Faith Assembly
Faith Assembly | Sunday Service
Faith Assembly of God in Orlando, FL. Message notes for Sunday June 5, 2016 with Senior Pastor Carl Stephens.
Locations & Times
Faith Assembly | Curry Ford Campus
9307 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL 32825, United States
Sunday 9:00 AM
The Purpose of Temptation: part 1
In this series, we will understand temptation and begin to view it as God views it.
We will see it serves an essential purpose in our lives.
Temptation is allowed in our life to show us what we will do if given the opportunity.
If we are to become mature believers, we must all go through the gauntlet of temptation.
The choice we make will either lead to blessing, or our spiritual life will be diminished.
God uses temptation to present a lesson to be learned.
Our choice demonstrates whether we learned the lesson, or if it must be repeated.
We will see it serves an essential purpose in our lives.
Temptation is allowed in our life to show us what we will do if given the opportunity.
If we are to become mature believers, we must all go through the gauntlet of temptation.
The choice we make will either lead to blessing, or our spiritual life will be diminished.
God uses temptation to present a lesson to be learned.
Our choice demonstrates whether we learned the lesson, or if it must be repeated.
Temptation is not our problem; it just presents us with a choice.
We cannot blame wrongdoing on temptation.
The Bible is filled with promises God wants us to experience, but between us and the fulfillment of these promises lays a situation called temptation.
It is how we respond to temptation that determines whether or not we receive the fulfillment of our promise.
We cannot blame wrongdoing on temptation.
The Bible is filled with promises God wants us to experience, but between us and the fulfillment of these promises lays a situation called temptation.
It is how we respond to temptation that determines whether or not we receive the fulfillment of our promise.
All ten asked Jesus for His help.
The Greek word from which we translate “temptation” in the Bible means “that which puts us to the proof, whether by good or malicious design.”
Temptation is designed to bring out what is really in our hearts.
Temptation is meant to trigger obedience in our lives.
Obedience to God is designed to reduce dependency on our own resources and strength and increase our dependency on God.
We will all face a wilderness consisting of problems and difficulties.
Temptation is designed to bring out what is really in our hearts.
Temptation is meant to trigger obedience in our lives.
Obedience to God is designed to reduce dependency on our own resources and strength and increase our dependency on God.
We will all face a wilderness consisting of problems and difficulties.
Moses warned the Israelites about four things that could happen in the promise land:
1. They could easily forget God.
1. They could easily forget God.
2. They could attribute their good life to a source other than God.
3. They could provoke God by trying His patience.
4. They could test and tempt God.
God wants you to live a blessed life.
He knows you must grow into maturity as a believer to handle riches.
Otherwise, riches will cause you to fail God’s purpose for your life.
3. They could provoke God by trying His patience.
4. They could test and tempt God.
God wants you to live a blessed life.
He knows you must grow into maturity as a believer to handle riches.
Otherwise, riches will cause you to fail God’s purpose for your life.
The wilderness experience may be necessary, but we are not meant to be permanent residents there.
We will learn the lessons of the wilderness as soon as we stop forgetting God when things are going great.
Stay dependent on Christ. Don’t just turn to Him when your life is a mess.
God gives us a promise which is linked to a principle (condition), which is followed by a problem (temptation), which ultimately leads to a provision.
The problem doesn’t come instead, but as part, of our means of obtaining the promise.
We need the problem to prepare for God’s provision.
We will learn the lessons of the wilderness as soon as we stop forgetting God when things are going great.
Stay dependent on Christ. Don’t just turn to Him when your life is a mess.
God gives us a promise which is linked to a principle (condition), which is followed by a problem (temptation), which ultimately leads to a provision.
The problem doesn’t come instead, but as part, of our means of obtaining the promise.
We need the problem to prepare for God’s provision.
The purpose of the wilderness is always to make us recognize our own insufficiency and God’s all-sufficiency.
Today, multitudes of Christians are struggling in their first wilderness of doubts about forgiveness of sins.
There is no way to get to the provision of real peace in God except through the problem of doubt.
You must come to the point of deciding—in spite of some convincing factors of feelings and rational doubts—that God’s word is to be trusted.
Today, multitudes of Christians are struggling in their first wilderness of doubts about forgiveness of sins.
There is no way to get to the provision of real peace in God except through the problem of doubt.
You must come to the point of deciding—in spite of some convincing factors of feelings and rational doubts—that God’s word is to be trusted.