Temptation

[Katherine438]

Have read different things and was wondering what others thoughts are on this subject … is it Satan that tempts us or is it our being human that causes so many temptations?

 

[CRATUS]

Fulton Sheen has a video on temptation

 

[Katherine438]

Thank you for that information … I will check it out.

 

[Dorothy]

Have read different things and was wondering what others thoughts are on this subject … is it Satan that tempts us or is it our being human that causes so many temptations?

We are tempted by the world, the flesh, and the devil.

 

[tawny]

Fulton Sheen has a video on temptation

The best on I’ve seen.

 

[PraiseChrist]

Have read different things and was wondering what others thoughts are on this subject … is it Satan that tempts us or is it our being human that causes so many temptations?

It could be a mix of both.

But as Dorothy said, these temptations come from those 3 places

 

[Katherine438]

Thank you for everyone’s answers … most appreciated.

 

[Exsultet]

If you’d like to read an excellent book on the topic, check out this one: amazon.com/How-Resist-Temptation-Francis-Remler/dp/1928832393.

Pages 37 - 38 of this little book (which are available in Amazon preview mode) address your question like this:

It is a teaching of the Catholic Faith that the various temptations with which we are assailed are traceable, either directly or indirectly, to the malice and hatred that Satan bears to the human race as a whole, and to every human being individually. Not that he is the immediate author of every temptation [but] … he must be considered as the indirect cause of them all.

The underlining is my own.

I would encourage you to pick up the book and read some more, because it truly provides an excellent and even life-changing perspective on all of this.

 

[Dorothy]

If you’d like to read an excellent book on the topic, check out this one: amazon.com/How-Resist-Temptation-Francis-Remler/dp/1928832393.

Pages 37 - 38 of this little book (which are available in Amazon preview mode) address your question like this:

The underlining is my own.

I would encourage you to pick up the book and read some more, because it truly provides an excellent and even life-changing perspective on all of this.

Thank you…I agree with that quote.

 

[Monica4316]

Have read different things and was wondering what others thoughts are on this subject … is it Satan that tempts us or is it our being human that causes so many temptations?

Temptations come from the world, the flesh, and the devil. It can also be a mix, because of our concupiscence.
The devil is indirectly or directly linked to all temptation

 

[Katherine438]

If you’d like to read an excellent book on the topic, check out this one: amazon.com/How-Resist-Temptation-Francis-Remler/dp/1928832393.

Pages 37 - 38 of this little book (which are available in Amazon preview mode) address your question like this:

The underlining is my own.

I would encourage you to pick up the book and read some more, because it truly provides an excellent and even life-changing perspective on all of this.

Thank you, I’m going to pick it up.

 

[Katherine438]

Temptations come from the world, the flesh, and the devil. It can also be a mix, because of our concupiscence.
The devil is indirectly or directly linked to all temptation

Thank you … I like your quotes.