Overcoming Temptation

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Overcoming Temptation
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away
of his own lust, and enticed James ch1 vs13-14
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth
forth sin James ch1 vs15
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Overcoming Temptation
for God cannot be tempted with evil James 1
v13
your fathers tempted me Heb 3 v9
neither tempteth he any man James 1 v13
God did tempt Abraham Gen 22 v1
Temptation to sin
Temptation testing and trials
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Overcoming Temptation
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Who
- can expect to be tempted
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Where
- does temptation come from
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When
- will I be tempted
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What
- form does temptation take
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Why
- should I try to resist temptation
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How
- can I overcome temptation
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Overcoming Temptation
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Who
- can expect to be tempted
Kings
every man is tempted James ch1 v14
Slaves
Single People
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall 1 Cor 10 v12
Couples
the faithful
Be not highminded, but fear Rom 11 v20
those further away
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Overcoming Temptation
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Where
- does temptation come from
Not from God
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted
of God for God cannot be tempted with evil,
neither tempteth he any man James ch1 v13
Externally The Devil
Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour 1 Peter 5 v8
Internally The Flesh
our own lust James ch v14
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Overcoming Temptation
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When
- will I be tempted
when things are going well
when things are difficult and hard
whilst relaxing and at ease
in times of distress
whilst at home or in the assembly
whilst involved in your employment or education
in younger years
in later years
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Overcoming Temptation
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What
- form does temptation take
Attacks will come on the basis of-
- Our Dependence The things we need
- Our Devotion The things we know
- Our Desires The things we hope for
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Overcoming Temptation
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What
- form does temptation take
Our Dependence The things we need
And when he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when
the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the
Son of God, command that these stones be made
bread Matt ch4 vs2-3
when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food Gen 3 v6
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Overcoming Temptation
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What
- form does temptation take
Our Devotion The things we know
- Encourage Disobedience
- Engender Misunderstanding
Vs 1 Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of
every tree of the garden Vs 3 Ye shall not
surely die
- Emphasise the Negative
hath God said If thou be the Son of God
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every
tree of the garden? Gen ch 3 vs1
If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down
for it is written
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely
eat But of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it Gen 2 v16
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Overcoming Temptation
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What
- form does temptation take
Our Desires The things we hope for
Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth Colossians ch3 v2
in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil
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Overcoming Temptation
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Why
- should I try to resist temptation
- Leads to Sin
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin James ch1 vs15
- Lacks its promise
father of lies
- Leaves us weakened
lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway 1
Corinthians 927
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Overcoming Temptation
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How
- can I overcome temptation
Avoiding Temptation
Escaping Temptation
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Overcoming Temptation
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How
- can I overcome temptation
Avoiding Temptation
- Know the Danger and Avoid Pride
Watch , that ye enter not into
temptation Matthew 26 v41
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall 1 Cor ch10 v12
- Know the Scripture and Always Pray
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation Matthew 26 v41
- Know the Problems and Actively Prevent
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day
by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by
her, or to be with her Gen 39 v10
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Overcoming Temptation
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How
- can I overcome temptation
Escaping Temptation
- Take the Escape Route
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may
be able to bear it 1 Cor 10 v13
flee fornication flee idolatry
flee youthful lusts
- Talk to the Father
Praying always Eph 6 v18
- Turn to the Word
It is written
- Tell the Devil
Get thee hence, Satan
Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you James 47
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