Logos Baptist Church
Effective Salt Shakers for Christ
Words of Encouragement
When was the last time you felt vulnerable to a temptation? Even good Christians sometimes find themselves in a trap they can’t get out of.
Temptation is an act of being enticed to do evil. Temptation can lead to sin; but it is not itself a sin.
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12-13, that we are living on temptation island.
DON’T LET TEMPTATION SINK YOU - Being saved does not make us immune to temptation. This is a warning against pride. The proud man tempts the devil to tempt him. The person who thinks he cannot fall is headed for a fall. Paul's purpose is to warn "against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations".
TEMPTATION IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE - In verse 13, “common to man” means “that which is human.”
Some of the Corinthians may have been thinking that the temptations they faced were unique in human history.
You are not the only one to face your particular temptation.
GOD KNOWS YOU AND WILL PROTECT YOU AT YOUR STRESS POINT - Every one of us has different points of vulnerability.
he struggles of the sins of the flesh for some tend to give way to temptations of the spirit.
Temptation will overtake everyone of us in the future, and we will sin. But God is faithful, and he will not sin.
God’s faithfulness is seen by the fact that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear.
God knows what each one of us can endure in the way of temptation.
ESCAPE IS AVAILABLE TO YOU - The syntax of this verse strongly suggests that God will temper each way of escape to fit each temptation; in other words, the way of escape will be different for each temptation.
Although the way out will be different for each temptation, God will provide a way out.
God has a multitude of ways that he can provide a way of escape.
But do notice that God will only provide the way of escape; he will not force us to take it.
Even when we are tempted, and God provides a way of escape. We can decide not to take the way of escape and to sin.
Be encouraged and don’t yield to the temptations.
Pastor Willie E. Kline, Sr.
“Aspire To Inspire Before You Expire”
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