INTRO: EVERY BELIVER HAS FACED TEMPTATION AND MANY TIME'S IT HAS CAUSE HEARTACKE AND PAIN TO US AND THOSE WE LOVE . BUT I TRULLY BELIVE THAT IT HURT'S JESUS MORE THAN WE WILL EVER KNOW.. IN OUR LIVE'S WE WILL BE UP AGAINST EVERY SCEME , TRICK AND PLOT THAT SATAN CAN THROW AT US BUT IT IS HOW YOU REACT THAT COUNTS.
PROP: IT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR US TO NOT ONLY LEARN HOW TO RECOGNIZE TEMPTATION BUT TO OVERCOME IT
INTER: WHAT DOES GOD'S WORD OFFER US IN OUR DEFENCE AGAINST SATAN ? AND HOW DO WE USE IT?
TRANS:FIRST LET'S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT TEMPTATION.
I. WHAT IS TEMPTATION?
A. FROM THE GREEK WORD ( PEIRAZO ) : TEMPT - TO TRY OR PROVE BY SOLICITATION TO SIN . SO TEMPTATION IS USED TO CAUSE ONE TO FALL. AN ATTEMPT TO ENSNARE,
WEBSTER : TO ENTICE OR ALLURE TO DO SOMETHING OFTEN REGARDED AS UNWISE , WRONG OR IMMORAL.
B. WHAT IS THE DIFFERANCE BETWEEN A TRIAL AND A TEMPTATION?
1. A TEST OR TRIAL COMES FROM WITHOUT AND TEMPTATION COME'S FROM WITHIN. FROM UNCONTROLLED APPETITE'S AND EVIL PASSION'S . MARK.7:20-23
C. WHERE DID TEMPTATION COME FROM? GEN 3:1-5
1. SEE TEMPTATION WILL EITHER DESTROY YOU OR DEVELOP YOU.
2. CHARACTER MUST BE DEVELOPED , CHARACTER CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED IN THE PRESENT'S OF TEMPTATION.
3. WHAT DOES TEMPTATION DEVELOP ? RIGHTEOUSNESS. - IS INNOCENCE THAT IS MAINTAINED IN THE PRESENCE OF TEMPTATION.
4. NOTICE THAT TEMPTATION START'S WITH A QUESTION TO CAST DOUBT ON THE WORD OF GOD. AND EXCITES EVE'S CURIOSITY.
5. ALSO NOTICE THAT EVE SAID NOT TO TOUCH THE TREE. THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT TOUCHING IT IN SCRIPTURE.
6. SEE DOUBT ALWAY'S LEAD'S TO DISOBEDIENCE
7. SEE SATAN'S TEMPTATION IS TO GET US TO DOUBT GOD
TRANS NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT TEMPTATION IS BUT WE NEED TO PICK SATAN'S PLAN APART.
D. WHAT DOES SATAN USE TO TEMPT? GEN. 3:6-
1. AN APPEAL TO THE FLESH- WAS GOOD FOR FOOD . A BIG SNICKER BAR
2. APPEAL TO THE MIND OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PART OF MAN - PLESANT TO THE EYES A REMOTE CONTROL A MAGIZINE , A DIRT ROMANCE NOVEL - QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?
3. AN APPEAL TO THE SPIRIT OR THE RELIGIOUS SIDE OF MAN- MAKE ONE WISE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW THAT THINK THERE WISE. QUESTION : DO YOU THINK YOUR ARE ? ( DO YOU THINK YOUR TO HOLY FOR TEMPTATION?
I HAVE MET SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOUGHT SO . AND WHEN SATAN BEAT THEM UP REAL GOOD THEY CAME RUNNING .
IF YOU REMBER THIS IS THE EXACT TEMPTATION THAT SATAN BROUGHT AGAINST THE LORD JESUS. ( MATT 4. MARK 1 LUKE 4 )
1. STONE'S INTO BREAD - APPEAL TO THE FLESH
2. KINGDOM'S OF THE WORLD- APPEAL TO THE MIND
3. CAST YOUR SELF DOWN. - RELIGIOUS SIDE OF MAN
SATAN ALWAY'S WORK'S FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIDE , FROM WITHOUT TO WITHIN
BUT GOD WOK'S FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE
SEE THE OUTSIDE IS NOT ALWAY'S WHAT IS IN THE INSIDE ( THANK GOD FOR SOME OF US , AND TO BAD FOR OTHER'S
EXAMPLE : RELIGION - JESUS SAID TO THE PHARISEES -MAKE THE INSIDE OF THE PLATTER CLEAN
TRANS: WE COULD EXAMINE HUNDRED'S OF SCRIPTURE BUT TO MAKE OUR POINT VERY CLEAR , WE KNOW THAT THING'S HAVENT REALLY CHANGED MUCH.
II. SATAN STILL USE'S THE SAME TACTIC'S TODAY . WHY? BECAUSE THEY WORK.
I JOHN 2:15-17
A. TEMPTATION OF DAVID II SAM. 11:1-5
1. DAVID'S SIN CAUSED A MAN TO DIE AND JUDGEMENT ON HIMSELF
B. SEE TEMPTATION IS A TEMPORARY SATISFACTION BUT IT CARRIES AN ETERNAL COSIQUENCE. II COR . 4:18
C. TEMPTATION LEAD'S TO BETRAYAL -LUKE 22:1-6
1. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A CHRISTIAN TO BE DEMON POSSESED? NO BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A CHURCH MEMBER WHO IS NOT A CHRISTIAN TO BE
D. WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF HIS BETRAYAL? LK.22:39-50 MK. 14:32-47
MT.26:36-54, JH. 18:1-11.
III. GOD HAS GIVEN US SAFEGUARD'S TO KEEP US OUT OF SIN - II COR 2:10-11
A. WHAT ARE SATAN'S DEVICE'S? JAMES. 1:12-15
1. THE TEMPTATION - IS FROM SATAN
2. LUST MEANS TO BECOME PREGNATE WITH THE APPITITE FOR THE TEMPTATION IN YOUR HEART
3. SIN IS LUST IN ACTION
4. DEATH IS THE RESULT OF THE ACTION.
QUESTION: IS TEMPTATION SIN? NO OF COURSE NOT , IT IS WHEN THE CONCEPTION TAKES PLACE . - WHEN THE THOUGHT IN THE HEART IS CARRIED OUT IN TO ACTION.
SEE WE ALL HAVE AN EVIL NATURE AND HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO DO EVIL BUT WE LIKE TO RATIONALIZE SIN. AND WE LOVE TEMPTATION
1. OUR BAD TEMPER ( SOME OF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS JUST YOUR PERSONALITY
2. GOSSIP ( SOME OF YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS YOUR JOB
3. IMMORTALITY ( YOU MIGHT SAY WELL NO ONE WILL KNOW
4. LYING ( THE TRUTH IS TO BAD OR I'LL GET IN TROUBLE ) NO THE BIBLE SAYS THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.
WHAT EVER YOUR EXCUSE IS THE BIBLE CALLE'S IT ALL SIN. AND SIN LEAD'S TO ONE THING ( DEATH )
B. NOW THAT WE KNOW SATAN'S TRICK'S , THERE ARE THREE WAY'S TO PROTECT US FROM SATAN'S ULTIMITE GOAL.
1. YOU HAVE TO REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH SATAN. JAMES. 4:6-8
A. YOU WILL HAVE PLENY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE TEMPTED WITH OUT YOU GETTING INTO SOMETHING INTENTIONAL.
B. DRAW NEAR TO GOD WHY ? HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE GOD'S COMPANY .
SEE : THE DEVIL WILL NOT GET TO YOU , UNLESS YOU GET TOO FAR AWAY FROM GOD.
EXAMPLE: A WOLF WILL NEVER ATTACK A SHEEP AS LONG AS IT'S WITH THE OTHER SHEEP AND THE SHEPHERD, AND THE CLOSER THE SHEEP IS TO THE SHEPHERD , THE SAFER IT IS. BUT OUR PROBLEM IS WE GET TO FAR FROM THE SHEPHERD . AND THEN WE FINALLY RELIZE WE ARE IN REAL DANGER FOR OUR LIVE'S .
2. LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT- I COR.10:13
NOTICE FIRST OF ALL THAT SATAN IS LIMITED BY GOD.
THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAK'S THROUGH OUR CONSCIENCE-
QUESTION - HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT , TELLING YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING BUT YOU DID IT ANY WAY? DO YOU KNOW WHY ?
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW STEP THREE
3. OBEY THE VOICE OF GOD.
SEE OUR OBEDIENCE REFLECTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
