This morning we want to deal with a theme that applies to all of us. Temptation. None of us is too old or too young, too sophisticated or too naive, to escape the tempter. Temptation can lead us into all kinds of problems.

For example, the newspapers recently carried a story about an Alabama man who planned to profit from a simple burglary. He entered a house and began clearing out the valuables. He came across a .44 Magnum and accidentally shot himself in the calf with it. However, despite the fact that a .44 Magnum makes a very painful and dangerous wound, he obviously could not take his problem to the hospital.

About this time, the woman who lives at the house returned home. So the burglar felt he had no choice but to tie her up. That added seriously to his original burglary offense.…