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Book Club 2024—4
Your Response When Temptation Strikes Ben Stuart
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Your Response When Temptation Strikes
Ben Stuart
Ben Stuart
The pursuit of intimacy with God happens in the context of adversity.
If life is a struggle, how do we struggle well?
The good news of the gospel is that the stronger one is here.
“Enemy-occupied territory—that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage.” —C.S. Lewis
Because Jesus has been victorious, so can we.
You haven’t been freed from the fight. You’ve been freed for the fight.
What you think about is what you care about.
And what you care about, you will chase.
And what you care about, you will chase.
The enemy’s going to come at you. Know how he does it.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. ... If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
—Sun Tzu, The Art of War
What Do We Do in Response?
1. Eliminate the moment.
Don’t let shame impede strategic thinking.
Attack sin when it’s small. Don’t wait till it’s fully grown.
2. Paddle downstream
3. Paddle upstream.
Downstream from temptation is destruction; upstream from temptation is deception.
The best defense against sin is a good offense.
“But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.”
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.”
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose ... You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure ...” —St. Augustine
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Read James 1:14-18. How does this passage help you understand our battle to fight temptation?
Talk about a time when you overcame a temptation. What did you learn about having a strategy in place to fight temptations, and how did it impact your relationship with God and others?
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