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"Dealing With Temptation" - #374
Hello!
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.
Have you heard about Google's new 1GB email accounts? They are very handy, but you can only get one by invitation. Google has given me a bunch of them and I'll give them to you if you email me. I'll give away these free email account invitations to the first five people who email me. Good luck! Contact link: http://jcsm.org/contact.php.
Did you know that some people think the KJV is the only inerrant Bible in the world? These "King James Onlyists" or "Single-Translation-Onlyists" actually think the KJV is more accurate than the Greek and Hebrew from which it was taken! Right now, I'm debating a KJV-Onlyist in a popular, Baptist discussion forum. If you'd like to follow the debate, please go to http://kjvonlyism.jcsm.org.
My debate with Jon Promnitz (an agnostic) is going well. He is taking the preterist perspective and saying that all of the prophecies regarding the Second Coming of Christ could only refer to the 1st century (and that they failed). Of course, not all of these prophecies referred to the 1st century. Some refer to a future event that Christians eagerly anticipate.
This has been a fun debate and we have finished three out of seven rounds. You can see it here: http://iidebate4.jcsm.org. Please pray for the innumerable atheists who are reading and will be reading because this debate is on an extremely popular, atheist forum.
This Sunday, we heard Greg Laurie speak at Shadow Mountain Community Church. He was very good. Please pray for him as he opens the Republican National Convention with a prayer on Tuesday night.
Please pray for my final exam in Christian Philosophy. I will be taking it very soon and it won't be easy.
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Welcome to the new readers of this message! Here is your Devotion, A Moment of Introspection, JCSM's Challenge, the Word of the Week, a faith-builder from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained," and the Quotes of the Week. Have a fantastic week and God bless you!
Love in Christ,
Jason Gastrich
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JCSM's Weekly Devotions (click here to listen!)
Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
James 1:13, 14 "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. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed."
1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."
Ephesians 6:13-18 "Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints."
Insight: God will always give us a way to escape or overcome temptation. Are you looking for these ways? Once you begin to understand the effects of sin, you'll want to be godly and avoid falling into temptation at all costs.
Prayer: "Dear Lord, keep us from evil. Thank you for being faithful to us and thank you for not tempting us. Help us understand You and your ways. Help us to see evil coming a mile away and avoid it. Praise You for giving us your power to overcome temptation. Remind us that You are faithful and that You will not leave us. Forgive us for the times when we have sinned. Help us to forgive ourselves as well. Let us be strong in You and remember that we aren't fighting for the victory. We are fighting temptation from the victory because You have already overcome the world! In Jesus' name, Amen."
"I accept with gratitude and pleasure your gift of this inestimable Volume. It was for the love of the truths of this great Book that our fathers abandoned their native shores for the wilderness. Animated by its lofty principles they toiled and suffered till the desert blossomed as a rose.
"The same truths sustained them in their resolutions to become a free nation; and guided by the wisdom of this Book they founded a government under which we have grown from three millions to more than twenty millions of people, and from being but a stock on the borders of this Continent we have spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
"I trust that their principles of liberty may extend, if without bloodshed, from the northern to the southern extremities of the Continent. If there were in that Book nothing but its great precepts, 'All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them,' and if that precept were obeyed, our government might extend over the whole Continent.
"Accept... my sincere thanks for the kind manner in which you have discharged this duty; and expressing again my hearty gratitude to the ladies for their beautiful gift; I pray that health, peace, and prosperity may long be continued to them." - February 14, 1849. Frankfort Commonwealth, February 21, 1849. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, Oregon: American Heritage Ministries, 1987), p. 447-448.
The police put signs and banners on a building, and placed balloons and even a clown on the outside to create a festive atmosphere in order to welcome the "winners." As each criminal entered the building, he heard music and other sounds of celebration. He was then ushered into a room where he smiled as his hand was shaken. The facial expression changed from joy to unbelief as each was told, 'Congratulations, you have just won time in prison!' Dozens of criminals made their way through the main doors, were arrested and ushered out the back door.
It was interesting to note that many of the lawbreakers admitted as they were apprehended, 'I thought it was a sting operation!' However, they couldn't stay away because of their sinful nature. They couldn't stand up to the temptation.
Which temptation is plaguing you? How have you failed? How have you tried to overcome it?
Plan a way to overcome one of the temptations that you face. Pray against it and be determined to stay pure. God bless you as you meet this week's challenge!
pirasmos (Greek, see Matthew 6:13): a putting to proof (by experiment), experience, discipline or provocation, by implication adversity, temptation
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible" claims:
Genesis 15:13 - How long was the Egyptian captivity? This verse says 400 years, but Ex.12:40 and Gal.3:17 say 430 years.
"The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained" responds:
First, this verse isn't referring to the Egyptian captivity. Genesis 15:13 reads, "Then He said to Abram: 'Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.'" This indicated that from the time when Isaac was first afflicted (which began at the time of his weaning in Genesis 21), to the time when the Israelites left Egypt, there would be four hundred years. This was fulfilled and can be verified. Click here for a timeline of these events.
In Exodus 12:40, it reads "Now the sojourn for the children of Israel, who lived in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years." This began when Abraham left Haran. He left Haran 25 years before Isaac was born (see Genesis 16:16). Click here for a timeline of these events.
The entire sojourn was four hundred and thirty years and their affliction lasted four hundred years. Galatians 3:17 correlates with Exodus 12:40. Click here for a timeline of these events.
(This explanation came from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained", by Jason Gastrich. This book is on CD and explains over 3,000 difficulties regarding the entire Bible at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org. There is also a 300 question workbook that accompanies the CD-ROM.)
Testing and temptation can have a positive effect on the life of the believer.
Christians are like tea bags. You don't know what's in them until they're in hot water.
Temptation generally comes after times of great blessing.
The enemy likes to attack when we are vulnerable.
We all have the potential to fall into sin.
Our own sinful nature is the root of most of our problems.
The best way to avoid going backwards is by going forward.
The best way to avoid walking by the flesh is by walking in the spirit.
Make sure you warn young Christians that they are going to be tempted.
The Devil wants to demolish the Christian leaders.
If you're serving the Lord, then you will be tempted.
When we are tempted, the best place to be is in God's will.
If you aren't being tempted, then perhaps you aren't making any strides for the kingdom of God.
God's Word is the primary weapon for winning our spiritual battles and overcoming temptation.
The Word of God is out primary tool in evangelism.
Success in the Christian life is dependent on how much of the Word you know and apply to your life.
New revelations that contradict the Bible are not true.
If it's true, it's not new.
Christians don't fight for victory. They fight from victory.
These quotes came from God, me, and Greg Laurie.
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