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James 1:12-18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen Caswell © 2003
Resisting Temptation
 
Anyone who has trained a dog to obey knows this scene.
A bit of meat or bread is placed on the floor near the dog and the master says, No! which the dog knows means that he must not touch it.
The dog will usually take his eyes off the food, because the temptation to disobey would be too great, and instead will fix his eyes on the master’s face.
That is the lesson of the dog.
Always look to the Master’s face.
So to the Christian ought to look to God for His needs and not to temptation.
Tonight we will look at gaining victory over temptation.
In overcoming temptation James asks us to consider three things, */God’s Judgment, God’s Goodness/* and */God’s Nature./*
/Firstly, /Consider/ /God’s Judgment
 
/a.
Difference between Trials & Temptation/
 
*James 1:12-13:* /Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
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A few weeks ago we looked at triumphing over trials.
Tonight I want to look at overcoming temptation.
The two are similar and it is easy to view them as the same.
Yet in meaning the two must be carefully distinguished.
A trial is an outward circumstance that can pose difficulties to our faith.
Job went through a severe trial and endured it.
A temptation is the inner enticement to sin.
David was tempted to sin with Bathsheba and was overcome by it.
Trials and temptations can both lead to sin.
It is not wrong to suffer like Job did.
What’s wrong is to charge God.
The very thing Job’s wife told him to do.
Temptations are not sinful until we entertain them.
We can’t avoid every kind of temptation.
But we can decide what we will do about it.
We need to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
We need to reject the temptation at the outset.
If we do this we will avoid sin in our heart and in our bodies.
David saw and coveted his neighbor’s wife.
He desired Bathsheba and then he took her and committed adultery.
What James is concerned about is that his readers will confuse these two and attribute temptation to God.
Scripture indicates that God does */test/* or put his people through trials.
God arranges trials to come our way.
He also allows temptations to come our way.
But, James emphatically asserts, */God never tempts his people/*.
If God tempted us He would be the originator of sin instead of Satan.
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Desire/
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*Ja 1:14:* /But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
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People are tempted to sin from within by our sinful nature.
The word */desire/* ἐπιθυμία means */lust,/* */craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden./*
The normal desires of life were given to us by God and, of themselves, are not sinful.
Unless we felt hunger and thirst, we would never eat and drink, and we would die.
Without fatigue, the body would never rest and would eventually wear out.
Sex is a normal desire; without it the human race could not continue.
It is when we want to satisfy these desires in ways outside God’s will that we get into trouble.
The Bible says that gluttony, drunkenness, sexual immorality and slothfulness are sinful.
*2 Corinthians 10:4-5:*/ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,/
 
*John 2:16* tells us that there are three areas of temptation we must deal with, */the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
/*When you examine the sins of Eve, Achan and David you can see these three sources of temptation at work.
Any one of them can lead us into sin.
*Genesis 3:6 says:* /So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.
She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate./
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               Eve saw the forbidden tree and was lured into sin.
David, a man of God, did the same when he sinned with Bathsheba.
Today, more than ever, Satan is tempting people through their eyes.
I recently read an article by Chuck Swindoll of a secret problem lurking in our Churches.
The most recent studies indicate that 50% of people sitting in our Church pews are looking at or could be addicted to Internet Pornography.
This temptation confronts all ages as most have internet access.
The most at risk are young adults and young married’s.
Beloved we must be on our guard.
You don’t have to go looking to find pornography; it comes into your home via the Internet, Television and Videos.
Because of this we must be extra careful.
We should monitor the programs our children watch on computer games DVD’s and the Internet.
Young people need boundaries too when it comes to watching friends, movies and music.
James Dobson advises not to allow your children to have TV, Stereos and Computers in their own bed rooms.
They should not be allowed to use these powerful forms of media without adult supervision.
Job said this in *31:1:* /I have made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman.
*Let’s stop sin at its source by exercising our will and guarding our minds from evil desires.*/
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Deception/
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*Ja 1:14:* /but each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
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Fishing
 
I like to go fishing.
It’s one of those hobbies that you get more out of it than catching something; you get to eat what you catch.
However fish are pretty smart or at least the ones that come my way are.
So to catch them you have to trick them.
An empty hook won’t work; you have to offer the fish something they want, like prawns, worms or meat.
The bait conceals the dangerous hook underneath.
After the fish swallows the bait you sink the hook.
The idea is one of deception and guile.
That’s what Satan does to us.
The word/ *enticed*/ δελεάζω/ /means */to catch with bait, to set a trap, allure, entice, deceive./*
Sin begins with evil desires and thoughts but when left unchecked leads to deeds.
The tragic thing about sin is that the consequences of sin are usually hidden or minimized.
That is the */deceptive/* nature of evil.
Satan highlights the pleasures whilst covering up the consequences.
The word */enticed/* reveals how the Devil does this.
When tempting Eve, Satan first questioned God’s Word and later denied it.
He appealed to Eve’s pride.
He promised her that she would be like God.
A promise that was far from true.
Satan deceived Eve.
*2 Corinthians 11:3* /But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ./
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