Ask Jesus Not To Lead Us Into Temptation

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Ask Jesus Not To Lead Us Into Temptation

• And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
  from evil For thine is the kingdom, and the
  power, and the glory, for ever. Amen
• Matthew 613
• July 19, 2009
• Rev. David B. Hanson

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Two Well-Known Temptations

• The Fall of Adam and Eve
• Genesis 31-7
• The subtle serpent
• The knowledge of good and evil
• The fall
• The Temptation of Jesus
• Matthew 41-11
• Fast for 40 days
• Command the stones to become bread
• Jump from the pinnacle of the temple and expect
  Gods angel to deliver
• Rule the world and worship the Devil

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The Difference Between Trial and Temptation

• A Trial
• Strengthen the persons faith.
• Transform the persons weakness into the strength
  by depending on God in a deeper way.
• I Peter 17
• That the trial of your faith, being much more
  precious than gold that perisheth, though it be
  tried with fire, might be found unto praise and
  honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
  Christ
• A Temptation
• A strategy of the devil to draw us to do evil.
• An aim of the devil to destroy us.
• I Corinthians 1013
• There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
  common to man but God is faithful, who will not
  suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able
  but will with the temptation also make a way to
  escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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The Purposes of the Temptation

• To draw you away from God
• To thwart Gods purpose for your life
• To deny the glory of God in your life
• To destroy you in any way

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Josephs Escape From the Temptation

• Genesis 391-23
• There is none greater in this house than I
  neither hath he kept back any thing from me but
  thee, because thou art his wife how then can I
  do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
• Genesis 399

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Spiritual Advice for the Believers

• I Peter 58
• Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the
  devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
  whom he may devour
• James 47-8
• Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
  devil, and he will flee from you.
• Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
  Cleanse your hands, ye sinners and purify your
  hearts, ye double minded.