The Escape Plan
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12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
The Spiritual Life
The Spiritual Life
We are overcomers
We are overcomers
The life of the Spirit is one of
++Freedom
++Victory
++Hope
In this life we are promised
++Overcoming Power
++Divine Presence
++Provision
God is on our side
God is on our side
The Biggest Challenge to a Spirit Empowered Life
The Biggest Challenge to a Spirit Empowered Life
External Challenges to Spiritual Life
External Challenges to Spiritual Life
We are challenged
++By Demonic Powers
++By an ever resistant world
These things pail in comparison to what we present today.
God makes the difference
God makes the difference
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
The text begins with a warning
The text begins with a warning
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
The Spiritual life is not
++A replacement
++A redemption
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
Paul recognized the reality of life in the flesh.
Paul recognized the reality of life in the flesh.
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
The Reality of life in the flesh is unquestioned
The Reality of life in the flesh is unquestioned
Paul’s choice
++To live by the flesh
++To live by this faith
By his faith I know
++He loves me
++He gave himself for me
++The favor of God
Jesus’ sacrifice was and expression of God’s confidence in the redemptive work of Christ.
Jesus’ sacrifice was and expression of God’s confidence in the redemptive work of Christ.
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Caution over common things
Caution over common things
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
No temptation has overtaken you..
No temptation has overtaken you..
What does it mean to be overtaken?
What does it mean to be overtaken?
This term is both
++Prescriptive
++Descriptive
Prescriptive term temptations are
++Plots against us
++Satan’s schemes
Descriptive temptations
++Identify our own challenges
++Our human weakness or desires
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Us verses them
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
What are the temptations in your life?
What are the temptations in your life?
Are you tempted?
++To read your Bible
++To Pray
++To help someone in need
We want our temptations to be special
We want our temptations to be special
They are
++Common things
++No different from others
1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?
2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Regardless of one’s spiritual state, we all share the same tendencies.
We are tempted by Disagreements
We are tempted by Disagreements
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Disagreement
++Says I want it my way
++is a great hindrances to the church
Remember what we are fighting for.
Remember what we are fighting for.
3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
It is possible to disagree and still get along.
It is possible to disagree and still get along.
We are tempted by Desires
We are tempted by Desires
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
The flesh desires
++Things that are contrary to the Spirit
++War against that which is holy and just.
God give Spiritual power over the flesh.
God give Spiritual power over the flesh.
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
We are tempted by our Dependence
We are tempted by our Dependence
(2b)—ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. What a tragedy revealed here.
Depended on the flesh
++Can only satisfy short term gain
++Is limited
++Doesn’t desire the things of God
If we are to possess what we truly need, we will have to ask of God.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
We are tempted by our Disgrace
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Don’t remove God’s grace
Don’t remove God’s grace
God’s Grace
++Unmerited favor
++Undeserved benevolence
++God’s empowerment toward His purpose
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Remember the common things
Remember the common things
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
You have freedom in Christ
You have freedom in Christ
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.