JAMES 4 - JESUS' TEMPTATION, YOUR TEMPTATION - PTR. VETTY GUTIERREZ - 10AM MORNING SERVICE

JESUS’ JESUS’ TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION,

YOUR YOUR TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION

JAMES 1:12-1512 Blessed is the one who perseveres

under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

JAMES 1:12-1514 but each person is tempted when

they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

GOD ALWAYS GOD ALWAYS GIVES GIVES

OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES, , SATAN GIVES SATAN GIVES OPPOSITIONS.OPPOSITIONS.

LUKE 4:1-131 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted

by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

LUKE 4:1-133 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

LUKE 4:1-136 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.

LUKE 4:1-139 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.10 For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;

LUKE 4:1-1311 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[”13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

JESUS WAS JESUS WAS HUNGRYHUNGRY


Jesus answered, It is written: Man does not live on BREAD ALONE.


LUKE 4:1-136 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.”8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.

LUKE 4:1-139 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.10 For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;


SATAN OFFERS SATAN OFFERS SHORTCUTSSHORTCUTS

SATAN GIVES SATAN GIVES YOU SEEMINGLY YOU SEEMINGLY

OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY BY DOING BY DOING

SHORTCUTSSHORTCUTS

SHORTCUTS SHORTCUTS ARE EASIER ARE EASIER THAN THAN WHAT WHAT

THE LORD THE LORD WANTS US TO WANTS US TO

DODO

SHORTCUTS SHORTCUTS LEADS LEADS US INTOUS INTO

TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION

He’s looking to give Jesus a shortcut, and one of the ways that Satan will

tempt, and test, and try us as a church and you individually, as well as your family, is to try and give you

a shortcut,

something that God intends for you, but it’ll be hard, and Satan wants to offer you that same thing if you will

simply worship him.

Satan will come against you, the demons will come against you, the temptation will come against you, and even if you hold your ground and are steadfast and resistant,

it is not that you will live the rest of your life without temptation, trial, and trouble, that, in fact, Satan will

seek another opportunity where you are vulnerable.

IS TEMPTATION IS TEMPTATION OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY

OR OR OPPOSITION?OPPOSITION?

GOD OPENS AN GOD OPENS AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY, SATAN BRINGS SATAN BRINGS

OPPOSITIONOPPOSITION

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TRUTHSTRUTHS

A LIFE WITH JESUS A LIFE WITH JESUS IS WARIS WAR

A life with Jesus is war. Satan hates Jesus, and if you are with Jesus, he hates you. The war that Satan has

declared on Jesus, if you are walking with Jesus, he sees you as, in every

way, complicit with Jesus and an enemy of his.

And this war, this battle, this cosmic conflict started in the heavens before you and I even existed.

This alone is one of the unique claims of Christianity that sets us

apart from all other religions. Most every other religion says we are essentially a good person, not

flawed and broken, and that through good works, religion, and effort,

we can improve ourselves. The Bible says that our condition is such that we cannot fix ourselves, we cannot

serve ourselves, we cannot save ourselves.

We need someone to come on a rescue mission to save us from who

we are and what we’ve done.

One of the great things that the enemy does is proclaim a myth of

religion. The myth of religion is that there is a way to grow without

coming to the Lord Jesus.

He remains victorious and he, in every way, avoids sin. Jesus is

worthy of following, he is worthy of imitating, he is worthy of emulating,

and my first point is that this war against Jesus includes anyone who is

walking alongside Jesus.

TEMPTATION TEMPTATION IS NOT SINIS NOT SIN

Temptation is not sin. Just because you’re tempted doesn’t mean you’re

ungodly. God was tempted in this instance. Just because you are

struggling does not mean that you are necessarily spiritually weak.

Being tempted is not equal to being defeated. Being tempted is an

opportunity for victory; it is not an indication of defeat. Temptation and

sin are different. Temptation is an opportunity to sin, but temptation is

not, in and of itself, sin.

WHEN YOU ACT IN YOUR TEMPTATION FOR GOD,

THAT IS VICTORY, BUT WHEN YOU ACT FOR SATAN,

THEN YOU ARE A VICTIM.

There will be times when your physical energy levels are low.

You’ve been working too much, you’re stressed, it’s finals week,

you’re on the road, you’ve been sick, you’ve got an illness.

Your body life energy is depleted. You’re hungry. You’ll get hit when

you’re isolated.

When you are hungry, isolated and tired, then go to Jesus.

JAMES WAS THERE

Jesus was tempted, and the one who saw him tempted the most was a guy named James. James not only

declares that Jesus is without sin, but James was there to see the entire life and ministry of Jesus.

JESUS CAN RELATE

TEMPTATION IS TEMPTATION IS LIKE A SPORTING LIKE A SPORTING

EVENTEVENT




CHALLENGES

When temptation comes, it’s like a sporting event, it’s like a game, it’s

like a match, it’s an opportunity. It’s where you take the field, and maybe

it’s Satan, demons, or whoever’s involved, they take the field,

and it’s a temptation, it’s a collision, it’s a conflict.

YOU CAN YOU CAN EMERGE EMERGE

VICTORIOUSVICTORIOUS

When temptation comes, you can win. You can defeat your

temptation. You can remain steadfast. And all of this is by the

grace of God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

God does not allow any temptation to come that you can’t handle.

God never allows a team to take the field that you can’t beat.

What that means is, practically, the reason that you are in the

circumstance you’re in now might be that you’re finally mature enough and strong enough to handle that..

We don’t want you to see it as a discouragement but an

encouragement.

The reason you may be facing something hard today is because

you’re finally ready for it. And we want you to take that as a

great opportunity.

YOU CAN YOU CAN EMERGE EMERGE

VICTORIOUSVICTORIOUS

TEMPTATION IS TEMPTATION IS LIKE FISHINGLIKE FISHING



LURE

WHAT’S YOUR WHAT’S YOUR TEMPTATION?TEMPTATION?

Every one of us has a different bait that we prefer on our hook.

And so what is a temptation for one person is not a temptation for

another.

We each need to be humble. We need to be self-conscious and

aware. And this is where God gives us a conscience to know where our

weak spots are.

BLAMING GODBLAMING GOD

ORDINATIONORDINATION

God doesn’t tempt you. God will use the temptation as a trial to test and grow you, but God doesn’t tempt

you. God’s not trying to get you into trouble.



Temptation comes from satan.

God’s not trying to get you into sin. And so just because circumstances are lined up doesn’t mean through that ordination it was the Lord. It

might be the enemy.

ORIENTATIONORIENTATION

There’s orientation, and this is where a lot of us who go to college and get very fancy with our blaming God. God didn’t orient you with an

appetite toward sin. God didn’t make you as a fish who desires bad

bait.

Because of sin, folly, rebellion, our desires, our appetites, even our orientations tend to gravitate

toward sin, folly, rebellion, and death, toward desiring the wrong

bait and toward biting down on the hook.

GOD IS NOT GOD IS NOT TEMPTED, TEMPTED,

DOES NOT TEMPT, DOES NOT TEMPT, BUTBUT RATHER CAME RATHER CAME

TO BE TEMPTED TO BE TEMPTED LIKE USLIKE US

RUN TO JESUSRUN TO JESUS

When you are tempted, you can run to Jesus. Fully God, fully man, but

he was tempted as we are tempted. He suffered as we suffer. He is a God who is sympathetic. He is a God who

relates to us. He is a God who is merciful. That’s what it says.

TEMPTATION IS TEMPTATION IS LIKE PREGNANCYLIKE PREGNANCY



DesireSin

Death

BORN TO DIEBORN TO DIE

How about those of you who’ve already gotten your sin pregnant, and it’s birthed death? That’s why Jesus was born to die. We give birth to sin, and then sin brings us death.

Jesus is born to live without sin, to die for our sin, so that through his

death, is birthed our life. See, through our sin, we birth

death. Through Jesus’ death, he births our life.

And for those of you that have already crossed that line, you’re like

the athlete who’s quit, you’re like the dumb fish who’s already bit

down without paying attention to the hook and been reeled in.

For those of you who are—ones who have already been messing around with your sin and got it pregnant, you say, “What do I do? Is it too

late?” No. Jesus lived without sin and died so that those who live with

sin can put their sin to death.

This is where we all need Jesus, and this is where we run to Jesus and we

come to Jesus.

IT’S ON THE IT’S ON THE HORIZONHORIZON

Some of you, right now, you’re trying to control your temptation. What you need to do is kill your temptation. Since Jesus died for your sin, you can put your sin to

death. And that’s what we want for you. That’s what Jesus wants for

you.



There is an opportunity for blessing if we will learn what God is trying to

do in us through temptation.”

There’s an internal blessing where we have a clear conscience and we realize, “I really do belong to Jesus,

and I have changed, and I am changing.”

There’s an external blessing where our life starts to go better because of the choices we make out of the

relationship that we have with Jesus.

AN AN OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO RESPONDTO RESPOND

Other people are suffering, other people are struggling, and they don’t know what to do with it. They don’t know who to talk to about it and we,

by the grace of God, do.

We know to talk to Jesus, we know to look to Jesus, we know to learn

from Jesus, and that gives us a reason to rejoice.

Everyone is going to be tempted and the Christian knows why they’re

tempted, the Christian knows how they’re tempted, the Christian

knows what God is doing through their temptation and the blessing

that awaits them.

Three Areas where we always have temptations.

Pride of life

Lust of the flesh

Lust of the eyes

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