Ephesians 4:27 ESV
and give no opportunity to the devil.
This short and often neglected instruction is actually our best defense against the devil. Fighting against temptation and shunning the devil may display heroic righteousness and faith, but the devil is likely too strong for our weak flesh and soul. The easiest and surest way is to stay away from him, giving him no opportunity to tempt us.
Jesus taught it's better to throw away our eyes or cut away our hands than our whole body going to hell. It maybe an extrapolation, or maybe not. But it's important to remove the clues or the tools to sin around us. Destroy that game DVD, don't hang out with that group or stay around that area. Their dangers are worse than their benefits. Give no opportunity to the devil is the best way to fight him.
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