Bible Readings:
Matthew 3:13-4:11
1 John 2:12-17
James 1:1-20
Sermon Outline:
James 1:12–15 (NKJV)
12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
I The origin of sin
II The Development of sin
III The end of sin
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or poison.
John Owen
Temptations … put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.
John Owen
Learn to say ‘NO’; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.
C. H. Spurgeon
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
Tacitus