The Truth About Testing – Part 1

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The Truth About Testing – Part 1

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In the Gospel of Matthew, we read that “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” So, would God put any one of us through the same type of test? Dr. Robert Jeffress explains that there’s a big difference between testing and tempting.

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