Two men may face the same conditions; one falls, the other stands.

Lonely man walking in the sand looking at the calm sea, surreal minimal seascape

In the last analysis it is not the temptations that meet us on the streets that determine our conduct; it is the heart of the man who faces them. Two men may face the same conditions; one falls, the other stands. The difference is not in the temptation, but in the heart of the man.

Excerpted from The Unsearchable Riches of Christ: Studies in Ephesians by Martin Lloyd-Jones. Public domain.


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