Forbidden Fruit

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Forbidden Fruit Bad Jam! James 114-15
1 Peter 58-9 Rom. 1221 1 Cor. 1013
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Temptation is SureEach one is tempted when

• Each person (no exceptions), Matt. 43
• Temptation is individual, Lk. 2231
• Get ready for it, Eph. 427 611 Jas. 47
• Jesus is our helper, Heb. 218 415-16

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Temptation is Subtlehe is drawn away

• Cunning, crafty full of deceit, Gen. 31 2
  Cor. 113
• Temptation draws us away from what is right, Lk.
  2233 (54-61)
• Do not be over-confident (1 Cor. 1012)

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Temptation is Specializedby his own desires

• Tailor-made to fit each person, Matt. 42-3, 5-6,
  8-9
• We are our own worst enemy until we learn to deny
  self, Lk. 923 1 Co. 925-27
• Lust Strong desire for (unlawful) satisfaction,
  Matt. 528 1 Jno. 216 1 Pet. 59 Prov.
  423

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Temptation is Seductiveand enticed

• Temptation is alluring, but sin is not inevitable
• Love for the bait attracts us, 1 Jno. 215
• Satans deception Convinces us if we take the
  bait we desire we will be satisfied, but
• Ensnared by sin! (1 Tim. 69-10)

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The Result When We Give Insindeath

• Choosing to fulfill lust produces sin, Eph. 23
  (when desire has conceived)
• Sin produces spiritual death, Jas. 115 Rom.
  512 621, 23
• Do not be deceived, Jas. 116

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You Can Endure PrevailBlessed is the man who
endures

• With faith, joy, patience, Jas. 12-4
• Be purified by it, 1 Pet. 16-7
• Use word of God, Psa. 11911
• Through prayer, Matt. 613
• Through Christs redemptive work, Heb. 217-18
  415-16

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Blessed is the man who endures temptation James
112

• We will not be removed from every temptation,
  but
• We can be protected, resist, endure be saved,
  Matt. 613 Jno. 1714-16 Jas. 47