Temptation wears many faces

Temptation wears many faces.  There is, for example, material temptation, which is the lust for things.  It might be as big as a house or as small as a ring.  It might be as bright and dazzling as a brand-new Porsche or as dull and dusty as an antique roll-top desk.  Yet, who hasn't felt the burning passion of lust for things?  And who hasn't at times yielded to it unwisely?

There there is what we will call personal temptation, which is the lust for fame, for authority, for power, or control over others.  It might be as simple as lust for a title like "CEO" or "president" or "doctor" or "professor" or "admiral."  There is nothing wrong with those titles or those positions, until lust comes and says, "You deserve that, for what it will mean to you." 

Finally, there is sensual temptation, which is lust for another person - or, in reality, lust for the person's body.  I'm referring here to the hedonistic desire to have and enjoy that which is not one's own, either legally or morally.

Temptation; Sin