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Introduction
I want to talk to you about a subject that everybody in the room deals with.
It’s all around us all the time.
It’s a constant battle and a constant fight.
If you beat it you can experience a victorious Christian life.
If you let it beat you it will lead you straight to death:
Death to your physical body
Death in your relationships
Death in your ministry and witness to others
And ultimately death to your physical body
What we are going to be discussing this morning is Temptations.
Temptations are all around us all the time.
Hom many of you have already felt some temptation of some sort this morning?
Temptation is there when you’re wake up by your smart phone.
Temptation is there when you watch TV.
Temptation is all around when you go to work, or school.
Temptation is all around you with you go the grocery store.
Temptation is with you even when you come to church.
Temptation is there when people want to gossip about others.
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do.
Everyone has temptations in their life.
In Paul has been talking about the necessity to exercise self-control as we do the work of the ministry.
You see, your temptations are not just about you.
when you through the power of the Holy Spirit learn to control your flesh and temptations.
You gain the ability to preach the gospel of repentance and salvation.
The title of the message this morning is “The Way of Escape.”
Overcoming Temptation before it Overcomes You.
Bible Teaching
3 Things necessary to take the way of escape God has given you.
Let me start with a statement then we will look at the scripture and finally I will give you the step.
Statement One: When temptation comes remember what God has separated you from.
1 Cor 10:1
1 cor 10:3-
You must remember our Exodus from Sin
Israel’s salvation from slavery in Egypt.
Through God’s great power he saves them from the bondage of this world.
He baptizes them when they pass through the Red Sea and separates them from the past life.
God then sustains them with spiritual food called Manna and bring living water from the rock which is a picture of Christ.
Our salvation from the slavery of sin.
Through God’s great power he saves us from the bondage of sin.
Romans
We are baptized into Christ and separated from the world.
Rom
We are sustained by the Spiritual food of the Word and the living water of Christ.
Step One: Claim your freedom in Christ from the sin of this world.
1 Cor 10:5
Statement Two: Know the desires of your heart and the triggers where sin starts.
1 Cor 10:
Sadly this is the commentary on to many Christians.
You are delivered from bondage through the power of the gospel but are overtaken in the wilderness by your fleshly desires.
1 Cor
1 Cor
The Pattern is clear:
vs. 6 “That we might not desire.”
1 Cor 10
vs. 8 “We must not indulge.”
Unchecked desire will always lead to indulgence.
Every person knows their struggle.
You need to be honest with yourself and identify the sinful desires of your heart.
The Pattern of sin is laid out in .
James
Sinful desires will overthrow you and cause you to wander in the wilderness of life instead of living in the promise land of God.
The pattern
You can’t stop the temptation but you can control it in your mind before it becomes an indulgence.
Sin that is not put to death will grow like a cancer and bring forth death.
You must learn to be in charge of your thoughts.
The battle is in the mind.
You must capture the desire before it becomes an indulgence.
Learn to apply the truth of the gospel to your thoughts.
Lean on others to help you through the temptation.
Illustration of the Donut.
Step Two: Identify the desires and triggers in your life so that you can bring them into captivity through Christ.
Last Statement
Statement Three: If you don’t have a plan you will fall to the temptations of Man.
1 Cor 10:12
In the midst of your temptation God is still faithful.
He has not left you or forsaken you.
God is walking through the temptation with you.
He is not watching from a distance.
He is providing the truth that you need and the way of escape right when the temptation is happening.
Flee the sinful desire and run to God.
James
God has the final say over the severity of your temptation.
Call on the mighty power of God to help you and deliver you.
Don’t be afraid to use the name of Jesus.
There is power in the name of Jesus.
What is the exit plan that you have for your known desires and triggers.
You must have a predetermined exit plan for your internal struggles.
God will provide an escape for struggles that come from the outside.
When Joseph was being tempted by Potipher’s Wife he just needed to run.
That was an outside temptation but God made a way of escape for him.
Step Three: Map out the exit plan and take the way of escape that God gives you.
Turn to God
Run to God
To Endure the temptation of the present you must learn from examples of the past.
Closing Remarks
The struggle of fleshly desires is one that is common to man.
There is no escaping it.
There is no growing out of it.
But you can learn how to overcome it.
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