Resisting Temptation
“A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is… A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.” [C.S. Lewis].
Ron Thomas 11:04 am on January 26, 2012 Permalink |
An excellent post!
Weylan Deaver 1:53 pm on January 26, 2012 Permalink |
Yes, Lewis was a thought-provoker. I don’t remember if it was he, or another writer, who made the point that Jesus knew temptation’s power even more than any of us, since, by resisting till he conquered, he always experienced temptation’s full force.