No one is immune to temptation.

Every day our eyes, our ears, and our minds are bombarded with enticements.

So do you feed it or do you fight it?

Today on Truth for Life will examine the timeless and universal draw of sexual temptation.

Alistair Begg walks us through one man's response to a sly and powerful tempteress.

Well, Genesis chapter 39, we continue our series in the life of Joseph, and we're dealing

this morning with this whole matter of temptation. Temptation is an enticement to evil or to sin.

Temptation in and of itself is something that is known to everyone, known even to the Lord Jesus

himself, and temptation in and of itself is not sin.

It is our response to temptation, which leads us either in the paths of righteousness

or down into the meadows of our

disobedience. And this morning, as we look again at the life of Joseph, we have probably the

classic illustration in the whole of the Old Testament as to how to deal particularly with

a matter of temptation as it expresses itself in this issue of morality

and interpersonal relationships, and particularly the whole issue of sexuality.

Now, I have four points before me in my outline this morning, and I want to work through them with you.

The first is almost a passing issue, but I do want simply to address it.

First of all, I'd like you to notice how verse six concludes with one sentence.

Now, Joseph was well-built and handsome.

Notice, first of all, would you? The peculiar challenges of beauty and charm.

The peculiar challenges of beauty and charm. Joseph was always someone's favorite.

Even in the few years that have elapsed, in the few chapters we've considered,

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