“Divers Temptations” I. The Savior Complex- Act 19:9 II. The Souvenir Syndrome- Eccl 5:7 III. The Discernment Disorder- Matt 4:24 IV. Conclusion- James 1:2-4

1. Divers Temptations
1Cor 2:7
7) But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the
world unto our glory:
Pr 6:6 the ant- for the sluggard;
Job 12:7-8
… the beasts … shall teach thee; the fowls of the air …
shall tell thee:
8) … the earth, … shall teach thee: the fishes of the sea
shall declare ...
Deon Dreyer drowned on December 17, 1994, aged 20, during
a practice dive. Dreyer was lost on ascent around 160 ft. from
the surface; he probablylost consciousness because of oxygen
toxicity.
10 years later David Shaw found the body of Dreyer while on a
dive and determined to return it to Dreyer’s parents.

2. Shaw had been working with both handsand had his light on
the cave floor. The powerful underwater lights that cave divers
use are connected by wires to heavy battery canisters. The lines
from the body bag became entangledwith the lines from the
light, and the effort of trying to free himself from the lines led
to his death.
“Divers Temptations”
I. TheSaviorComplex-Act 19:9
David Shaw died January8, 2005 while seeking to recover the
body of Deon Dreyer.
Gal 6:1
1) Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of
meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted.
The water is a hostile environment NOT suitable for human
life.
Acts 19:9
9) But when divers were hardened, and believed
not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude,
he departed from them, and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

3. The educational systemsare partly to blame for not getting
across to the divers that rules must be followed.
A good instructor will help you develop a lifelonglove of the
sea;
a bad one will change your mind about diving or will let you
develop a habitthat will turn into a dangerous past-time that
will turn deadly.
The answer is not to avoid the water.
Ps 107:23-24
23) They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters;
24) These see the works of the LORD, and his
wonders in the deep.
Our job is to retrieve souls from the dangers of
the deep.
Matt 4:19
19) And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will
make you fishers of men.
The Red sea is one of the most desirable locationsfor a diver.
“The Blue Hole” is a dive spot where the water begins at ankle

4. deep on the shore and within a few feet drops off into a hole of
more than 400 foot.
The Blue Hole is an underwater sinkhole. There is a shallow
opening to the sea around 20 feet deep, known as "the saddle"
which is the wall of the sinkhole.
An 85-foot-long tunnel, known as "the arch", whose top is at a
depth of 181 feet, and whose bottom falls away as it reaches
the seaward side to about 394 feet.
On the seaward side the sea floor drops steeply to over 3500
feet.
“The Blue Hole” and the surrounding area have an abundance
of coral and reef fish.
“Divers Temptations”
1. The Savior Complex- Focus on the redeemer not results
II. TheSouvenirSyndrome- Eccl5:7
The Blue Hole is a hot spot for diving because:
 it is easily accessible from shore,
 the lack of sea current,
 and great visibility.
Eccl 5:7
7) For in the multitude of dreams and many words
there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

5. 2Tim 3:6-7
6) For of this sort are they which creep into houses,
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led
away with divers lusts,
7) Ever learning, and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
Iouri Lipski [Your-ey] A 22yr old Dive Instructor died on April
28, 2000; he wanted to film the “blue hole”
Taric Omar [Tar-ek], a local guide refused Iouri permission to
dive because he did not have the right equipmentor proper
certification to dive to the depth of the arch.
“sometimes when you tell a diver it is dangerous, and you are
not ready, his ego overpowers reason. He should know better”
-but ego can only answer in words without reason.
Iouri found a way, he convincedanother guide to grant him
permission to do the dive.
131 feet is the normal safe depth for a diver,
but in the Blue Hole at this depth you can see something
deeper that many divers find irresistible.

6. Just in the distance you can see a little light,
a tempting trinket of mystery beckoning investigation.
At 164 feet down, the arch openingto the sea is found.
This short 33-foot distance from the safe depth and you could
reach that point of intrigue,
for many divers that short distance is the last swim they will
ever do.
The problem is at a depth below 131 feet with out special
equipment your rational begins to slip. You begin to sink
without the mental acuity to react to the warnings of the dive
gauge.
“Divers Temptations”
1. The Savior Complex- Focus on the redeemer not results
2.The Souvenir Syndrome-Fear God
III. TheDiscernmentDisorder-Matt 4:24
“oxygen toxicity”
Matt 4:24

7. 24) And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they
brought unto him all sick people that were taken with
divers diseases and torments, and those which were
possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick,
and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Heb 13:9
9) Be not carried about with divers and strange
doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be
established with grace; not with meats, which have
not profited them that have been occupied therein.
“without special equipment your rational begins to slip”
Sylvia Martin is a diver who learned this lesson, and it almost
cost her, her life.
While diving the B.H. she began descending to the arch without
a sense of urgency. Noticing her warning gauge she attempted
to engaged her buoyancycontrol,
but instead of inflating she deflated.
Fortunately for her, a dive buddy pulledher up to the safety
range.
“I ask my dive buddy; What happened?”

8. Her mind turned up the curiosity and pleasure zones till reason
and discernment were drown out.
Judg 5:30 (Sisera)
30) Have they not sped? have they not divided the
prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey
of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of
needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both
sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Indulging the flesh: “divers” “take the spoil”.
Sisera was known for taking “divers” “spoil” … one day he
didn’t come back from it.
2Sam 13:18 (Tamar and Amnon)
18) And she had a garment of divers colours upon
her: for with such robes were the king's daughters
that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought
her out, and bolted the door after her.
2Sam 13:28-29
28) Now Absalom had commanded his servants,
saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry
with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon;
then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you?
be courageous, and be valiant.

9. 29) And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as
Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons
arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and
fled.
Light coming through the arch tricks divers who have less than
perfect mental stability.
The diver thinks the light on the far side of the arch is UP when
it is DOWN.
Isa 5:20-25
20) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good
evil; that put darkness for light, and light for
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!
21) Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes,
and prudent in their own sight!
22) Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine,
and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23) Which justify the wicked for reward, and take
away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24) Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and
the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be
as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:
because they have cast away the law of the LORD of

10. hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of
Israel.
25) Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled
against his people, and he hath stretched forth his
hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the
hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the
midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned
away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Underwater, people tend to think light is the way out because
they fixate horizontally and don’t think to look up.
2Cor 11:13-15
13) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light.
15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works.
At this depth there is no reference point for scale, creating the
confusion of faulty depth perception.

11. To safely dive to the arch range of the “blue hole” requires a
“rebreather” a tank that recycles the exhaled air using a filter to
remove CO2
, if the filter failsCO2
is inheldresulting in
something like being drunk (judgment and reaction impaired).
1Cor 10:12
12) Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.
We have been called to engage in a warfare that is
beyond the ability of the natural man you must have
special equipment- the armor of God.
Heb 1:1-2
1) God, who at sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds;
“Divers Temptations”
1. The Savior Complex- Focus on the redeemer not results
2. The Souvenir Syndrome-Fear God
3. The DiscernmentDisorder-Get Fresh Oxygen

12. IV. Conclusion-James1:2-4
Jas 1:2-4
2) My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temptations;
3) Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience.
4) But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Ps 84:11
11) For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will
give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly.
“Divers Temptations”
I. The Savior Complex- Act 19:9
II. The Souvenir Syndrome- Eccl 5:7
III. The Discernment Disorder- Matt 4:24
IV. Conclusion-James 1:2-4