THREE LIES FROM THE ENEMY
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Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
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.
Main Idea: God desires for you to live a life free from lies.
Main Idea: God desires for you to live a life free from lies.
Key Question: What lies have you believed?
Key Question: What lies have you believed?
Lie #1 – Be proud of what you have done! (v.12)
Lie #1 – Be proud of what you have done! (v.12)
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
Peter answered and said to Him, “Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble.”
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And so said all the disciples.
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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Lie #2 – You are the only that has gone through this. (v.13a)
Lie #2 – You are the only that has gone through this. (v.13a)
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.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
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For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Lie #3 – God will never give you more than you can handle. (v.13b)
Lie #3 – God will never give you more than you can handle. (v.13b)
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.
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;