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In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus tells the sleeping Peter, John and James, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/14?38 Mk 14:38]:<blockquote>"Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."</blockquote> | In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus tells the sleeping Peter, John and James, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/14?38 Mk 14:38]:<blockquote>"Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."</blockquote> | ||
=== Scripture === | === Turn to Scripture === | ||
When Satan tempted him, Jesus answered every temptation with Scripture:<blockquote>He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4:4 Mt 4:4])</blockquote><blockquote>Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4:4 Mt 4:7])</blockquote><blockquote>“Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4?10 Mt 4:10])</blockquote> | When Satan tempted him, Jesus answered every temptation with Scripture:<blockquote>He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4:4 Mt 4:4])</blockquote><blockquote>Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4:4 Mt 4:7])</blockquote><blockquote>“Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4?10 Mt 4:10])</blockquote> | ||
=== Humility === | === The Holy Spirit === | ||
In the Last Supper Discourses, Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send a "helper" or "advocate" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/14?15 Jn 14:15-17]) who will support us when we are in a state of Grace (outside of sin):<blockquote>“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate* to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you."</blockquote>and from [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/15?26 Jn 15:26-27]<blockquote>“When the Advocate comes whom I will send* you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.</blockquote> | |||
=== Repentance and Humility === | |||
From the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/18?11 Lk 18:11-14]), Jesus teaches us to pray in humility:<blockquote>"The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ | |||
But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ | |||
I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”</blockquote>But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’e14I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted. | |||
== Old Testament and Epistles on avoiding sin == | == Old Testament and Epistles on avoiding sin == | ||
* | === Pray with "vehement cries" === | ||
From [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hebrews/5?7 Heb 5:7-8] on Jesus suffering and praying to the Father:<blockquote>In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;</blockquote> | |||
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* [https://activechristianity.org/7-ways-to-overcome-sin-as-jesus-overcame 7 ways to overcome sin as Jesus overcame - Revelation 3:21 (activechristianity.org)] | |||
* [https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Avoiding-Sin 28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Sin] | |||
== Sin in our hearts == | == Sin in our hearts == | ||