Sermons on Temptation
1 Corinthians 6, 2 Samuel 11-12
Sin Will Take You Further Than You Want to Go SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 6, 2 Samuel 11-12 Introduction: A Southern Gospel song I heard only once in my life, but remember clearly, goes like this: “Sin will take you further than you want to go, Slowly but wholly taking control. Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay, Sin will cost you more than you want to pay.” That is the message I want to share with you today. Several weeks…
1 Cor. 10:1-13
The Peril of Overconfidence SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 10:1-13 Introduction: Someone has said that if history teaches us anything, it is that history teaches us nothing. In other words, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat its mistakes. In 1 Corinthians 10 the Apostle Paul gives us a major history lesson, with the express purpose of getting us to learn from the past. In chapter 9 he told us that he kept his body in top shape spiritually because…
1 Cor. 10:13
The Trial of Your Faith SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 10:13 Introduction: For our special Fifth Sunday Worship experience I want to speak to you briefly on the subject of temptations and trials. They have so much in common that the Greek language uses the exact same word to describe both. One has to determine which is being referred to from the context. Last Lord’s Day we examined one of the great verses of Scripture on temptation in 1 Cor. 10:13: “No temptation has seized…
Matthew 6:5-15
This Is How You Should Pray Introduction: On this second Sunday of our month-long all-church sabbatical, I want us to return to the Sermon on the Mount. Last Lord’s Day, because of the outbreak of war in the Middle East, we took a brief excursion to the 40th chapter of Isaiah, but the remainder of our sabbatical themes will come from the 6th chapter of Matthew. I want to begin this morning by reading part of the passage I skipped last Sunday and then continue…
Genesis 39-41
Joseph: There’s No Substitute for Integrity at Work In our new series on The Ministry of the Market Place we have spent the past two Sundays laying the foundation for a biblical theology of Work. Today we are going to turn from the general to the specific. We are going to begin to examine some biblical biographies of individuals who understood the theology of work, and we hope to learn what it was in their lives that enabled them to live out that theology. None…
Luke 11:1-13
God Doesn’t Read Junk Mail: Parable of the Midnight Caller I remember some of the strangest things about my childhood. One clear recollection has to do with my duty of taking out the trash and burning it in the fifty gallon barrel in the back yard of our home in St. Louis. In those days the garbage man only picked up garbage; everything else was burned. On this particular day as I was emptying a wastebasket ,I noticed four or five unopened letters…
Hebrews 2:5-18
What is Mankind? For the past several Sundays we have been studying about angels. Our goal has been to discover how significant angels are to us, not that we might honor the angels but rather that we might honor Jesus Christ, who is so much greater than even the angels. As we come to our text today, we find that the author is not quite through with angels; in fact, they are mentioned four more times in Hebrews 2:5‑18. It is not…
James 1:13-18
When Temptation Overpowers You Last Lord’s Day we took the first step in our summer journey through the Epistle of James, introducing the book and sharing some practical and encouraging answers about what to do when troubles pile up. Today we are going to examine a closely related topic–what to do when temptation overpowers you. I can’t think of any area in which we need to “walk the talk” more than in regard to temptation. Let’s read James 1:13-18: When tempted, no one…