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(1 Tim. 4:4–8:16; Luke 16:15–18, 17:1–4) “It is impossible for temptations not to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!” (Luke 17:1). Therefore, it is impossible to live from the shoulder, wide open. You have to look around carefully, so as not to seduce someone. The mind is puffed up and doesn’t look at anyone; and yet he arouses temptations all around in deed, and more so in word. Temptation grows and increases the misfortune of the seducer himself, but he does not feel it and expands even more in temptations. It is good that God’s threat for temptation here on earth is almost not fulfilled in the hope of correction; this is postponed until future judgment and retribution; Only then will the seducers feel how great the evil is temptation. Here, almost no one thinks about whether he will or will not seduce those around him with his deeds and speeches. Two sins are very great in the eyes of God and are imputed to nothing by people: temptation and condemnation. The seducer, according to the word of the Lord, is better off not living; he who condemns is already condemned. But neither one nor the other thinks about it and cannot even say whether they are sinful in anything like that. What blindness indeed surrounds us and how carelessly we walk in the midst of death! You might be interested in: