Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again the Savior replies in the words of Scripture, this time quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16. There is no argument, but. simple reply that shows what is asked is forbidden. Yet those who profess to be religious are sometimes ready to do the very thing Satan asked. The Tyndall "prayer test" was of this very class of sins. When also. man refuses to labor and provide for his family, claiming that the Lord will provide, he tempts (puts to the trial) the Lord. God calls upon every one to exercise all proper precautions and to do all in his own power, trusting in the Lord to supply wherein he fails, and he promises to keep such persons in all their ways. Religious fanatics are often tempters of God.

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