KINGDOM LIVING: Overcoming Temptation

LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

September 15, 2024

OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

1 Corinthians 10:12-13

INTRODUCTION:

1 Corinthians 10:6 (NIV) Now these things occurred as examples…

1 Corinthians 10:11 (NIV) These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us…

Five things they did:

• They after evil things.
• They into idolatry.
• They in sexual immorality.
• They over God’s provisions.
• They out against godly leadership.

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

Matthew 26:33 (NIV) ³³ Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

Matthew 26:33 (NIV) ³⁴ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” ³⁵ But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV) when he says, So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (NIV) ¹² So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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.

THREE TRUTHS ABOUT :

1. TEMPTATION WILL BE

1 Corinthians 10:13a (NIV) ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.

1 John 2:16 (NIV) For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

2. TEMPTATION CAN BE

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear…

Three different zones we live in.

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James 1:13-16 (NIV) ¹³ When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴ 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. ¹⁶ Don’t be deceived…

James 4:7,8,10 (NIV) ⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you…¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) God is faithful…

Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV) Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

1 Corinthians 10:13b (NIV) … He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear…

3. TEMPTATION HAS

1 Corinthians 10:13c (NIV) ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 6:18 (NIV) ”Flee from sexual immorality.”

1 Corinthians 10:13c-14 (NIV) But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:13c (NIV) But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Hebrews 2:18 (NIV) Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

James 1:12 (NIV) Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial [endures temptation] because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

CONCLUSION:

Three ways out of temptation:

• Learn from Eve—.

Genesis 3:1 (NIV) “Did God really say…?”

Romans 12:2a (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2b (NIV) says, Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

2 Corinthians 10:5b (NIV) …we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

• Learn from Joseph—!

Genesis 39:12b (NIV) [Joseph] ran out of the house.

Genesis 39:10 (NIV) ¹⁰ And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

Genesis 39:11-12 (NIV) ¹¹ One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside. ¹² She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

• Learn from Jesus—.

Matthew 4:10 (NIV) “Away from me, Satan! For it is written…

Psalm 119:105 (NIV) Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

The Word:

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Psalm 119:11 (NIV) I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:10 (NIV) I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

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Psalm 119:47 (NIV) I delight in your commands because I love them.

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Psalm 119:15 (NIV) I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

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Psalm 119:34 (NIV) Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.

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Psalm 119:9 (NIV) How can a young person stay on the path of purity?  By living according to your word.

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