GOD IS FAITHFUL
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13
WHAT IS TEMPTATION?
3 WORDS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND …
TEMPTATION …
“TEMPTATION CAN BE CLEARLY DEFINED AS AN ENTICEMENT OF OUR NATURAL, GOD-GIVEN DESIRES TO GO BEYOND GOD-GIVEN BOUNDARIES.”
STANLEY
TRIALS …
PERIODS OF TESTING THAT GOD USES TO STRENGTHEN US
JAMES 1:2-3,12
TEST …
“LIFE IS FULL OF TEST AND EVERY TEST POTENTIATES A TEMPTATION … TEMPTATION IS AN INWARD SOLICITATION RESULTING FROM THE OUTWARD TEST.”
McARTHUR
7 WORDS TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS …
THOUGHT … IMAGINATION … MEDITATION … WILL … CHOICE … CONSENT … SIN …
HOW DO WE OVERCOME TEMPTATION?
KNOW SOMETHING:
TEMPTATION IS COMMON TO MAN …
BELIEVE SOMETHING:
IT IS PURPOSEFUL … “GOD IS FAITHFUL”
JAMES 1:13
IT IS POWERFUL … “BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE …”
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S FAITHFULNESS?
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23
“FLEE” Vv.14
APPLICATION:
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
WHERE GRACE AND SUFFERING MEET
YOU HAVE SHOWN ME YOUR LOVE
THROUGH THE JUDGEMENT YOU RECEIVED
AND YOU WON MY HEART
YES, YOU’VE WON MY HEART
NOW I CAN
TRADE THE ASHES FOR BEAUTY
AND WEAR FORGIVENESS LIKE A CROWN
COMING TO KISS THE FEET OF MERCY
I LAY EVERY BURDEN DOWN
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
WHERE I AM MADE COMPLETE
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME LIFE
THROUGH THE DEATH YOU BORE FOR ME
I AM LAYING EVERY BURDEN DOWN
I AM LAYING EVERY BURDEN DOWN
AMEN
