HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION

TEXT:1 Corinthians 10: 12-14.

INTRODUCTION:

Temptation is not sin but yielding to it is sin. How not to yield to temptations but overcome it is our focus today.

HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION?

(i) By relying on the faithfulness of God. 1 Cor 10: 13; Heb 2: 18.

(ii)By using the word of God appropriately. Matt 4: 1-11; Ps 119: 11.

(iii) By fervent personal prayer. Matt 26: 41; Eph 6: 18.

(iv) By resisting. Jam 4: 7. Say No to the devil.

(v) By fleeing or avoiding every appearance of evil. 2 Tim 2: 22; 1 Thess 5: 22; Prov 4: 14-15; Ps 1: 1.

(vi) Discipline your thought, tongue and taste. Ps 34: 13.

CONCLUSION:

The charge of Jesus Christ to Peter, James and John at the Garden of…