Second Friend Day - Elmer Towns

Sometimes resisting the devil means running away. A former drunk shouldn't try to resist
the devil in a bar. A man who has committed adultery with his secretary should not let her work
in the same office. He shouldn't leave temptation around. A son met his father at the door and
proudly announced, "Today, I beat a snake. "
"Did you beat him with a rock or a stick?" the father asked.
"I beat him running!!!" the proud little fellow replied.
You have the promise that when you resist the devil, "he will flee from you" (James 4:7).
Be careful where you run when you leave temptation. The next verse commands, "Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you" (James 4:8). The ultimate victory over temptation is in Jesus
Christ.
When you get victory over temptation, you will grow in Christ and others will be drawn
to Christ through you. Gypsy Smith tells the story of a lady who came to him to pray for her
unsaved husband. The evangelist talked with him about salvation. He declined, "My wife has a.
temper and when she gets mad, she's no Christian. "
Two weeks later Gypsy Smith saw the man come forward to be saved. He asked why.
"I was going fishing and knocked the lamp over in the hall. She said, 'That's all right;
we'll get another one.' " The repentant man said, "Now I know she is a Christian."