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Temptation

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What is temptation?TEMPTATION is the DESIRE

to SIN, that comes from my SINFUL human CRAVINGS, the PERSUASION

of the WORLD, or the SEDUCTION

of the DEVIL.


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1 The ORIGIN of TEMPTATION


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1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the

wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the

woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat

from any tree in the garden'?"

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat

fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but

God did say, 'You must not eat fruit

from the tree that is in the middle of the

garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

Genesis 3



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4 "You will not certainly die," the serpent said

to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you

eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you

will be like God, knowing good & evil." 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the

tree was good for food and pleasing to the

eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom,

she took some and ate it. She also gave

some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate

it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were

opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made

coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3



?What is God saying to you in this STORY


temptation?Is that still true of us

God made the first humans so good that they had to be

tempted by an outside source.


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TemPTaTIoN... IT haPPens...


TEMPTATION is the DESIRE to SIN, that comes from my SINFUL human CRAVINGS, the PERSUASION

of the WORLD, or the SEDUCTION

of the DEVIL.


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2 The PROBLEM of the

SINFUL NATURE


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"Very truly I tell you,

everyone who sins is a slave to sin... 36 So

if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

~Jesus (John 8:34,36)

2 The PROBLEM of the

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Temptation 2 The PROBLEM of the

SINFUL NATURE

17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but

it is sin living in me. 18 I know that good

itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful

nature. For I have the desire to do what is good,

but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good

I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I

keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to

do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Romans 7


Temptation 2 The PROBLEM of the

SINFUL NATURE

21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to

do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For

in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23 but I see

another law at work in me, waging war against the

law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of

sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am!

Who will rescue me from this body of death?

25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus

Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my

mind am a slave to God's law, but in my

sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Romans 7


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3OVERCOMING the TEMPTATION of

the FLESH


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16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

17 For the sinful nature desires what is

contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is

contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so

that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the

Spirit, you are not under the law.... Galatians 5


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24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified

the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Galatians 5



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31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who

can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33

Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who

justifies. 34 Who then can condemn? No

one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also

interceding for us.Romans 8



?WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US

I have hidden your word

in my heart that I might not sin against you. ~Psalm 119:11

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16 Let us then approach God's throne of grace with

confidence,

so that we may receive mercy and

find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4 Temptation



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13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all.

And 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 endure it. 1 Corinthians 10


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