Page 48 Should I get an undergraduate degree, a masters degree, or a doctorate? What job should I apply for and accept? Should I seek a job promotion or a raise? If so, when and how? Where should I live? Should I rent, buy, or build a house? Should I get married? Who should I marry? If I marry, should I have kids? How many kids should I have? Should I use birth control? If so, what type of birth control? Should I have a home birth, use a midwife, or have a hospital birth? In what manner should I raise my children? Should I discipline them? If so, how and when should I discipline them? Should I home school, send them to private school or public school? What foods should I eat and what foods should I avoid? Should I exercise? If so, how, how often, when, and where? When I’m sick, should I see a doctor, believe God, take medicine or natural supplements? How should I manage my money? Should I make a budget?
We are too apt to forget that temptation to sin will rarely present itself to us in its true colors, saying, “I am your deadly enemy, and I want to ruin you forever in hell.” Oh, no! sin comes to us, like Judas, with a kiss; and like Joab, with an outstretched hand and flattering words. The forbidden fruit seemed good and desirable to Eve; yet it cast her out of Eden.
J.C. Ryle