Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 5/8/22 by Pastor Steve Shields.
Pastor Steve will walk us through the temptation of Jesus and show us how His response to temptation can help us resist temptation.
Temptation can be God ordained as was the case with Jesus. God does not tempt as it states in James 1:13. However, God does allow temptation, and He has not set us up for failure.
Temptation is not a sin. What you do with the temptation can be a sin or not.
Desires are not temptations. How you manage those temptations can be a sin or not.
Temptation is satisfying physical desires without regard for spiritual health. Temptation is also taking a shortcut that doesn’t really fulfill the call. Temptation is making a swap and cheating the system.
Jesus responds to temptation with relationship with the Father. He responds without compromise, and He responds with Scripture.
When temptation knocks at the door it falls into three categories. Lust of the flesh, which is a physical desire that are improperly prioritized. Lust of the eyes, which is a desire to have something that doesn’t belong to you. Pride of life, which is making the satisfaction of your desires your ultimate objective.
When faced with temptation, we need to respond as Jesus did. We need to walk closely with the Father. We need allow no compromise. We need to develop a working knowledge of the Scripture.
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