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“The Anatomy of Sin’s Seduction”James 1:13-15

Licensed to KillKilling The Sin That Kills Our Joy

James 1:13-15

I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it.

You can’t prove anything. ~ Bart Simpson

“The devil made me do it.”~ Roy Rogers

Why do we sometimes do

bad things ?

“It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is

from our hearts that it must be

plucked.”~ Bertrand RussellHas Man A Future

Licensed to KillKilling The Sin That Kills Our Joy

“The Anatomy of Sin’s Seduction”James 1:13-15

13 Let no one say when he is tempted,

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“I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

“The man said, ‘The woman

whom you gave to be with me, she gave me

fruit of the tree, and I ate.’”

~ Genesis 3:12

13 Let no one say when he is tempted,

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“I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you

cannot tolerate wrong.

~ Habakkuk 1:13 (NIV)

“…you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil

may not dwell with you.”

~ Psalm 5:4

They built high places of Baal…to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do this abomination.”

~ Jeremiah 32:35

~ The Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful;

he will not let you be tempted beyond what you

can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also

provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.”

Why do we sometimes do

bad things ?

14 But each person is tempted when he

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is lured and enticed by his own desire.

The heart wants what

the heart wants.

Filmmaker Woody Allen

“People, locations, situations, don’t cause me to sin; they’re where the sin of my heart gets revealed…. Sin is a matter of the heart before it is ever an issue of behaviour. This means that your and my biggest problem in life exists inside us and not outsideus. It’s the evil inside me that connects me to the evil outside me. So I must confess that I am my biggest problem.”

~ Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies

~ The Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 1:15 (NLT)

“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone

should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world

to save sinners’ — and I am the worst of them all.

Since then we have a great hight priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of

God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize

with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted as we are, yet without sin.

~ Hebrews 4:14

15 Then desire, when it is conceived,

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gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fullyconceived brings forth death.

“Every time sin rises to tempt or entice, it always

seeks to express itself in the extreme. Every unclean

thought or glance would be adultery if it could; every covetous desire would be

oppression; and every unbelieving thought would be atheism. It is like the

grave that is never satisfied.”~ John Owen, 1616-1683

English Theologian

While the source of temptation may come from outside us, the seduction of temptation

comes from within us.

Reflect on your areas of temptation. 1

“…so that we would not be outwitted by

Satan; for we are not ignorant of his

designs.”

~ The Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 2:11

Diagnose WHY….

…you find temptation appealing?

2

A defensive heart says, “But look at what I did right!”

(diversion)

A repentant heart says, “Here specifically is what I did wrong.”

(honesty)

“Repentance vs. Defensiveness” by Gavin Ortland

A defensive heart says, “But look at what was done to me!”

(distraction)

A repentant heart says, “Here is how I contributed to the conflict”

(ownership)

“Repentance vs. Defensiveness” by Gavin Ortland

A defensive heart says, “It wasn’t that bad.”

(downplaying)

A repentant heart says, “It was a big deal.”

(admission)

“Repentance vs. Defensiveness” by Gavin Ortland

3Seek superior

satisfaction in Christ.

“The only way to dispossess [the heart] of an old affection is by the expulsive power of

a new affection.”

~ Thomas Chalmers “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection”

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