homerevival: It sadden my heart whenever I heard cases of rape especially of minors from adult that are older enough to be their fathers.

The culprits are always claiming to be under the influence of the evil spirit and usually conclude that they are being 'TEMPTED' to do so.
I now ask, what is this temptation, because, if we fail to understand what this temptation is, it might lead some of these psychos towards our wives, daughters, sisters, relatives and female friends. It is this same TEMPTATION that make some fathers to be having sexual intercourse with their daughters, a girl they fathered, a girl they christened, a girl that grew up under their roof as a toddler, who start learning words and how to construct sentences right under their very nose, how come they are being tempted to have sex with such a girl? What of brothers that rape their sisters, cousins, uncles, nephews, in-laws, street brothers, choir master, pastors, teachers, neighbours,family friends and the list is endless.

Temptation start with 'just' a feelings towards something but most of the time, it is something unusual, something irrational and something very ridiculous that will result to shame and ridicule, it will make someone to loose pride, integrity and respect.

The feelings will usually come to mind as an advice, the feelings will portray the picture of the act and suggest reasons why it must be carried out, it will also suggest strategies to be used for execution and at the same time, suggest what to say or do as an excuse if at all the 'secret' was reveled or if the plan did not go as planned.

This feelings is not limited to rapist or those that commit incest alone, it is the same feelings for taking hard drugs, stealing, kidnapping, lesbianism, homosexual, suicide, assasination, fornication, adultery, money rituals, taking bribe and inflating prices, the feelings is the same.

This feelings will metamorphose into 'TEMPTATION' if it is allowed to stay on the inside of the heart for too long. Once the feelings is being attended to and it is being giving much attention and second thought, it will surely develop fully into temptation and it will keep suggesting more and more important reasons why it must be carried out. When the feelings is allowed to continue like that, it will now portray the 'act' as a 'right' or something 'necessary' or 'important' that 'MUST' be achieved by 'ALL' means. The more the feelings keeps growing, the more the opportunity of carrying out the act will be opening.

Therefore, we should know that temptation is not what happens in a day or two, it might have been on the mind for months or years before it will be fully manifested.

To handle these unusual feelings, we must all understand that it originates from the mind 'ONLY' as a 'FEELINGS' and a 'SUGGESTION' and it 'CAN' only become a 'TEMPTATION' if the feelings is being nurtured and allowed to grow.

It is natural to have this unusual feelings to steal, fornicate, commit adultery (fling), commit suicide, assassinate, take bribe, inflate price, commit incest, rape and every other feelings you can think of, but the consciousness of the individual and the ability to control the mind will determine if the feelings will scale through to become a temptation. If the feelings is discard immediately at the inception with concrete reasons why one must not give in, even without anybody giving the advice, then, the probability of falling into the temptation will be minimal.

(To be continue)
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