The Bible makes it clear that Jesus has dealt with the issue of sin on the cross.

He is the perfect sacrifice for sin for all time, for all who believe.

So why are we as Christians still tempted to sin?

And how do we deal with that temptation?

Today on Truth For Life Weekend, Alistair Begg explores the answers found in the book of James, chapter 1.

A couple of years ago I was playing golf in Scotland with one of my friends.

And in the course of the round of golf we were speaking about just about everything.

A young man very successful in business, I've known him since he was a 16 year old youth.

I married him to his wife.

I watched him develop and grow and not only in terms of his physical stature but also in terms of his business acumen.

By the time we were playing golf together he had risen to the absolute top of his profession within the context of the United Kingdom.

Highly successful and probably 10 years my junior.

In the course of it all I asked him, how do you do on business trips?

He said, what do you mean?

I said, well, how do you handle going in and out of those hotels being away from your wife and your children?

How he said, it's okay.

We talked a little bit about that and how important I found it to make certain precautionary moves in relationship to those things.

And as we spoke we covenanted with one another in a kind of awesome way.

That if ever we were tempted to let our wives or our families down or our testimony down, that we would immediately contact one another.

I think we failed to contact one another that we would take a three wood and do something harmful to the other person with it.

That doesn't sound particularly Christian but that was what I said.

I think I said something like, if you ever mess up I'll take this three wood and crack you on the side of the head with it.

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