A GOSPEL OUTLOOK AT THE 2 T’s: TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS (PART-2)

Scripture Passage: James 1:13-18
GOD AND TEMPTATION
•“Every trial consists in a temptation to lose faith; and every temptation consists in a trial of faith”
•The source of temptation is not God
•It violates his nature as God if he can be tempted or if he tempts someone
DESIRE AND IT’S LIFE CYCLE
•The inclining towards temptation arises because of a fallen nature in our ‘desire’
•This undealt resident desire allows for the hunters snare to do its work
•The birth of sin is not instantaneous it has a gestation
•Sin matures and gives birth to another…Death!
THE WORD OF TRUTH AND ITS LIFE CYCLE
•God is the source of something (truth) while is not the source of something else (temptation)
•He is a giver
•His giving is characterised by goodness and perfectness
•He is dependable
•Consider what is birthed out of the Truth of His Word
THE JOD DESCRIPTION OF TEMPTATION
- It is to question God's promises and commands
- It is to make you fell like giving up
- It is to make you take the path into sinning
- It is to make you feel that its okay to disobey God once in awhile
- God's way is a long way, achieve it quicker through a much shorter way
Take Away: 
EXAMINE YOUR DESIRES AND RESIST TEMPTATION BY STANDING FIRM ON THE WORD OF TRUTH (Ps 119:105)
Satan cited scripture to tempt Jesus and Jesus used scripture to resist the temptation. Then in essence it is not the mere knowledge of God's word that helps us resist but the beleiving of it that will help one resist temptation.