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Good Morning!
Wow!
It has been a very very long time since I have played a trumpet!
I hope I didn’t call a moose in or something with it!
I want to remind everyone that we are in the midst of collecting our annual Annie Armstong Easter offering.
Our goal as a church this year is to give $1000.00.
This offering is great because every dollar given is directed directly towards supporting missionaries, church planters, and support groups around this continent and our nation’s territories.
Let’s do what we can to further support Church planting and let’s try to reach or even surpass our goal!
James - Intro
Ok, so last week I bit off more than I could chew, I wanted to get all the way through the first 18 verses of the book of James, but we didn’t make it!
We talked about Trials but we didn’t make it Temptation.
Before we dive right in, let’s do a little review.
James was the brother of Jesus
James did not grow up a believer
James choose to not follow Christ before the crucifixtion and resurrection.
Jesus Appeared to James and Changed everything I Corinthians 15:7
James became a leader in the church
Paul and Peter went to James as their pastor
James made major decisions about the church, her doctrine, and her future
The Book of James was one of the first books of the new testament written
James was martyred for his belief in Jesus
James 1:1-18
Get Real
A Study in James
Through the Storms (James 1:1-18)
Real quick, how did you do? did you read the book James a few times this week?
Did you remember?
If so, Awesome!
If not, well lets try again this week.
You can do it!
As Norm suggested Tuesday, maybe even commit some of These great passages to memory!
Write God’s Word on your heart!
It will change your life!
So we are looking at how to face the storms of Life, mainly Trials and Temptations.
James wrote to Christians to address several problems.
Like, divisiveness, intolerance, favoritism, and the overpowering desire for wealth and power.
Last week we learned in order to face trials we need to have to Focus on Eternity.
We have to look at what God is doing.
In other words, we have to change our perspective.
In reality, no matter the trial you are facing, if you ask God for Wisdom, ask God to show you what He would like for you learn from the Trial, He will help you through it.
All you need to do is commit to prayer.
Pray your way through that trial, seeking His wisdom.
Now, that just about covers last week and catches up to this week.
We left off at Verse 12 of our passage.
Let’s look at verses 12-15
James continues in Vs 12 by going back to his main point on how we are to deal with trials and temptations.
The Storms of our lives.
James 1:12–15 (ESV)
12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
He begins to discuss the difference between trials and temptations.
Trials are the things that come into our lives which may come from God that has a purpose of making us grow.
Temptations come from ourselves or Satan.
Temptations come from ourselves or Satan.
Never from God.
Sometimes though it is hard to know the difference.
He tells us that if we make it through the trials there will be a reward.
Something on the other side of the storm to look forward too.
Again, He is telling us to focus.
We must focus on eternity.
We must focus on eternity.
There is the sun on the other side of the Storm.
James reminds the readers of this letter to keep eternity in view.
We are told through the Bible that God often tests His children, but he never tempts them.
So what about temptations?
How do we handle those?
We Must Find and Identify the Source
We Must Find and Identify the Source
First we have to recognize where they come from so that we can understand how to deal with them.
Temptations come from Satan and from us.
They come from Satan because that is what he does.
He tries to destroy what God has built.
Temptations come from us because we are sinners.
We have a sinful nature.
Even after we become a Christian we still have this sinful nature.
This is not a popular idea these days.
Our culture does not like the fact that humans have a tremendous capacity for evil.
Our society believes that humans are essentially good and that the universe is a place of safety and support.
All one has to do is look at a person like Vladimir Putin and see the folly in this kind of thought.
One author puts it this way, “James teaches us this: There are forces in us and around us that are opposed to God, and within us exists a bent to oppose God, to hide from God, to disobey.
We may not like the fact that we have the capacity to sin.
We may not like bearing the responsibility for our action.
But however much we may wish it were not so, our wishing cannot change what is.
And so James discusses this capacity for sin within us, because he does not want us to fool ourselves.”
— anonymous
So how do you handle temptation?
First you need to know what tempts you!
This is different for everyone!
You cannot defend against an enemy you can’t see.
A lot of Christians go to I Cor.
10:13 when discussing temptations.
Is that really helpful to you though when you are facing your temptation.
The one that seems to own you.
The alcohol, the tobacco, the lust, the addiction, the television, the movies.
Does this verse help you?
I have been in ministry a long time.
Even before I went to college I was in ministry teaching children’s church and hosting Bible clubs.
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