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Sonnet On Temptation And Its Use
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried,
he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to
them that love him.
---James 1:12
The devil only comes to raise up doubt
(in his inimitable way) about
the real and living Being who is his foe:
Whose graceful, Gospel words, preached here, we know---
The Christ. In Him, we have our sure Salvation,
safely delivered from hell and damnation.
Against this Grace, the devil likes to rail,
hoping to cause a Christian's faith to fail.
But what the devil tries so hard to do
just proves the words of Jesus Christ are true:
the devil does not waste his energy
to cast doubt on some unreality.
Against this, though, the Christian can endure
with Christ's gift of graceborne strength, full and sure.
Starward
[jlc]
