Understanding Temptation | Mark Becton | Grimké Chapel

No pastor plans to fall. But Dr. Mark Becton has seen it up close — a trusted friend in ministry, a file of emails, and the cry, “I've been devoured.” Preaching from Proverbs 7, Becton shows that the Father has lovingly exposed temptation's playbook: how it studies its victims, waits for them, and hides the consequences until the trap is sprung. Yet the passage's real secret isn't fear but affection — a heart so infatuated with the Father that seduction loses its grip. If you've quietly assumed it could never happen to you, this message will move you to shine a light on your own heart — and hand you the daily bread that keeps it guarded.

Skip Ahead.

(00:00) Reading: Proverbs 7:1–5
(02:45) “I've Been Devoured”
(05:10) A Brief Theology of Temptation
(08:30) The Father Purposes Temptation to Build Us
(12:08) Tactic 1: Temptation Looks for Easy Victims
(14:31) Tactic 2: Temptation Waits Patiently
(16:14) Tactic 3: Temptation Markets Itself
(18:13) Tactic 4: Temptation Is Sensual
(20:31) Tactic 5: Temptation Becomes Rational
(22:21) Tactic 6: Temptation Hides the Consequences
(27:13) The Foundation: Infatuated with the Father
(29:16) “I Forgot the Need for Daily Bread”

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