SERMONS ON TEMPTATION
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Tackling Temptation at Corinth (13 of 21)
by Donald Cantrell
Introduction: Paul had just warned everyone about the pitfalls of self confidence and lack of self control. His audience may have been struggling as to how not to follow in the footsteps of the Jews and their notable sins. Paul is now going to offer them an encouraging word on how to deal with temptation that is going to come their way. In our text today we will discuss the reality of temptation and the reliance that God offers us to overcome it. The Corinthians may have been struggling with numerous questions pertaining sin, idols, fornication, murmuring, immorality, and an assortment of other personal and social issues...
Lead Us Not into Temptation, but Deliver Us from the Evil One (6 of 7)
by Lenny Ports
We are in a study on the Lord's prayer. Let's read it together: Matthew 6:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.TELL STORY ABOUT COLOGNE Temptation comes in all shapes and sizes, but one thing is true, we all face it. People are tempted every day to cheat, lie, and steal. They are tempted...
Temptation and Justification
by Jesse Hendley
Was Jesus Christ ever tempted? I mean with real temptation, as temptation comes to us? Can He sympathize with us in our temptations? When we are tempted are we lost? When we are tempted, does that mean He frowns on us and we lose His favor and His smile and He turns His back on us? Let us look at it from the Word of God. In Hebrews 4:15 we read that ''He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.'' The answer to the question, ''Was Jesus Christ ever tempted?'' is found in these words: ''We have not an high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.'' He is touched when we are tempted...
Breaking the Hold of Temptation
by David Cawston
INTRODUCTION: The one thing about temptation is: A little goes a long way. Temptation usually starts in a small way - it's just ''one little area.'' We reach out to touch it, and get a little bit of it on us. We try to shake off and find out it's sticky. No matter what we do, it doesn't let go. In fact, it starts moving up our arms and eating our way through us until it consumes us. ''Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you second chances.'' - O. A. Battista When this process goes beyond a certain point, temptation becomes an addiction. We are all aware of the obvious addictions like drugs, tobacco, alcohol and sexual...
Victory over Temptation
by Miles Seaborn
Memorize and meditate on 1 Corintians 10:13, because it is one of those prominent verses concerning temptations and it is a power-packed verse and one that will give you strength in times of trouble. I guess it was Shakespeare who said in his play JULIUS CEASAR, ''O, Marcus, a colossal child, able to conquer the world but unable to resist a temptation.''And that was Mark Anthony's problem, and that is our problem because indeed we face some incredible temptations in our time and every time, every man, every woman in his own world or time. Now man has tried to deal with temptations I guess in one of three...
How to Deal with Temptation
by Ken Trivette
Many of you may remember a public service commercial that featured Iron Eyes Cody, a native American actor. In the commercial he was an Indian drifting alone in a canoe. As he saw the waters being polluted, a single tear rolled down his cheek. Iron Eyes Cody told an Indian legend that appeared in Guideposts magazine. According to Indian legend, many years ago, Indian youths would go away in solitude to prepare for manhood. There was one such youth that hiked into a beautiful valley, green with trees, bright with flowers. There he fasted. On the third day he noticed a tall rugged peak, capped with snow. He said to himself...
The Truth about Temptation
by James Merritt
1. James moves from dealing with the Christian going through trials in verses 2-12 to enduring temptation in verses 13-15. The word for trials and temptations is the same word in the Greek language but in reality it has two different ''meanings, a trial is a hardship or a problem or a trouble that inevitably comes into every person s life, and these are tests sent by god to make us stronger. 2. Temptations, however, are inducements to do wrong. They are enticements to do evil. And these are traps set by Satan to make us stumble. A simple way to remember the difference is trials are to test us while temptations are to trap us. Trials are v meant to...
Temptation Island (7 of 11)
by Jeff Schreve
It's so good to see you here tonight. We are continuing our Forty Days of Purpose. And tonight, we want to talk about the issue of temptation. I heard about a lady, and she was in a diet club with some other ladies and trying to lose weight. And she came to the meeting one day and she was so upset. She said, ''Oh, I've gained weight.'' She said, ''I just had a terrible, terrible weekend.'' And they said, ''Well, tell me what happened.'' She said, ''Well, I made a cake for my family over the weekend, and it was their favorite cake, and I made this cake. And I didn't eat any, but, but they ate half of it. And then, on Monday,'' she said, ''all I could think...
How Can I Tame Temptation? (6 of 12)
by Stan Coffey
……..Rejoice with you this morning. Let's pause and go to the Lord in prayer as we begin. Father, we do want to thank you for the blessing of coming on the Lord 's Day and being with Christian friends, opening your word. We want to thank you for your goodness to us, your goodness to our families, your goodness to us as individuals, and your goodness to us in this church and this class. We pray you will continue to bless the radio ministry provided by this class. We pray Lord that you will lead and direct us in all of our planning regarding that and help us Father to continue to spread your word through the ministry of this class. Guide us now...
Dressed for Temptation
by Robert Dawson
A family had a big evening planned so the mom told her young son, ''You don't have time to go swimming in the pond this afternoon. I need you to be clean and dry when I am ready to go.'' As the time drew near to leave the little boy was nowhere to be found. The mother went down to the pond and sure enough there her young son was swimming. She made him get out of the water and called him over to her and said, ''Son, didn't I tell you not to go swimming?'' He said, ''Momma, I didn't mean to but the devil tempted me and caused me to go swimming?'' She looked down at her son who was wearing and bathing suit and asked, ''What are you...
Temptation
by Adrian Rogers
Take God's Word please and turn to Luke chapter four. Luke chapter four. We're going to read together now the first thirteen verses. And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. And being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing. And when they were ended he afterward hungered. Now I believe that is factually true. But it almost seems like an understatement. Can you imagine going forty days and then it says, and he hungered? And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered...
The Ministry of Temptation
by Ron Dunn
There is something that all of us in this building have in common, no matter who you are or what you are or what your position in life is, how educated you are or how uneducated you are, how spiritual you are, or how carnal you are...there is one experience that all of us have had in common this week. And that is the experience of temptation. The Bible makes it very clear in a number of passages that temptation is the appointed lot of all of us. Failure to understand the meaning and the ministry of temptation can lead to a great deal of frustration and failure in the Christian life. I think it was about a year ago that we dealt...
The Temptation to Change Tables
by Terry J. Hallock
We have been here so often and the scene never changes. I calculate that in my 56 years I have come to the Lord's table over 1,700 times and each time the menu and the words have been the same. "On the night He was betrayed Jesus took the bread, broke it, and gave it to His disciples saying, 'Take and eat, for this is my body broken for you.' In like manner also He took the cup and having blessed it He passed it among them saying, 'Take and drink you all of it, for this is the blood of the new covenant shed for the forgiveness of your sins.'" This table and all that takes place around it are so unchanging that sometimes a desire...
Temptation Stage! (2 of 6)
by Dennis Marquardt
INTRO: Temptation is something that we will have to deal with the rest of our life, and it has the potential of destroying us if we don't master it. ILLUS: In the spring when the ice breaks up a very unusual sight can be seen on the great Niagara Falls. Huge numbers of dead fish can be seen floating, encased in chunks of ice from the winter time ... the sea gulls are everywhere landing on the chunks of ice and picking at it with their beaks until they get the frozen treat they seek. Just as the floating ice chunks reach the edge of the falls the gulls would spread their wings and fly away from the danger of going over with the pieces of ice. If one watches...
Temptation (2 of 6)
by Zach Terry
INTRODUCTION: Beatrice Webb- One of the architect of the modern British welfare system. She and her husband founded the London School of economics. she was a Socialist and an Activist. 1925 - In my diary 1890 I wrote I have staked all on the essential goodness of human nature. But now 35 years later I have discovered how permanent are the evil instincts and impulses within us and how little they seem to change - like greed for wealth and power and how mere social machinery will never change that. We ask better things from human nature but we never get a response. No amount of science or knowledge has been of any avail. And unless...
The Truth About Temptation (28 of 40)
by Ernest Easley
As you're turning to 1 Corinthians 10 know this: Learning from those who have gone before you will save you a lot of trouble. Last week a section of Burnt Hickory was closed off for repairs. Well, I had forgot it and was on my way home, when suddenly, I came upon that closed section. I was detoured to Stilesboro then to Barrett Parkway and then to Dallas Highway and what should have taken about 15 minutes took 45 minutes. When I finally arrived home, do you want to guess what the first thing was that I talked to Julie about? The detour! I wanted her to know why I was late and why I might seem a little flustered, but also...
How to Say No to Temptation (1 of 7)
by Rick White
Message Truth: There is not one person, including Jesus Christ, who has not faced temptation. Every person with the exception of Christ has yielded to temptation and faced the consequences of their actions. Temptation is inevitable, but we can say no if we know what to do. (Gen 39:1-20 NASB) Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. {2} And the LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. {3} Now his master saw that the...
Understanding and Overcoming Temptation (1 of 3)
by Eddie Snipes
We all struggle with temptation and will continue to battle the beast within for as long as we abide in our bodies that are tainted by the curse of sin. Look at a passage we examined earlier from Romans 7:18-25 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that welleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward...
The Temptation of Christ - Pt. 2 (9 of 13)
by Brad Whitt
INTRO: Take your bibles now this morning and be finding your place at Matthew chapter 4 again if you would. We're in a series of sermons on the life of Jesus that we've entitled, "One Extraordinary Life." Now, if you were here last Sunday you'll remember that we began looking at one of the greatest battles that has ever taken place in all of human history. The Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 4, as well as in Mark and Luke, that just before Jesus began His earthly ministry; the enemy engaged Him in a fierce battle in the wilderness of Judaea. It was a monumental battle. It was a momentous battle. It was even somewhat of a mysterious battle. It was a battle between the Son of God - the Lord Jesus and the Son...
