tripping over trials & temptation

TRIPPING OVERTRIALS & TEMPTATION

I. Avoid Tripping over Trials (James 1:2-4).2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet

trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. ESV


2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. ESV

I. Avoid Tripping over Trials (James 1:2-4).


A. We Must Have the Proper Attitude.Heb. 11:1717 By faith Abraham, when he was tested,

offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, ESV



A. We Must Have the Proper Attitude.Gen 22:1-2After these things God tested Abraham and said

to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." ESV



A. We Must Have the Proper Attitude.

“We must welcome each rebuff that turns earth’s smoothness rough, for every hard thing is another step on the upward way.”



A. We Must Have the Proper Attitude.B. Realize the Advantages of Trials.

1. They test our faith (ver. 3).2. They produce steadfastness (ver. 3).

1 Cor. 15:5858 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. ESV




1. They test our faith (ver. 3).2. They produce steadfastness (ver. 3).

Rev 2:1010 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. ESV




1. They test our faith (ver. 3).2. They produce steadfastness (ver. 3).3. Steadfastness lead to perfection (ver. 4).

James 1:1212 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. ESV




Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. ESV

II. Avoid Tripping over Temptation(James 2:13-15).


I. Avoid Tripping over Trials (James 1:2-4).II. Avoid Tripping over Temptation(James 2:13-15).A. We Must Understand the Source.

Ver. 13“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.”



Augustine“Every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin and apart from the efficacious grace of God, is utterly unable to choose to follow God…”



Presbyterian Confession of Faith“Man, by his fall into sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation.”



Ver. 14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. KJV



James 1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. KJV



Rom 5:12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— ESV



Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ESV



Ezek. 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die. ESV



Ezek. 18:20The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. ESV


I. Avoid Tripping over Trials (James 1:2-4).II. Avoid Tripping over Temptation(James 2:13-15).A. We Must Understand the Source.B. The Solution for Temptation (James 1:16-

21).

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