, we must ask God not to lead us into temptation because if we do not ask for this (do not be tempted) then God will let us fall into temptation. This is a very wrong and dangerous explanation.
2Remember, all the way in the wilderness that Jehovah God has led you for forty years, he has humbled you and put you to the test to know how your heart is and whether you keep his commandments. 3He humbles you, to make you hungry and then feed you manna that you and your fathers never knew, to teach you that mankind lives not only by bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah. (PT 8:2-3)
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Location/Event
Reference
Blamed
Complaint Type
1
Red Sea
Ex 14:10–12
Moses
Fear of death
2
Anonymous
Ex 15:22–24
Moses
Bitter water
3
Desert of Sin
Ex 16:2–3
Moses, Aaron
No food
4
Rephidim
Ex 17:1–7
Moses, God
No water
5
Golden Calf
Ex 32:1
Moses
Impatience/idolatry
6
Taberah
Num 11:1–3
God
General hardship
7
Kibroth Hattaavah
Num 11:4–6
Moses
Craving for meat
8
Kadesh (Spies)
Num 14:1–4
Moses, Aaron, God
Fear/unbelief
9
Korah's rebellion
Num 16:1–3
Moses, Aaron
Leadership challenge
10
After Korah's death
Num 16:41
Moses, Aaron
"You killed God's people"
11
Kadesh (Meribah)
Num 20:2–5
Moses, Aaron
No water again
12
Mount Hor
Num 21:4–5
God, Moses
No food, no water
13
Dathan & Abiram
Num 16:12–14
Moses
Failed leadership