Sermons About Temptation
Joy in Temptation
Joy in Temptation To experience joy, we have to deal with two great joy-killers in our lives: the temptation to complain and the temptation to argue.
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Be Strong in the Lord Part 3
God has given the Christian two offensive weapons to take the fight to the enemy: the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and all-prayer. Through these weapons the enemy’s kingdom can be invaded by the advance of the gospel to the glory of Christ.
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Protect Us from Temptation and Evil
We live in a dangerous world. But it is attractive danger. It is danger that doesn’t look like danger. It looks like pleasure and satisfaction, like good times. But the end of it is deadly. What are we talking about? We are talking about the fact that we live in a world of temptation and evil. Yet many people do not recognize the danger that surrounds us. We have gotten used to living in a world of destruction and death. We are used to in our own lives. As a result we rarely think of it as something to pray about. In this last teaching on prayer, we look today at Jesus’ instructions to pray for protection. In a world of danger, our protection comes from God himself who rules over all things, including Satan and evil. In the protection of God, there is nothing that can harm us. If we remove ourselves from the protection of God, there is great danger. Today, we learn about praying for God’s protection from temptation and evil in the world around us.
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Living Above Temptation
Life is extremely hard. Our lives are filled with work, stress, financial disasters, natural disasters and relationship disasters. There's probably more disasters in our lives than good things, right? That's certainly how it seems much of the time. How is it that some people seem to be so happy; so content. Are their lives just not as tough as ours? Do they have a secret formula for happiness? Why don't they ever seem to struggle with the same things we do? Join us as we examine some time-tested solutions to some of the biggest problems we face on a daily basis. This series focuses on how everyday people find a deeper, more meaningful, more fulfilling life.
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Be Strong in the Lord (Part 2)
The Christian life is a life at war. This passage reminds us that our enemy is real and powerful, yet God has given the believer armor to help fight, stand, and advance against the schemes of the enemy. Part two of a three part message.
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The Victory Ride!
We've finally reached the summit! All the empires of the world will amass their energies against the Lamb of God, but they will not stand! With the power of His spoken Word, Jesus Christ will declare the final victory and all that we've looked forward to will be complete! So just one question. Are you up for the battle? Truth is going to triumph! And while the ultimate fulfillment of this vision is future, the battle is already waging around us, and we've been called into action! How does the armor fit? Key Passage: Revelation 19
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A Perfect Savior (Perfect Worship), pt. 3 (Matthew 4:8-11)
Thomas Brooks, an old puritan writer, once wrote: “All sin strikes at the holiness of God, the glory of God, the nature of God, the being of God, and the law of God.” All sin is a frontal attack on the very nature and character of God. All temptation to sin is an attempt to draw us into a battle against God, to usurp and supplant His glory, His authority, His being with our own self-serving agenda. We cannot understand our very existence apart from the reality of God, and God as Creator, Ruler, Redeemer, and supreme authority in all the universe All of life and your relationship with God can be said to come down to the issue of worship. Man, created in the image of God, was made to worship - it is essential to your being human. God created man for the purpose of worship. Contrary to popular belief, worship is not simply what we do when we sing songs or have strong emotions in relation to God or Jesus. It is a whole person and whole life lived in trust and submission to the all glorious God of Creation and redemption manifested in the Lord Jesus Christ. “I urge you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God present your bodies a living an holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship” (Rom. 12:1). It is to love the Lord your God with “all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength” (Mk. 12:30). It is to acknowledge and so live with the understanding that “from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen” (Rom. 11:36). Worship is all encompassing. All of who we are in response to all of who God has revealed Himself to be: bowing in humble adoration and obedience. Because of sin that entered at the Fall of man - specifically the fall of man at the temptation of Satan - man, you and I come into this world naturally bent to worship the wrong things and the wrong person. In Rom. 1:25, Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, puts misplaced worship at the heart of all of man’s rebellion, “For they exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” You and I have failed in each of the temptations here presented to Jesus. Adam failed, Israel failed, all have failed: “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” This is the backdrop to Matt. 4: our guilt, our sin, our failure in stark contrast to the purity, perfection, sinlessness, holiness and perfect victory of Jesus Christ. If you miss this, you miss the whole point of the passage and the majesty of Jesus that shines with blazing glory as the sinless Savior. Such is the goal of Matthew: to present the perfection of Jesus Christ, who alone is the Righteous King, Messiah, Lord, and acceptable sacrifice.
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Overcoming Temptation
Satan's attacks will come. Are you ready to fight off his schemes? Are you prepared to overcome his temptations. This message will help prepare you for battle.
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Manna Minutes: Difference between Trials and Temptations
How can you tell the difference between a trial and a temptation?
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