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Temptation's Road

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jan 13, 2009

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Temptation always follows the same road. And Thomas isn’t the only one who doubts!

TEMPTATION’S ROAD LUKE 4:1-13 Luke 4:1-13 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Escaping Temptations

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 29, 2009

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We see Cain yielding to sin and falling bait to it just because of his heart condition. He did not take any stand to rule over it or run from it. He just yielded. For Cain (and for us) there is an exit on every level of temptation, and we need to see the

Opening illustration: When we sin we often do so with the futile hope that we shall obtain the maximum amount of pleasure at the minimum penalty. It seldom works that way, however. I once heard the story of a man and his wife who decided to go to a drive-in movie. They thought the price was too ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Understanding Temptation

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009

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A message regarding what temptation is and how to deal with it.

Understanding Temptation Various Scriptures ACS Chapel Service March19, 2009, revised and expanded for March 29, 2009 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: The Wesleyan Church is what is called a “holiness” church. In other words, we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Temptation Of Christ

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 4, 2008

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An example from the life of Christ on how to deal with temptation every day.

THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST Matthew 4:1-11 INTRO: We are all faced with many temptations each day. It seems like the harder we try to live for Jesus, the more temptations that we endure. Today, we want to look at the temptations of Jesus, and see if we can ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Defeating Temptation

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Feb 21, 2008

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May I suggest that we all live on “Temptation Planet”? We have to deal with the “tempter” whose object it is to get everyone to be unfaithful to God!

A couple of years ago FOX came out with a new reality show called “Temptation Island” and it was a smash hit for two years. Over 16 million people watched it weekly. And if you haven’t noticed reality TV shows are very popular today. May I suggest that we all live on “Temptation Planet”? We have ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Fighting Temptation Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 13, 2006

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The Devil does not appear to us in a red suite with a pitchfork. In fact, Satans temptations are often attractive and fill legitimate needs - or seem to. Learn how Jesus fought these temptations and how we can as well.

Temptation An attorney was sitting in his office late one night, when the Devil appeared before him. The Devil told the lawyer, /’I have a proposition for you. You can win every case you try, for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you, your colleagues will stand in awe of you, and you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-39

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Overcoming Temptation

Contributed by Todd Nelson on Nov 26, 2005

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Whether it’s anger, insecurity, fear, low self-esteem, lust, infidelity, pride, financial problems due to over spending, laziness, unbearable marriages, broken parent-child relationships or being over weight, ALL of us have personal struggles in our lives

Overcoming Temptation: Discovering How To Reign In Life Those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17) INTRODUCTION: Whether it’s anger, insecurity, fear, low self-esteem, lust, infidelity, pride, financial ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Temptations Of Christ

Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 12, 2005

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When we go through temptation we do not need to go through in our own strength rather we can rely on our Saviour who has been tempted in every way, yet who did not give in.

The Temptations of Christ Scripture Readings Hebrews 4:14-5:3 Matthew 4:1-11 (text) Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ It doesn’t take us long in life to learn that valleys follow mountains, lows follow highs, and solutions quickly dissolve into more problems. You finish university studies and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Temptation Island Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 11, 2002

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In part 4, we see how God gives us help to not harm others.

First Baptist Church 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Temptation Island June 16, 2002 Out of the four sermons on the prayer of Jabez, I must admit this has been the most difficult to write. The reason is actually kind of strange. I looked at the NIV, RSV, NKJV, NLT, and the NASB. Unfortunately they didn’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Temptation Series

Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006

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To defeat the Giant of temptation, it helps to understand the Devil and his ways.

Key verse: “Then the devil left him and angels came and attended him” (Matthew 4:11) (Secondary verse James 4:7) INTRODUCTION Temptation is a trap – it can get you into a lot of trouble and see you come undone in an instant. A woman and a man are involved in a car accident. It’s a bad one. Both ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:11

Denomination: *other

Dealing With Temptation Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Apr 5, 2007

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The way in which Jesus faced temptation teaches us how we can deal with it too. We are all tempted. However, like Jesus, we can resist temptation

NOTE: The strategies for resisting temptation at the end of this sermon were taken from a sermon entitled "Claiming the Victory – Strategies for Resisting Temptation" by Keith Manry -Foun here on sermoncentral.com Introduction: What tempts you? I’m not talking about the ice cream and chocolate ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Beware Of Temptations Series

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009

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How you can claim holiness in the midst of temptations?

BEWARE OF TEMPTATIONS James 1:12-18 PROPOSITION: Because Christ is holy, you must be holy in spite of temptations. I. PURSUE THE “CROWN OF LIFE”! (12) A. Expect temptations. 1. Right response leads to spiritual endurance. 2. Wrong response leads to sin and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12-18

Denomination: Baptist

Temptation Truths

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009

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A look at the subject of temptation from James 1 and various other Bible texts

"Temtpation Truths" Temptation comes to the child of God in many ways, but James tells us that "Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lusts and enticed" (James 1:14) teaching us that the source of temptation is the lust within man, not necessarily the devil as most of us would ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Yield Not To Temptation

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Mar 11, 2011

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God gives us the power to resist temptation

Matthew 4:1-11 A mother walked into the kitchen one day and interrupted her 3 year old, who was on top of a chair eating cookies. When she asked what he was doing, the toddler explained: “Mom, I just climbed up here to smell them but my tooth got caught. When we give in to temptation we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: *other

Temptations Of Christ

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 12, 2011

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Jesus being tempted in three important areas of life 1. Our need for food 2. Our need for identity and 3. Our need to worship The choice is how we respond

Introduction Leo Tolstoy tells this story: A young Russian inherits his father’s small farm. He immediately starts dreaming of how to expand his property when one morning a well-dressed stranger visits him and makes him an offer that is too good to be true. He could have free of charge ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

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