Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
ON TEMPTATION
A number of years ago, the Douglas Aircraft company was competing with Boeing to sell Eastern Airlines its first big jets. War hero Eddie Rickenbacker, the head of Eastern Airlines, reportedly told Donald Douglas that the specifications and claims made by Douglas’s company for the
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Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
TEMPTATION
Can you see him running, he is running with all his might? Look at the beads of sweat popping out on his forehead. Each step that he takes is labored; he is exhausted from the struggle. Can you see the fear in his eyes as he looks back over his shoulder? Something’s got a hold on him and
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
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Flip Wilson used to say the Devil made him do it. And he smiled while he said it. I have an idea that Flip made Flip
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2002
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GENERATION TO GENERATION
A little girl called out, "Mommy, you know that vase china cabinet, the one that’s been handed down from generation to generation?"
Yes, dear, I know which one you mean, what about it?
"Well, Mommy, I’m sorry, but this generation just dropped it!"
Now some earthly
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 3, 2023
Have you seen the Kid’s Candy Challenge videos?
• What happens in the Kid’s Candy Challenge is the parent tells their small child or children that they can have
some candy
• But they have to wait until mom or dad gets back
• The candy is set right in front of them
• Along with a phone to
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A well-known author once told this story of an account he had with sea gulls: “Several years ago our family visited Niagara Falls. It was spring, and ice was rushing down the river. As I viewed the large blocks of ice flowing toward the falls, I could see that there were dead fish embedded in the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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A compulsion is a highbrow term for a temptation were not
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Opportunity knocks but once, but temptation leans
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THE SEVEN STEPS OF TEMPTATION:
· Tempted – The thought of evil NOT A SIN YET!!!
· Drawn away – strong imagination
· Lust – self gratification and desire
· Entice – weakening of the will
· Lust conceived – yielding to that desire / carrying out the thought.
· Sin – committing the act missing
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Apostolic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
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William Barclay - Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 17, 2008
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we
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A driver tucked this note under the windshield wiper of his automobile for a police officer to read.
"I've circled this block for 20 minutes. I'm late for an appointment, and if I don't park here, I'll lose my job. Forgive us our trespasses."
When he came back, the
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Misunderstandings regarding temptation:
1) Temptation itself is sin.
2) We fall into temptation.
3) God is disappointed and displeased when we are tempted.
4) To be strongly tempted means we are as guilty as if we had actually committed sin.
5) We overcome all temptation by separation
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John Piper says that sin (lust for example) "gets its power by persuading me to believe that I will be much happier if I will follow it. The power of all temptation is the prospect that it will make me happier."
And all of God's children
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Some people fall into temptation, but a great many make plans for disaster ahead of time.
"Son," ordered a father, "Don't swim in that canal."
"OK, Dad," he answered. But he came home carrying a wet bathing suit that evening.
"Where have you been?"
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