Deuteronomy 8:2 (NIV) Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Psalm 66:10 (NIV) For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
James 1:2-3 (NIV) Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
"Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible."
—Erwin W. Lutzer, pastor and author.
Men of Integrity, Vol. 1, no. 2., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "TEMPTATION".
