DOES GOD TEMPT?

DOES GOD TEMPT? I. TEMPTATIONS COME IN MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND FORMS. A. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT IS THE FOOD THAT GOES INTO OUR MOUTH OR THE WORDS THAT COME OUT, WE ARE ALL EXPOSED TO TEMPTATION. B. WHAT IS YOUR MOST FREQUENT TEMPTATION? _______________________________ II. PRINCIPLE #1. “TEMPTATION IS “NOT” SIN.” A. JESUS WAS TEMPTED AND YET HE DID NOT SIN, HE WAS PERFECT, BLAMELESS. B. HEBREWS 4:15 MATTHEW 4:4,7&10 III. TEMPTATIONS ARE COMMON, SOMETHING ALL HUMAN’S EXPERIENCE. A. JAMES 1:13-15 KJV B. PRINCIPLE #2. GOD IS NEVER INVOLVED IN THE TEMPTATION PROCESS. C. MATTHEW 4:1 D. THE DEVILS SOLE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TEMPT, NOT GOD. IV. PRINCIPLE #3. EVERY PERSON IS TEMPTED BY HIS OWN EVIL DESIRES OR LUST. A. MATTHEW 5:28 KJV B. LUST IS LIKE PREMEDITATED MURDER, THE DECISION IS MADE, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY. V. WE SHOULD TRY TO AVOID ALL TEMPTATION. A. MATTHEW 6:13 MARK 14:38 B. ONLY BY WALKING IN THE SPIRIT AND PRAYING FOR GOD’S GUIDANCE, CAN WE AVOID BEING SUDUCED BY TEMPTATION. C. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 VI. THE “TEMPTER” ISN’T CREATIVE, HE IS CRAFTY. A. THE TEMPTER REPACKAGES OLD TEMPTATIONS THAT HAVE CAUSED US TO TRIP AND STUMBLE OVER. B. ONE UNIVERSAL TEMPTATION: SINS OF THE MOUTH. C. JAMES 3:2,6,8-10 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 PSALM 23:3b D. WE MUST STRIVE TO WALK IN “PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.”