Hebrews 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews 2:17-18 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
These verses show that to be tempted or temptations themselves are not sin and that not all temptations are evil. Sin is what results from what we do with temptations and the outcome when we yield to them. Jesus was tempted but He never gave in to sin. Since Jesus was tempted, temptations are not sin. Notice that God, the Holy Spirit, drove Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted. Sometimes God puts us to the test and in this case, He put His own Son to the test so that we could have a pathway to follow and be led on to be delivered. (Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:12-13)
James 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
When we fall into temptations, we pray and ask for release from the judgments of these sins and the ability through grace to repent of these sins.
Psalms 19:13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
Finally, we have a responsibility to avoid the people, places, and things that would lead us back to these temptations. We must steadfastly resist the devil. We submissively and willingly go to God for grace for the ability to resist familiarity and the devil. The measure God grants us is according to His own good pleasure. (Proverbs 4:14-15; James 4:7-8; Song of Solomon 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Philippians 2:13)