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HOW TO WIN OVER TEMPTATION
DEVELOPING A FAITH THAT WORKS
JAMES 1:12-18
I WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT MAN'S OLDEST PROBLEM, TEMPTATION.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO ADAM.
WE ALL EVENTUALLY FACE IT.
SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT TO DO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY "NO".
IT IS DIFFICULT.
OSCAR WILDE ONCE SAID, "I CAN WITHSTAND ANYTHING EXCEPT TEMPTATION."
THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF TEMPTATION IS TO GIVE INTO IT.
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF TESTING.
ONE IS CALLED TRIALS.
THE OTHER IS CALLED TEMPTATION.
BOTH OF THEM USE THE SAME WORD IN GREEK -- "PEIRASMOS".
SOMETIMES IT'S TRANSLATED "TRIALS", SOMETIMES "TEMPTATIONS".
IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE SOMETIMES A SITUATION CAN BE BOTH A TRIAL AND A TEMPTATION. BUT
TO DISTINGUISH THEM -- TRIALS ARE SITUATIONS DESIGNED BY GOD IN ORDER TO HELP US GROW.
TEMPTATIONS ARE DESIGNED BY THE DEVIL IN ORDER TO CAUSE US TO SIN.
V. 12 "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO ENDURES TEMPTATION: FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, WHICH THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO THEM THAT LOVE HIM."
THERE IS A PRIZE, A REWARD, FOR ENDURING TEMPTATION.
FIRST IT SAID "BLESSED" -- HAPPY.
HAPPINESS COMES FROM HAVING YOUR LIFE UNDER
CONTROL, SO THAT THERE IS NO BAD HABIT THAT IS DEVASTATING YOU.
WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY "NO" TO TEMPTATION IT PRODUCES HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE.
IT ALSO SAYS THERE IS A "CROWN OF LIFE".
IN THE GREEK THIS LITERALLY MEANS "LIFE ITSELF".
JAMES SAYS, WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND TEMPTATION, WHEN YOU OVERCOME IT, WHEN YOU LEARN TO SAY "NO" THEN YOU BEGIN TO REALLY LIVE.
IT IS A CROWN WHICH IS LIFE -- ABUNDANT LIFE -- ITSELF.
THE QUESTION IS, “HOW?
HOW DO I HANDLE TEMPTATION?
HOW DO I SAY NO WHEN I WANT TO SAY YES?” JAMES, BEING THE PRACTICAL APOSTLE THAT HE IS, GIVES US FIVE PRINCIPLES.
*1.
BE REALISTIC *
FACE THE FACT: YOU WILL BE TEMPTED.
EVEN CHRISTIANS ARE TEMPTED.
ALL OF US ARE TEMPTED.
"WHEN TEMPTED ... " NOT "IF TEMPTED..." IT'S JUST LIKE TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS ARE INEVITABLE.
HAVE YOU EVER MET A PIOUS PERSON WHO SAYS, "I THANK GOD I HAVE NEVER BEEN TEMPTED IN 42 YEARS!"
THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A CROCODILE AND AN ABALONE -- A CROCK OF BALONEY.
EVERYBODY'S TEMPTED.
YOU'RE TEMPTED.
I'M TEMPTED.
EVERY DAY WE'RE TEMPTED.
YOU NEVER GET TOO OLD FOR IT.
YOU NEVER OVERCOME IT BY GETTING TOO SPIRITUAL.
EVERYBODY'S TEMPTED.
THE MORE YOU GROW TOWARD THE LORD, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED.
IT'S A FACT OF LIFE.
REALITY IS ALL OF US ARE TEMPTED.
THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT SAYS, ONCE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN YOU'VE GOT IT ALL TOGETHER.
YOU'VE ARRIVED SO YOU FAKE IT AND WEAR A MASK AND PRETEND LIKE, “HOW COULD ANYBODY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?” WE ALL ARE TEMPTED.
I CORINTHIANS 10:13 "NO TEMPTATION HAS SEIZED YOU EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MAN."
CIRCLE "COMMON TO MAN" -- THAT MEANS WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
WE ALL HAVE THE SAME TEMPTATIONS, THE SAME PROBLEMS.
DON'T BE SURPRISED, SHOCKED.
DON'T TRY TO HIDE IT.
SOME OF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN A COMPROMISING SITUATION RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS LIBERATING TO KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU DO.
WE ALL HAVE THE SAME STRUGGLES AND PROBLEMS.
IT IS NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED.
IT IS A SIN TO GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION.
HEBREW 4:15 "JESUS WAS TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS LIKE AS WE ARE YET HE SINNED NOT." HE WAS PERFECT.
HE WAS TEMPTED BUT HE NEVER GAVE IN.
IT'S NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED.
IT'S A SIN TO GIVE INTO TEMPTATION.
I MEET A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WHO ARE INTIMIDATED BY TEMPTATION.
THEY THINK "HOW COULD I HAVE SUCH A THOUGHT?"
THE DEVIL PUT IT IN YOUR MIND; IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
YOU ARE HUMAN.
TEMPTATION PROVES YOU'RE HUMAN, NOT THAT YOU'RE EVIL.
IT'S NOT A SIN
TO BE TEMPTED, IT'S A SIN TO GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION.
THE MORE COMMITTED YOU ARE THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED.
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BE RESPONSIBLE *
ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.
DON'T BLAME OTHER PEOPLE FOR YOUR PROBLEMS.
WE LOVE TO BLAME PEOPLE, EVEN GOD.
V. 13 "WHEN TEMPTED, NO ONE SHOULD SAY, `GOD IS TEMPTING ME.' FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, NOR DOES HE TEMPT ANYONE."
GOD DOES NOT TEMPT, BUT WE LOVE TO BLAME OTHERS.
WE ARE IN A SOCIETY OF IRRESPONSIBILITY.
BLAME SOCIETY, BLAME THE
GOVERNMENT, BLAME THE ENVIRONMENT, BLAME HEREDITY, BLAME YOUR PARENTS, BLAME YOUR SPOUSE, BLAME THE DEVIL, EVEN BLAME GOD.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, "IT MUST BE GOD'S WILL OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE LET IT HAPPEN."
THAT'S CALLED BLAMING GOD.
I HAD A GUY TELL ME, "GOD TOLD ME TO LEAVE MY WIFE AND GO MARRY SOMEONE ELSE THAT I MET AT CHURCH."
THAT'S CALLED BLAMING GOD.
DON'T MAKE YOUR BAD CHOICES AND THEN BLAME THEM ON GOD.
GOD DOES NOT TEMPT.
HE NEVER CONTRADICTS HIS WORD.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ONE THING AND HAVE THE BIBLE SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IF THE BIBLE SAYS SOMETHING AND YOU SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU'RE WRONG.
BE RESPONSIBLE.
DON'T BLAME GOD AND DON'T BLAME OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S A SIGN OF IMMATURITY.
THE FACT IS I BRING MOST OF MY PROBLEMS ONTO MYSELF.
SO DO YOU.
WE BRING THEM ON OURSELVES.
IF I'M EVER GOING TO BREAK THOSE BAD HABITS I WANT TO GET RID OF, FIRST I HAVE TO BE REALISTIC: I AM TEMPTED.
THEN NUMBER TWO, I'VE GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
I QUIT PASSING THE BUCK AND MAKING EXCUSES.
*3.
BE READY *
WHEN TEMPTATION COMES, BE READY.
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