PRASD, Part 1--Device 7

Device 7--Satan will fill you the vain confidence to enter boldly into temptation, or as Brooks puts it, "making the sin bold to venture upon the occasions of sin."

You may walk past the harlot's door, though you do not enter the harlot's bed. You may eat and chill with the drunkard, but you won't be drunk with the drunkard. Etc.

Remedy 1

Meditate on the scriptures that command us to avoid all temptation and even the appearance of evil.

Some examples, I Thess. v.22, Jude 23, Prov. v.8, Prov. iv.14-15.

Remedy 2

In ordinary cases, the soul does not triumph over sin unless it first turns from temptation.

As long as there is fuel in our hearts for a temptation, we cannot be secure.

Remedy 3

Remember those precious saints that were great in the faith, how they turned from temptation and the appearance of sin, as from hell itself.

Joseph is famous for fleeing from Potiphar's wife, but he before that, he avoided her and shunned her presence. Job made a covenant with his eyes. David also, in his psalms, often talked of avoiding the company of wicked men.

Remedy 4

Remember that it is a sign of God's grace in our hearts to avoid temptation.