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HOW TO WIN OVER TEMPTATION
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 4 of 15
James 1:12-18
Rick Warren
My idea: "Growing Believers find God's faithfulness to see them through every temptation..."
James 1:12-18
"Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of
life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
(vs.
12 KJV)
"Peirasmos"
Trials (from God) - to help us grow
Temptations (from Satan) - to cause us to sin
HOW CAN I WIN OVER TEMPTATION?
1. ______________________________ (vs.13a)
"when tempted ... "
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man .,.."
2. ______________________________ (vs.
13b)
"When tempted, no one should say, `God is tempting me.'
For God cannot be tempted by evil,
nor does he tempt anyone."
3. ______________________________ (vs.
14-16)
"Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desires, he is dragged away and enticed ... Don't be
deceived, my dear brothers."
"In order that Satan might not outwit us, we are not unaware of his schemes." 2 Cor.
2:11
4-ii
HOW TEMPTATION WORKS (vs.
14-15)
* ______________________________
"Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desires ... "
* ______________________________
"... he is dragged away and enticed ..."
* ______________________________
"Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin"
* ______________________________
"and sin, when full grown gives birth to death."
4. ______________________________ (vs.
17)
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly
lights ..."
Philippians 4:8
5. ______________________________ (vs.
18)
"... God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
But when you
are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it!" 1 Cor.
10:13
HOW TO WIN OVER TEMPTATION
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 4 of 15
James 1:12-18
Rick Warren
I want us to look at what God has to say about man's oldest problem, temptation.
It goes all the way
back to Adam.
We all eventually face it.
Sometimes even when you know what's right to do it's
difficult to say "No".
It is difficult.
Oscar Wilde once said, "I can withstand anything except
temptation."
The only way to get rid of temptation is to give into it.
The Bible talks about two different kinds of testing.
One is called trials.
The other is called temptation.
Both of them use the same word in Greek -- "peirasmos".
Sometimes it's translated "trials", sometimes
"temptations".
It doesn't matter because sometimes a situation can be both a trial and a temptation.
But
to distinguish them -- trials are situations designed by God in order to help us grow.
Temptations are
designed by the devil in order to cause us to sin.
v. 12 "Blessed is the man who endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the
crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
There is a prize, a reward, for
enduring temptation.
First it said "blessed" -- happy.
Happiness comes from having your life under
control, so that there is no bad habit that is devastating you.
When you know how to say "no" to
temptation it produces happiness in your life.
It also says there is a "crown of life".
In the Greek this
literally means "life itself".
James says, when you understand temptation, when you overcome it, when
you learn to say "no" then you begin to really live.
It is a crown which is life -- abundant life -- itself.
The question is, “How?
How do I handle temptation?
How do I say no when I want to say yes?”
James, being the practical apostle that he is, gives us five principles.
1. Be Realistic
Face the fact: You will be tempted.
Even Christians are tempted.
All of us are tempted.
"When
tempted ... " not "if tempted..." It's just like trials, temptations are inevitable.
Have you ever met a
pious person who says, "I thank God I have never been tempted in 42 years!"
That's what you get
when you cross a crocodile and an abalone -- a crock of baloney.
Everybody's tempted.
You're
tempted.
I'm tempted.
Every day we're tempted.
You never get too old for it.
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