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Challenge #6: Beware of Self-Induced Spiritual Blindness
One of the greatest works of God in salvation was opening our blind eyes to see.
Protecting spiritual sight is the final of the three elements we are to deliberately pursue, according to Christ’s Last Words. Jesus counsels His Church in life-long, spiritual vision-care, promoting healthy eyes.
Christ Desires Us
To See Clearly
Please open with me to Rev. 3, and listen again to Jesus, telling the church at Laodicea what they needed to have lives that pleased Him. Please give attention to the public reading of Scripture.
Christ’s Question to Us – Do You See Yourself in the Picture of the Seven Churches
This morning we are looking back at where we’ve been. Much like getting home from a trip and spending time looking at the pictures that you took while traveling.
We have invested the past year, looking at the only part of God’s Word dictated by Christ, for the express purpose of: being sent to His Church, being read by His Church, and being obeyed by His Church.
There is no part of the Bible so clear, so personal, and so direct: as these three chapters. What exactly did we find in Revelation? We found that:
Christ Actually
Posted a Picture
Flee the Lust of the Eyes – Remember Lot
051113AM COR-26 Our final stop in our journey through the Scriptures finding Christ as our Refuge may be the most vital one of all. We have seen over the past few weeks that Christ is our refuge. 1. He is the Refuge for all of us when we feel uncleanness; 2. He is the Refuge […]
Learning to Flee the Lusts of the Eyes
051113PM COR-27 This morning I began to exhort you from God’s Word to flee the lust of the eyes. We saw that the lust of the eyes is the struggle Lot seemed to have. Think about what happened to him. Lot did not sit down one day and say—you know, I want to destroy my […]
Flee the Lusts of the Flesh – Don’t Befriend the World
COR-28 051120AM Our God is jealous this morning. He loved us, bought us, found us, drew us, cleaned us and now lives within us by His Holy Spirit. Have you thought deeply about what it means to have a Jealous God living in you? Have you thought about what would offend someone who loved us so […]
Flee the Lust of the Flesh – Remember Samson
051120PM COR-29 Our God is jealous and He is Holy. The sins He hated in the Old Testament, He hates in the New Testament. What would offend someone who loved us so much that He wants us to be utterly loyal to Him? We become an enemy of God when we become friendly with the […]
Lesson 5-2 – The Platform Of Exposure To The Temptation To Sin
BC&D-15 130116WE 130116 BC&D-15 Platform.doc Understanding How To Counsel & Disciple People Using The Platform Of Exposure To Sin 1 Corinthians 10:13 This month we are studying the Biblical Dynamics of Change. Please open to page 81. There is a platform we each step onto at the start of every day, which is […]
Lesson 5-3 – How To Counsel And Disciple People Using The Platform Of Exposure To The Temptation To Sin
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Temptations
ACL-16 970928AM How to overcome Temptations James 1:13 The book of James was a letter written 19 ½ centuries ago. It was from the heart of a pastor who knew his flock well. Pastor James knew the weaknesses we all face and explained how to turn them into opportunities for faithfulness. With the breath of […]
Look for God When Tempted
ACL-17 971019AM Looking for God When Tempted James 1:13-15 The LA Olympics of 1984 were incredible. Los Angeles was over run with the world. Everywhere could be heard the languages of every corner of the globe. In the midst of all the excitement was the Torch. Looking for the Torch was a real passion for […]
Lust – The Giant that Slew David
ACL-18 DAV-11 DSS-36 971026AM FLEE FROM LUST WHEN TEMPTED LUST: THE GIANT THAT SLEW DAVID JAMES 1:13-16 Did you know that one of the greatest events in history has an equally tragic sequel? First there was David and Goliath, when David kills Goliath in one of the greatest moments in history. But there is a […]
How Sin Affects Christians -Job Pt 2
ZNA-265 920809AM The God who is Enough in TEMPTATION Job Part 2 God is revealed through four of His Divine names in this book. One of these names provides the key to our understanding of suffering. That name is His Name EL-SHADDAI: “The God who is ENOUGH”. He is the Almighty, the All Sufficient One. […]
James, How to Overcome Temptation
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Thyatira-How to Resist Satan
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The Temptation of Jesus
000319PM NR1-16 WWJ-08 Mark-8 THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST MARK 1:12-13 “RESISTING SATAN’S ATTACKS” The 3rd great event in the earthly life of Christ was His Temptation. This event is perhaps one of the most vital as we seek to love and follow Jesus all our days. Why? Jesus met and defeated Satan as a man. […]
Resisting the Attacks of Satan
GNB-14 070415AM Jesus was sinless and never sinned, we are not. Jesus was tempted and resisted sin; we do not. We are tempted and sin because we have sin dwelling within us. Sin Still Dwells in Us Paul testified to that in his greatest doctrinal epistle, Romans 7:20. Paul affirms, that […]
Dan, Changing God’s Will, Aliens & Can God Tempt Us
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Should Spies Lie, Can Unbelievers Escape Temptation, & Church Membership
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Living In The World But Devoutly Apart From The World
Jesus framed the contrast between His plans and Satan’s plans.
Jesus said that each day we live, we face a life or death situation.
John 10:10 (NKJV) The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Temptations, God’s Faithfulness, & Satan’s Ancient Playbook
This week as I waited for the doctor and my annual physical the nurse went through the standard checklist of vital signs of my health. We all know them: blood work, temperature, weight, pulse, blood pressure.
Lessons from Christ’s Temptation for Our Resisting the Devil’s Attacks
As we open in our Bibles to Matthew 4, we look today at Christ’s temptation.
Jesus was tempted and resisted sin; we do not[1].
We are tempted and sin because we have sin dwelling within us.
How Do We Find God’s Arms Open Wide When We Face Our Greatest Temptations?
As we open our copies of God’s Holy and Inerrant Word to Matthew 6, we are opening to the best known passage in the Bible.
The Lord’s Prayer is not only almost universally known, these verses also provide the complete guide to our spiritual health, given to us by Jesus Christ Himself.
We’ve Said it All Our Life, but What Does it Mean to Ask God to “Lead Us Not…”
In Matthew 6:13 we open to the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer. This part of the prayer model Christ Jesus left us sometimes puzzling. It is something we have said all our life, and perhaps puzzled over from time to time.
We All Know What Temptation Means. Right?
Close the Door to the Devil
When Jesus faced off with the Devil His weapons were simple—three carefully chosen verses from God’s Holy Word. As we open to Revelation 2, we find that same Jesus writing to a church that had learned the same lesson—how to use God’s Word to overcome and resist the devil, his demons, and their own flesh.
As we open to these verses we are reading Christ’s 1st personal letter to a church. In this letter He commends a group of believers who followed Paul’s teaching and Christ’s example of how to resist the devil at every level in life. We need to pause and ask about what kind of people were these Jesus wrote to at:
Ephesus in the
First Century
Feeling the Loneliness of Temptation and Failure
David from the Bible was just a man. He had a job, a house, a family, and all the other little details of life. Though he was a King, an inspired Psalm writer, and a man after God’s own heart, he was also 100% normal human.
So as we look at the longest stretch of David’s life, the 40-year career he had as King of Israel, we come to areas that can touch our lives deeply.
Most of us will never face a ten foot tall giant-and kill them with a stone and sling. Most of us will never be famous as musicians, or have spears thrown at us, or hide in caves: but nearly all of us will do a form of monotonous, repetitive work for much of our lives.
