When Joseph was tempted by Potiphar's wife he resisted every time. With James 1:13-14 in mind we know that Satan tempts people with specific bait to get them to fall. Each person has different besetting sins so Satan can't tempt all people to the same sins. Someone might...
...be prone to gossip, but have no desire to be sexually immoral, so Satan isn't going to use infidelity, rather he will bait the hook with a juicy morsel of gossip.
With this in mind I believe that Satan tempted Joseph with Potiphar's wife because he probably fought...
With this in mind I believe that Satan tempted Joseph with Potiphar's wife because he probably fought...
...against lustful desires. It was specific to Joseph, yet Joseph overcame the temptation because he loved the Lord more than sin. For those tempted by sexual immorality Joseph shows that you can overcome it with Christ.
Joseph was a sinner, but Scripture posits him as...
Joseph was a sinner, but Scripture posits him as...
...a type of Christ symbolically in his unjust sufferings and imprisonment, he didn't give into sin when tempted, he was exalted from a place of disgrace to a place of honor.
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