Perhaps nothing so persistently plagues Christians like temptation. Abraham was tempted to lie and fear. David fell prey to sexual immorality. Paul wrestled with pride. Even Jesus faced innumerable temptations.
Personal Reflection. How would you define the word “temptation”? Spend some time reflecting. What areas of temptation do you struggle with the most? Ask God to use this study to help you with that temptation.
In Genesis 39 we observe one man’s struggle and victory over temptation. Joseph was the favored eleventh son of Jacob. His jealous brothers sold the seventeen-year-old Joseph into slavery. In Egypt he was again sold, this time to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials. This passage recounts the first test for Joseph as God prepared him for the crucial role he would play in Israel’s history.
