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Teptation

Tonight, let us think through the M.O. of Temptation.
    I believe we are made in the image of the triune God. We have a soul, a body and a spirit: a triune nature. When we are tempted, it will either be in the area of the soul, the body or the spirit. It is important that we understand this concept if we want to know how to overcome temptation.
    The world will primarily tempt us in the area of our soul. The word for soul is psyche, which we use to describe an individual's mind, will, and emotions. Our soul contains our ego, our desires, our, emotional self. The world will tempt the soulish side of us. When we talk about a person on an ego trip, or a person that is worldly, we are generally speaking, of a person who is easily influenced by and controlled by the pleasures of this world.
Illustration: When the herdsmen for Abraham and Lot began to fight with each other over range land, Abraham told his nephew to choose some land, and he would go the other way. So, Lot looked out and saw the well-watered plains and the tall grass of the east, and he went in that direction. Lot was already wealthy, but he was sucked into thinking he could be the wealthiest man in Palestine. He was tempted by the world's system to be a big shot. That is the constant message of the world: You need more and you can have more. Lot fell into that trap, and it cost him everything he owned.
  The world tempts our soul, but the flesh primarily tempts our body.
  Our body will be tempted toward things like lust, laziness, over-indulgence, and sexual immorality.
The flesh wants to use the body as the vehicle for its expression. When King David was walking on the roof of his palace, he spotted a beautiful woman taking a bath. Rather than turn away, he stopped and stared.  
  Lust rose up inside of him. He was, attacked by the flesh. His mind started to play out scenarios, and instead of returning to his wife, he asked to have that beautiful woman brought to his room. His...