5. What three classes of temptation does the Apostle John speak of? 1 John 2:16.
NOTE: ‘Cares, riches, pleasures, all are used by Satan in playing the game of life for the human soul. The warning is given, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1 John 2:15, 16. He who reads the hearts of men as an open book says, “Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life.” Luke 21:34.’ A Call to Stand Apart, page 23.
6. Why should we not be surprised when God allows such temptations to come to us? 1 Corinthians 10:13.
NOTE: ‘Temptations will pour in upon us, for by them we are to be tried during our probation. This is the proving of God, the revelation of our own hearts. There is no sin in having temptation, but sin comes in when temptation is yielded to.’ In Heavenly Places, page 257.