A Study in the book of James Lured and Enticed By Desire James 11316 13 Let no one say when he is tempted I am being tempted by God for God cannot be tempted with evi ID: 613976
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PRACTICING A CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN WALK: A Study in the book of James
“Lured and Enticed By Desire”
James 1:13-16Slide2
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,”
for God cannot be tempted with evi
l, 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. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James
1:13-18 (ESV) Slide3
The
Nature of People
: (vs.13) - 2 Peter 2:9; Ps 145:17There is a tendency to want to make God responsible There is a trap to avoid discovering the real nature or purpose of God for our lives Lured and Enticed Slide4
The
Source of Temptation
: (vs.14-16) Stage #1: Enticement: “desire” – ‘to be lured by bait’ Stage #2: Conception: ‘desire gives birth’ – consequences, results, unexpected – Gal 5:16,17 Stage #3: Consequences: “sin when fully grown brings forth death” Warning: “
DO NOT BE DECEIVED
” [In thinking God is the author of Tempting]
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The
Perspective of God
: (vs.17-18)The Testing is a “good gift” from God for our learning: The Testing is a “perfect or maturing gift”: The Testing is designed to bring us to the Word of Truth: The Testing is for fruitfulness: “first fruits”Lured and Enticed Slide6
LIFE STEP: Take responsibility for your choices and trust God to deliver you. LIFE STEP: The stages of sinking into sinful lifestyles in deception and disaster.
LIFE STEP: Choose God’s view for all of your life experiences, it is always BEST!
Lured and Enticed