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…. The Bible Doctrine. Of Sin. Lessons Aimed At Helping Saints Define, Describe, & Defeat Sin. Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!! Some situations just need to be fled 1 Cor 6:18 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lessons Aimed At Helping Saints Define, Describe, & Defeat Sin
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
Some situations just need to be fled 1 Cor 6:18
Hanging around too long allows Satan to make the enticement appealing…we’ll eventually yield to the temptation
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
Joseph first tried reasoning with Potiphar’s wife Gen 39:7-9
Left with no other recourse, Joseph did the only sensible thing…run away from a spiritually bad situation Gen 39:10-12
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
Joseph’s situation differs from Lot’s in a very distinctive way
Lot was in Sodom by choice…Joseph was not in Egypt by choice, but by means of Divine providence
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
David didn’t plan to see a naked Bathsheba…it just happened
Once in that situation, he should have removed himself
Instead, he yielded 2 Sam 11:1-4
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
The rest of David’s story reveals what has to be done to keep the sin one commits hidden 2 Sam 11:5-27a
David forgot what Joseph admitted 2 Sam 11:27b
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Get our feet moving – flee!!
The right course of action is not just to flee 2 Tim 2:22a
It is also important we surround ourselves with the right kind of people who will help us 2 Tim 2:22b
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Don’t forget the value of
prayer Jesus’ words on a very somber
night should be helpful to us Mt 26:41
Such a prayer indicates a recognition in needing Divine help when we’re tempted
Better yet, watchful prayer 1 Pet 5:7-8
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Don’t forget the value of
prayer Prayer is an equally important
part of the Christian’s armor in his fight against Satan’s fiery darts Eph 6:10-18
Being armored is not enough…we must seek Divine assistance
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Even though the primary
responsibility is the disciple’s to avoid temptation & sin, God does give reassurance in a very familiar passage 1 Cor 10:13
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Reassurances from 1 Cor
10:13 Because God remains in
control, He will not allow His children to be tempted beyond what they are able to bear
Implied is God’s constant watch & care over His children and all their needs
Lesson 3 – Temptation To Sin
Overcoming Temptation Reassurances from 1 Cor
10:13 He is faithful to provide the
way of escape from the temptation
If we sin, it is our fault for not taking the escape route away from danger
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Success is not only dependent upon doing more than one’s opponent…it can also come from stopping him (sports)
If we applied ourselves more to stopping Satan’s temptations, how much better off would be we be re: sin? 2 Cor 2:11
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
The Scripture presents some things that sin can do to one caught up in it
Being more prepared will certainly aid saints in battling & overcoming sin
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can deceive Sin uses God’s
commandments to get us at odds with God Rom 7:8
A sad, tragic irony…the commandment was meant to bring life, not death
This requires deception Rom 7:11 Gen 3:1b, 4-5 Jn 8:44
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can deceive The end result = one who
yields to this deception finds himself dead to God Rom 7:11 Jas 1:15b Gen 2:17
We must not allow Satan to deceive us Jas 1:16
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can vex (torment) The focus = how much sin
can damage us the longer we expose ourselves to it
Lot used carnal criteria when making an important decision Gen 13:8-11
He focused more on how his choice would benefit his herds & flocks
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can vex (torment) The Bible calls him a
righteous man 2 Pet 2:7-8 Yet, there’s no indication he
gave any consideration to the spiritual ramifications of his decision
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can vex (torment) He decided to move his
family to a place where the people were “exceedingly wicked” Gen 13:13
His choice exposed him to wickedness “day after day” 2 Pet 2:8
Even righteous people can be “vexed”
Lesson 4 – The Effects Of Sin
Sin can vex (torment) Was this just being “in the
world?” Yes…sin is everywhere 1
Cor 5:9-10 However, the emphasis on
Lot’s choice and how it affected him personally
It also affected his family next point
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