Title: What to Think and Do During Temptations

Topic: Salvation

Summary: This bible study outlines five things to think and five things to do during the suffering of spiritual temptations.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Exodus 14
James 1:13-14
Matthew 4:1-11
Psalms 107
Isaiah 24
Jeremiah 5:14-18
Nahum 2:1-2
Psalms 34:15; 37:24; 118:17-18; 119:71

8187. 'And they will come after them' means the attempt to do violence by flowing in with falsity arising from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming after them' as flowing in with falsity arising from evil, also the attempt to bring under their control, thus to do violence. For 'drawing near' means influx, 8159, 'travelling after them' means a more immediate influx and communication, 8161, and 'pursuing them' means the attempt to bring under their control, 8136, 8152, 8154, so that 'coming after them' means the attempt to do violence by flowing in with falsity arising from evil.

8135. 'And I will harden Pharaoh's heart' means that the obstinacy of those steeped in falsities arising from evil would still remain. This is clear from the meaning of 'being hardened' as their obstinate determination, dealt with in 7272, 7300, 7305; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who are steeped in falsities arising from evil, or what amounts to the same thing, those who are lost in damnation, as above in 8132. The words 'Pharaoh's heart' are used because in the genuine sense 'heart' means the good of heavenly love, 3313, 3635, 3883-3896, 7542, and therefore in the contrary sense means evil, at this point the evil of those who have known [the truths of] faith and led a life of evil.