A New Triumph over Old Temptations!
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The Realities of War!
The Realities of War!
and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Heb
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gal 5:
Holy Spiritual warfare
Walk(16)= Live by the Spirit’s power
War (17)= Desire… defines the battle
Led (18)= Carried along, empowered
Matt 1:23
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
Jesus is the New Man...
Garden-Adam/Wilderness-Jesus
First tempted by food
Adam Falls/Jesus Stands
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W
Jesus is the True Son...
1. Israel-Firstborn()
Israel-Firstborn()
Israel-Firstborn()
Called out of Egypt ()
Called out of Egypt ()
Tested in Wilderness (40 years/days)
Tested in Wilderness (40 years/days)
Wilderness Passages (,)
Wilderness Passages (,)
Baptized before tested(Red Sea)
Baptized before tested()(Red Sea)
We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means
We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means
The Temptation of Self-Gratification!
The Temptation of Self-Gratification!
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Deut
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
The Temptation of Self-Preservation!
The Temptation of Self-Preservation!
Psalm 91:
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
The Temptation for Self-Exaltation!
The Temptation for Self-Exaltation!
It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘ “Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’ ”
Luke
And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Sam
Application:
Application:
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” ― C.S. Lewis,
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Col 1:
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Rev 20
so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
Eph