We all face the battle of temptation,

and how we deal with it is a mark of the genuineness of our faith

or the lack of true saving faith.

Just as how we face trials and respond to them

was seen as a test of genuine faith,

so how we deal with temptation is also a test of genuine faith.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Well, you might not think of yourself as much of a fighter,

or maybe you're not a fighter at all of any kind,

but man or woman, young or old, if you are a Christian,

you are in a continuous battle with an unseen foe.

That foe, your enemy, is temptation.

The question is, whose fault is temptation?

How do you defend against it?

And what's the connection between handling temptation

and benefiting from life's trials?

John MacArthur looks at all those questions

as he continues the study he calls benefiting from life's trials

based on James 1.

So if you have your Bible, turn there now.

And here's John MacArthur.

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