Ways Of Temptation

'Ut ne intretis in tentationem.'  Hoc, secundum quod multi intelligunt, tale est ac si dicat, ut non tentemini. Si autem sic placuerit Dei, acquiescite Deo, sicut me audistis orantem. Considera autem si possibile est sic intelligere magis, quoniam vita nostra ipsa tentatio est secundum Job; intrare autem in tentationem, aut venire in tentationem, est cadere in tentationem, et vinci ab ea. Et puto quia nemo venit ad Jesum simul et in tentationem; si autem venit in tentationem, non venit ad Jesum. Ad Jesum enim nemo venit, nisi quem trahit Pater ad Jesum, ut resuscitetur ab eo. Ad Jesum ergo venimus, ut et si tentator nos fuerit persecutus, et mala ex eo, non comprehendamur ab eis, sicut scriptum est: Persequentur te mala, et non comprehendant. Ad peccatorem autem dicitur: Consequentur te mala, et comprehendent te.    Origenes, In Matthaeum, Commentariorum in Matthaeum

'That you enter not into temptation' 1 Many understand this as if it were said, 'That you be not tempted.' If indeed it is has pleased God, with God's consent, so hear my prayer. But consider if it is possible to understand this further, because our life is a trial according to Job; 2 and then there is an entering into temptation and a going into temptation which is to fall into temptation and to be conquered by it. And I think that no one comes to Jesus at the same time he has gone into temptation. If indeed he goes into temptation, he does not come to Jesus. For no one comes to Jesus unless the Father brings him to Jesus, that he be restored by Him. To Jesus therefore we come, even if the tempter has pursued us and yet we are not captured by evil. So it is written, 'Evils will pursue you and they will not seize you.' 3 But to the sinner it is said, 'Evils will come after and they will seize you.' Origen, Commentary on Matthew, 'Commentariorum Series'  1 Mt 26.41 2 Job 7.1 3 cf Prov 13.21