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About 8 or 9 months ago when I was battling sexual wickedness, I was encompassed by demonic influence and could literally see the demon choke me. I was trying to call on Jesus because I learned as a child that calling upon the name of Jesus puts demons in mighty fear. I couldn't get the word out. Then out of nowhere, I was able to call upon Jesus and that demon fled. Just a week later, I witnessed seeing an angel and it gave me the peace and comfort to know that I was going to be spiritually fine and soon release my struggles with sexual impurity.

I am thankful I was able to tell my story to a friend who trusted me of almost 6 years. Sadly, many people tell their stories and the people they tell refuse to accept what they told. It baffles me that they are so arrogant that they assume the person just made up stories. This is real fear that people who try to and want to consecrate their life unto Jesus go through many times. If it was them that had the experience, they will want others to believe them if they told others. That could be why others do not tell their stories that much.

I generally assume angels will win but it depends on factors. I just realized that a spiritual stalemate represents ass by initials. Funny, eh?

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Well I am aware of 3 situations where Satan tried to get Jesus to follow after him and where it is listed in His temptations. Yes, Jesus was tempted. He was God in human form. Here is a wiki to explain better:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ

1st time:
Make bread out of stones to relieve his own hunger

2nd time
Jump from a pinnacle and rely on angels to break his fall.

3rd time
Worship Satan in return for all the kingdoms of the world.

Jesus was strong enough to resist Satan, unlike many Christians who later fall into unbelief. I hear many cases where people grew up trusting the promises of the lord, only to later renounce that and follow after unbelief. They allow their flesh to rule them by claiming God's existence is not real. They are highly deceived by Satan and it saddens me.

At baptism, we renounce 3 things: the world, the flesh and the devil. This is what Jesus could easily do as He was spiritually more mature than any other human to live.

I think unbelief is the 2nd hardest sin to give up due to its arrogance, pride and control of their mind. The same qualities that Satan uses to deceive. They are following after Satan and too ignorant to realize it. I think sexual impurities that involve strange flesh is the hardest to give up and repent unto the Lord to change due to they are more than likely to the point where they were given chance after chance and the Holy Ghost withdrew its convicting power, leaving God no other choice than to give them over to a reprobate mind.

BONUS (if your position is Satan still exists):
1. Has Satan learned his lesson after 3rd try and why or why not?

2. If no to number 1, what would it have taken for Satan to learn he can't get Jesus to sin?

3. If nothing to number 2, why does Satan think he could have eventually got Jesus to worship him?

Jesus is not here on earth today in bodily form, so we can't ask what it would now take.

Please share your thoughts concerning this.

When I use the expression "intimate relationship," most of you automatically thought of a sexual relationship. Of course, if you are in a committed, romantic relationship and you are both physically capable, sex is probably one of the things that you want from the relationship. Perhaps you also want children and some measure of security. But. . . you can have sex, children, and financial security in a relationship and still not feel safe, secure, and emotionally intimate.

Do you think that the greatest goal of an intimate relationship is to learn to trust each other enough that you can reveal the things that make you vulnerable and trust that you will receive a supportive and understanding response?