Something is wrong inside of us. Though God desires for us to live the best kind of life full of beauty and good, our desires lead us astray. Like a starving man hungers for bread, our fallen nature hungers for sin. Even though we know it is wrong we long for the promised treasures of sin. Even though we know it will hurt us in the end, often we do not say no. Like an addict we are hooked. It wasn’t always this way. Once the first humans walked with God and did not desire sin they way we do today. But now our very nature is against God. Our flesh want to sin, and we do not need any external pressure or demonic influence to make us do it.

1. Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Temptation
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2. What is temptation?
TEMPTATION is the DESIRE
to SIN, that comes from my SINFUL
human CRAVINGS, the PERSUASION
of the WORLD, or the SEDUCTION
of the DEVIL.
Temptation
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3. 1TEMPTATION
The ORIGIN of
Temptation
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4. 1 Now th e serpent was more crafty than any of the
wild an imals the LORD God had made. He said to the
woman , "Did God really say, 'You must not eat
from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat
fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but
God did say, 'You mustmnodleaoffruie
t t
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the id e
from the tree that is in
garden, and you must not touch it, or you
will die.' "
Genesis 3
Temptation
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1TEMPTATION
The ORIGIN of
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5. 4 "You will not certainly die," the serpent said
to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you
eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing good & evil."
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the
tree was good for food and pleasing to the
eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom,
she took some andwate it.her,eand he ate
a
s with
Sh also gave
some to her husband, who
it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were
op ked;
ened, and they realized they were namade
gether and
so they sewed fig leaves to
coverings for themselves.
Genesis 3
Temptation
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1TEMPTATION
The ORIGIN of
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6. What is God saying to
you in this STORY
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7. God made the first humans so
good that they had to be
tempted by an outside source.
Is that still true of us ?
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8. TemPTaTIoN... IT haPPens...
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9. TEMPTATION is the DESIRE
to SIN, that comes from my SINFUL
human CRAVINGS, the PERSUASION
of the WORLD, or the SEDUCTION
of the DEVIL.
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10. 2
The PROBLEM of the
SINFUL NATURE
Temptation
everyone born of god overcomes the world.
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11. "Very truly I tell you,
everyone who sins is
a slave to sin... 36 So
if the Son sets you free,
y ou will be free indeed.
~Jesus (John 8:34,36)
Temptation
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2 The PROBLEM of the
SINFUL NATURE
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12. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but
it is sin living in me. 18 I know that good
itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful
natu re. For I have the desire to do whatthegood,
is
but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do —good
I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do this I
ke ep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to
do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin
living in me that does it.
Romans 7
Temptation
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2 The PROBLEM of the
SINFUL NATURE
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13. Although I want to
21 So I find this law at work:
do re it .
good, evil is right theGod'wlah mebu22 see For
in m y inner being I delight in s w; 23 tI
anothe r law at work in me, waging war against the
law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of
si n at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am!
Who of death?
will rescue me from this body rough Jesus
25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me th
So then, I myself in my
Christ our Lord!
mind am a slave to God's law, but in my
sinfu l nature a slave to the law of sin.
Romans 7
Temptation
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2The PROBLEM of the
SINFUL NATURE
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14. 3
OVERCOMING the
TEMPTATION of
the FLESH
Temptation
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15. So I say, walk by the
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Spir it, and youewsinnolt natutify
ill
fu
gra
re.
the de sires of th ture desires what is
17 na
For the sinful
contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is
contra ry to the sinful nature. They are
in c onflict with each other, so
that y ou are not to do whatever
you want. 18 Bue if younarer led byw....
t u the
Spirit, you ar not de the la
Galatians 5
Temptation
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OVERCOMING the
TEMPTATION of
the FLESH
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16. Those who belong to
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Chri st Jesus have crucified
the sinful nature with its
passions and desires. 25
Since we live by the Spirit, let
us kee p in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5
Temptation
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OVERCOMING the
TEMPTATION of
the FLESH
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17. 31 What, then, shall we say in responhose
to these things? If God is for us, w t
can be against us? 32 He who did no
spare his own Son, but gave him up for
us al l—how will he not also, along wit3h
him, graciously give us all things? 3
ose
Who will bring any charge against thwho
whom God has chosen? It is God No
justifies. 34 Who then can condemn?
one. Christ Jesus who died—more
than th at, who was raised to life—is
at th e right hand of God and is also
interceding for us.
Romans 8
Temptation
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OVERCOMING the
TEMPTATION of
the FLESH
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18. WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR US ?
I have hidden your word
in my heart
that I might not sin
against you.
~Psalm 119:11
Temptation
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19. WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR US ?
16 Let us then
approach God's
throne of grace with
confidence,
so that we may
receive mercy and
find grace to help us
in our time of need.
Temptation Hebrews 4
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20. WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR US
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?
No temptation has overtaken you
except what is common to us all.
And God is faithful; he
will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear. But
when you are tempted, he will
also provide a way out so that
you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10
Temptation
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21. Temptation
Temptation
everyone born of god overcomes the world.
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