JAMES 4 - JESUS' TEMPTATION, YOUR TEMPTATION - PTR. VETTY GUTIERREZ - 10AM MORNING SERVICE

2. JESUS’JESUS’
TEMPTATION,TEMPTATION,
YOURYOUR
TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION

3. JAMES 1:12-
1512
Blessed is the one who perseveres
under trial because, having stood the
test, that person will receive the
crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him.
13
When tempted, no one should say,
“God is tempting me.” For God cannot
be tempted by evil, nor does he
tempt anyone;

4. JAMES 1:12-
1514
but each person is tempted when
they are dragged away by their
own evil desire and enticed.
15
Then, after desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, gives birth to death.

5. GOD ALWAYSGOD ALWAYS
GIVESGIVES
OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES
,, SATAN GIVESSATAN GIVES

6. LUKE 4:1-13
1
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the
Jordan and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness,
2
where for forty days he was tempted
by the devil. He ate nothing during
those days, and at the end of them he
was hungry.

7. LUKE 4:1-13
3
The devil said to him, “If you are the
Son of God, tell this stone to become
bread.”
4
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man
shall not live on bread alone.
5
The devil led him up to a high place
and showed him in an instant all the
kingdoms of the world.

8. LUKE 4:1-13
6
And he said to him, “I will give you all
their authority and splendor; it has
been given to me, and I can give it to
anyone I want to.
7
If you worship me, it will all be
yours.”
8
Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God and serve
him only.

9. LUKE 4:1-13
9
The devil led him to Jerusalem and
had him stand on the highest point of
the temple. “If you are the Son of
God,” he said, “throw yourself down
from here.
10
For it is written: “‘He will command
his angels concerning you to guard
you carefully;

10. LUKE 4:1-13
11
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.
12
Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not
put the Lord your God to the test.’[
”
13
When the devil had finished all this
tempting, he left him until an
opportune time.

11. JESUS WASJESUS WAS
HUNGRYHUNGRY

12. LUKE 4:1-13
3
The devil said to him, “If you are the
Son of God, tell this stone to become
bread.”
4
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man
shall not live on bread alone.
5
The devil led him up to a high place
and showed him in an instant all the
kingdoms of the world.

13. Jesus answered, It is written:
Man does not live on BREAD ALONE.

14. LUKE 4:1-13
3
The devil said to him, “If you are the
Son of God, tell this stone to become
bread.”
4
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man
shall not live on bread alone.
5
The devil led him up to a high place
and showed him in an instant all the
kingdoms of the world.

15. LUKE 4:1-13
6
And he said to him, “I will give you
all their authority and splendor; it
has been given to me, and I can give
it to anyone I want to.
7
If you worship me, it will all be
yours.”
8
Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God and
serve him only.

16. LUKE 4:1-13
9
The devil led him to Jerusalem and
had him stand on the highest point
of the temple. “If you are the Son of
God,” he said, “throw yourself down
from here.
10
For it is written: “‘He will command
his angels concerning you to guard
you carefully;

17. LUKE 4:1-13
11
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.
12
Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not
put the Lord your God to the test.’[
”
13
When the devil had finished all this
tempting, he left him until an
opportune time.

18. SATAN OFFERSSATAN OFFERS
SHORTCUTSSHORTCUTS

19. SATAN GIVESSATAN GIVES
YOU SEEMINGLYYOU SEEMINGLY
OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY
BY DOINGBY DOING

20. SHORTCUTSSHORTCUTS
ARE EASIERARE EASIER
THANTHAN WHAT THEWHAT THE
LORD WANTSLORD WANTS
US TO DOUS TO DO

21. SHORTCUTSSHORTCUTS
LEADSLEADS US INTOUS INTO
TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION

22. He’s looking to give Jesus a shortcut,
and one of the ways that Satan will
tempt, and test, and try us as a
church and you individually, as well
as your family, is to try and give you
a shortcut,

23. something that God intends for you,
but it’ll be hard, and Satan wants to
offer you that same thing if you will
simply worship him.

24. Satan will come against you, the
demons will come against you, the
temptation will come against you,
and even if you hold your ground
and are steadfast and resistant,

25. it is not that you will live the rest of
your life without temptation, trial,
and trouble, that, in fact, Satan will
seek another opportunity where you
are vulnerable.

26. IS TEMPTATIONIS TEMPTATION
OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY
OROR
OPPOSITION?OPPOSITION?

27. GOD OPENS ANGOD OPENS AN
OPPORTUNITY,OPPORTUNITY,
SATAN BRINGSSATAN BRINGS
OPPOSITIONOPPOSITION

28. threethree
TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION
TRUTHSTRUTHS

29. A LIFE WITH JESUSA LIFE WITH JESUS
IS WARIS WAR

30. A life with Jesus is war. Satan hates
Jesus, and if you are with Jesus, he
hates you. The war that Satan has
declared on Jesus, if you are walking
with Jesus, he sees you as, in every
way, complicit with Jesus and an
enemy of his.

31. And this war, this battle, this cosmic
conflict started in the heavens
before you and I even existed.

32. This alone is one of the unique
claims of Christianity that sets us
apart from all other religions.
Most every other religion says we
are essentially a good person, not
flawed and broken, and that through
good works, religion, and effort,

33. we can improve ourselves. The Bible
says that our condition is such that
we cannot fix ourselves, we cannot
serve ourselves, we cannot save
ourselves.

34. We need someone to come on a
rescue mission to save us from who
we are and what we’ve done.

35. One of the great things that the
enemy does is proclaim a myth of
religion. The myth of religion is that
there is a way to grow without
coming to the Lord Jesus.

36. He remains victorious and he, in
every way, avoids sin. Jesus is
worthy of following, he is worthy of
imitating, he is worthy of emulating,
and my first point is that this war
against Jesus includes anyone who is
walking alongside Jesus.

37. TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION
IS NOT SINIS NOT SIN

38. Temptation is not sin. Just because
you’re tempted doesn’t mean you’re
ungodly. God was tempted in this
instance. Just because you are
struggling does not mean that you
are necessarily spiritually weak.

39. Being tempted is not equal to being
defeated. Being tempted is an
opportunity for victory; it is not an
indication of defeat. Temptation and
sin are different. Temptation is an
opportunity to sin, but temptation is
not, in and of itself, sin.

40. WHEN YOU ACT IN YOUR
TEMPTATION FOR GOD,
THAT IS VICTORY,
BUT WHEN YOU ACT FOR SATAN,
THEN YOU ARE A VICTIM.

41. There will be times when your
physical energy levels are low.
You’ve been working too much,
you’re stressed, it’s finals week,
you’re on the road, you’ve been sick,
you’ve got an illness.

42. Your body life energy is depleted.
You’re hungry. You’ll get hit when
you’re isolated.

43. When you are hungry, isolated and
tired, then go to Jesus.

44. JAMES WAS THERE

45. Jesus was tempted, and the one
who saw him tempted the most was
a guy named James. James not only
declares that Jesus is without sin,
but James was there to see the
entire life and ministry of Jesus.

46. JESUS CAN RELATE

47. TEMPTATION ISTEMPTATION IS
LIKE A SPORTINGLIKE A SPORTING
EVENTEVENT

48. LUKE 4:1-13
11
they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.
12
Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not
put the Lord your God to the test.’[
”
13
When the devil had finished all this
tempting, he left him until an
opportune time.

49. JAMES 1:12-
1512
Blessed is the one who perseveres
under trial because, having stood the
test, that person will receive the
crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him.
13
When tempted, no one should say,
“God is tempting me.” For God cannot
be tempted by evil, nor does he
tempt anyone;

50. CHALLENGES

51. When temptation comes, it’s like a
sporting event, it’s like a game, it’s
like a match, it’s an opportunity. It’s
where you take the field, and maybe
it’s Satan, demons, or whoever’s
involved, they take the field,

52. and it’s a temptation, it’s a collision,
it’s a conflict.

53. YOU CANYOU CAN
EMERGEEMERGE
VICTORIOUSVICTORIOUS

54. When temptation comes, you can
win. You can defeat your
temptation. You can remain
steadfast. And all of this is by the
grace of God through the power of
the Holy Spirit.

55. God does not allow any temptation
to come that you can’t handle.
God never allows a team to take the
field that you can’t beat.

56. What that means is, practically, the
reason that you are in the
circumstance you’re in now might
be that you’re finally mature enough
and strong enough to handle that..

57. We don’t want you to see it as a
discouragement but an
encouragement.

58. The reason you may be facing
something hard today is because
you’re finally ready for it.
And we want you to take that as a
great opportunity.

59. YOU CANYOU CAN
EMERGEEMERGE
VICTORIOUSVICTORIOUS

60. TEMPTATION ISTEMPTATION IS
LIKE FISHINGLIKE FISHING

61. JAMES 1:12-
1514
but each person is tempted when
they are dragged away by their
own evil desire and enticed.
15
Then, after desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, gives birth to death.

62. LURE

63. WHAT’S YOURWHAT’S YOUR
TEMPTATION?TEMPTATION?

64. Every one of us has a different bait
that we prefer on our hook.
And so what is a temptation for one
person is not a temptation for
another.

65. We each need to be humble.
We need to be self-conscious and
aware. And this is where God gives
us a conscience to know where our
weak spots are.

66. BLAMING GODBLAMING GOD

67. ORDINATIONORDINATION

68. God doesn’t tempt you. God will use
the temptation as a trial to test and
grow you, but God doesn’t tempt
you. God’s not trying to get you into
trouble.

69. JAMES 1:12-
1512
Blessed is the one who perseveres
under trial because, having stood the
test, that person will receive the
crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him.
13
When tempted, no one should say,
“God is tempting me.” For God
cannot be tempted by evil, nor does
he tempt anyone;

70. Temptation comes from satan.

71. God’s not trying to get you into sin.
And so just because circumstances
are lined up doesn’t mean through
that ordination it was the Lord. It
might be the enemy.

72. ORIENTATIONORIENTATION

73. There’s orientation, and this is
where a lot of us who go to college
and get very fancy with our blaming
God. God didn’t orient you with an
appetite toward sin. God didn’t
make you as a fish who desires bad
bait.

74. Because of sin, folly, rebellion, our
desires, our appetites, even our
orientations tend to gravitate
toward sin, folly, rebellion, and
death, toward desiring the wrong
bait and toward biting down on the
hook.

75. GOD IS NOTGOD IS NOT
TEMPTED,TEMPTED,
DOES NOT TEMPT,DOES NOT TEMPT,
BUTBUT RATHER CAMERATHER CAME
TO BE TEMPTEDTO BE TEMPTED
LIKE USLIKE US

76. RUN TO JESUSRUN TO JESUS

77. When you are tempted, you can run
to Jesus. Fully God, fully man, but
he was tempted as we are tempted.
He suffered as we suffer. He is a God
who is sympathetic. He is a God who
relates to us. He is a God who is
merciful. That’s what it says.

78. TEMPTATION ISTEMPTATION IS
LIKE PREGNANCYLIKE PREGNANCY

79. JAMES 1:12-
1514
but each person is tempted when
they are dragged away by their
own evil desire and enticed.
15
Then, after desire has conceived, it
gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, gives birth to death.

80. Desire
Sin
Death

81. BORN TO DIEBORN TO DIE

82. How about those of you who’ve
already gotten your sin pregnant,
and it’s birthed death? That’s why
Jesus was born to die. We give birth
to sin, and then sin brings us death.

83. Jesus is born to live without sin, to
die for our sin, so that through his
death, is birthed our life.
See, through our sin, we birth
death. Through Jesus’ death, he
births our life.

84. And for those of you that have
already crossed that line, you’re like
the athlete who’s quit, you’re like
the dumb fish who’s already bit
down without paying attention to
the hook and been reeled in.

85. For those of you who are—ones who
have already been messing around
with your sin and got it pregnant,
you say, “What do I do? Is it too
late?” No. Jesus lived without sin
and died so that those who live with
sin can put their sin to death.

86. This is where we all need Jesus, and
this is where we run to Jesus and we
come to Jesus.

87. IT’S ON THEIT’S ON THE
HORIZONHORIZON

88. Some of you, right now, you’re
trying to control your temptation.
What you need to do is kill your
temptation. Since Jesus died for
your sin, you can put your sin to
death. And that’s what we want for
you. That’s what Jesus wants for
you.

89. JAMES 1:12-
1512
Blessed is the one who perseveres
under trial because, having stood the
test, that person will receive the
crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love him.
13
When tempted, no one should say,
“God is tempting me.” For God cannot
be tempted by evil, nor does he
tempt anyone;

90. There is an opportunity for blessing
if we will learn what God is trying to
do in us through temptation.”

91. There’s an internal blessing where
we have a clear conscience and we
realize, “I really do belong to Jesus,
and I have changed, and I am
changing.”

92. There’s an external blessing where
our life starts to go better because
of the choices we make out of the
relationship that we have with
Jesus.

93. ANAN
OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY
TO RESPONDTO RESPOND

94. Other people are suffering, other
people are struggling, and they don’t
know what to do with it. They don’t
know who to talk to about it and we,
by the grace of God, do.

95. We know to talk to Jesus, we know
to look to Jesus, we know to learn
from Jesus, and that gives us a
reason to rejoice.

96. Everyone is going to be tempted and
the Christian knows why they’re
tempted, the Christian knows how
they’re tempted, the Christian
knows what God is doing through
their temptation and the blessing
that awaits them.

97. Three Areas where we always have
temptations.

98. Pride of life

99. Lust of the flesh

100. Lust of the eyes

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