{"id":2528,"date":"2013-02-19T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T02:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2013-02-19T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T02:09:40","slug":"temptation-tastes-like-honey-but-sits-in-the-carcass-of-a-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2013\/02\/temptation-tastes-like-honey-but-sits-in-the-carcass-of-a-lion.html","title":{"rendered":"Temptation Tastes Like Honey, But Sits in the Carcass of a Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00\"><em><strong><strong>Temptation Tastes Like Honey, but sits in the Carcass of A Lion<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since there are two types of lions and two types of honey, we must learn to d<strong>istinguish Between Two types of Lion and Honey.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0If we learn to distinguish between two types of lions and two types of honey, we will avoid so much pain, see through the lies of temptation before it clamps down it\u2019s deadly jaws on our necks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One Lion is Lion (Lying) \u00a0To You while the other Lion us Lion (Lying) Down for you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">I. One LION is LION (Lying) TO YOU<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bible warns us that life is filled with lions. \u00a0Inside and out. Temptation is like a lion that will hunt you, trick you, and lie to you. \u00a0And the inner safari of our own temptations will devour us, if we are not aware of the dangers. \u00a0\u00a0there is a Lion who is Lying to you in order to hunt and kill you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A. \u00a0\u00a0This Lion Lies With Honey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If A Lion came at you directly, you would be on guard, have your guns ready to go. \u00a0So Temptation is a Lion that attacks with Lies. And these lies come aligned with honey.<\/p>\n<p>There is a character in the Bible named Samson. \u00a0He once comes face to face with a lion. When he is attacked by a lion.. and he fights it and kills it! \u00a0\u00a0When a danger comes into our lives, our adrenaline level goes up, our fight response kicks in, we are suddenly fighting against the threat against our faith, family, or future.. And we are fighting it with all we have.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Judges 14: 5 So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a young lion came roaring against him. 6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Samson was in \u201cwarrior mode\u201d he was aware of the danger of the Lion. \u00a0However, later the same \u201cdead\u201d lion will get him with honey. Then later, Samson is tempted by honey, and give in. \u00a0\u00a0The same guy who fought a lion, will now be sucked into danger through the sweetness of honey.<\/p>\n<p>A little background on Samson. He had made a vow or commitment to God to be a Nazarite, which was a commitment to not cut your hair, drink alcohol, or touch anything dead. \u00a0This three fold commitment was a sacred vow to God. \u00a0Because of that vow, Nazarites were always careful about \u201cdrink,\u201d \u201cHair cutting\u201d and becoming unclean by touching anything dead. \u00a0However, \u00a0As Samson heads back this same way a few months later, he comes across this rotting, decaying Lion Corpse. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Immediately he would know NOT to touch it, to avoid it, and to stay away.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">8 After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion. 9 He took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bible says that Samson \u201csaw\u201d the Lion\u2019s carcass&#8230; But though he \u201cfought\u201d the lion when it attacked him last time, this time, he knows it\u2019s dead and a violation of his moral code, commitments to God, and promise to stay pure&#8230; BUT&#8230; a swarm of bees and Honey were in the \u00a0carcass. \u00a0So, he is tempted. He is drawn in. \u00a0He is desirous of the taste of honey&#8230;. SO he reaches into the lion\u2019s carcass, and pulls out the honey. \u00a0Yuck!!! \u00a0And he pulls out enough to \u201cEat along the way\u201d and then give to others as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0This is how temptation works. \u00a0\u00a0It draws us in because it tastes like honey&#8230; But really we are eating out of a dead decaying carcass. \u00a0Temptation always tastes like honey. We would never \u201cgive in\u201d if temptation tasted badly, or poorly. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Notice that Samson saw this was a dead carcass of a lion, but also saw the honey. \u00a0Imagine a rotting carcass of a deer on the side of the road after several days. The maggots, the rot, the smell, the stench, the maggots. \u00a0This is disgusting. \u00a0\u00a0And yet temptation, like this lion, LIES to us, and tells us to reach in and taste of it\u2019s sweetness.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>www.godonomics.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temptation Tastes Like Honey, but sits in the Carcass of A Lion Since there are two types of lions and two types of honey, we must learn to distinguish Between Two types of Lion and Honey.\u00a0\u00a0If we learn to distinguish between two types of lions and two types of honey, we will avoid so much&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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