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The Pressure Within James 1:13-18. Temptation is Inevitable vs. 13a 13 When tempted, . Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Pressure Within
James 1:13-18
Temptation is Inevitable vs. 13a
13 When tempted,
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.
Temptation is Never Directed by God vs. 13b
no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;
1 John 1:5 God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
Isaiah 6:3 Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty…
Temptation is Never Directed by God vs. 13b
Genesis 3 The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it
The serpent deceived me, and I ateHebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.
Temptation is Personal vs. 14a
14 but each one is tempted
Temptation Follows a Process vss. 14-15
It begins with Desire
It leads to Deception
It results in Disobedience
It ends in Death
It Begins with Desire vs. 14b
when, by his own evil desire,
It Leads to Deception vs. 14c
he is dragged away and enticed.
It Results in Disobedience vs. 15a
15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;
It Ends in Death vs. 15b
and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Psalm 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
Psalm 32 3When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Temptation Can Be Overcome vss. 16-18
Don’t Be Deceived vs. 16
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers.
Revel in the Goodness of God vs. 17
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,
Revel in the Goodness of God vs. 17
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But whenyou are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
Revel in the Goodness of God vs. 17
Coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Revel in the Grace of God vs. 18
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth,
2 Corinthians 5:17 if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Romans 6:11 …count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Revel in the Grace of God vs. 18
that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.