Christ’s truth, hearing his Word, putting it into practice, exposing error, and teaching sound doctrine to ourselves and to others. Satan is the siren who would lure us to the rocks of spiritual ruin and impotency in Christ’s service. He tempts us, playing on the sin that remains in us—the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. He tantalizes the lust of the eyes that sees and yearns after the world’s trinkets. He arouses the lust of the flesh that indulges in anger and sexual
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