The
Mystery of Temptation
(Write in the correct answers from the
listening process of CD 6)
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The
Basic Question is this:
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Given human nature are
any of us really capable of ________________?
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The _____________ other
people make are usually patiently ____________ while our _______
mistakes
are tougher to ____________.
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In most cases, our
path through life reflect the fundament truth about who
________ ________ _______ and who we have been since
_________.
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Optimists or
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__________ or Depressed;
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Gullible or
__________;
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Inclined to seek
______________ or to avoid
all _________;
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Talkative or Reserved.
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_____________ might
strengthen our assets or offset our liabilities, but in the main
we do what we do because we have always _________ _____ that way even
when the outcome is bad.
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At any given moment,
at every crossroad, we always take the road that __________ who we
are.
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We do not have the
power to make a ________________ that is contrary to who we are.
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For
change to happen for any one of us there has to be a change in
our ______________ which comes from an _______________ in who controls our
lives.
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This fundamental truth
of the good life is illustrated by a powerful statement of
Jesus: "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).
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The fact that
all of us want to experience continually the __________
__________, but
something seems to keep stealing, killing, and destroying it
indicates that there is _________ involved in the living of the
good life.
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The actual experiences
of Jesus living his life reveals this mystery.
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One of the most
significant events in the life of Jesus, as he began his
ministry, was the _________ ______________.
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This experience of Jesus reveals the
_____________ of
temptation.
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The Temptation Experience of Jesus
(Luke
4:1-14)
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4:1 And Jesus being full of the
Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in
those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
4:3 And the devil said unto him, If
thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,
That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
of God.
4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high
mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time.
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All
this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is
delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be
thine.
4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto
him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee:
4:11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation,
he departed from him for a season.
4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit
into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all
the region round about.
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Understanding the mystery of the temptation
experience.
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It was said of Jesus: "For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but
was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."
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In all points, he was tempted like as
_______ are.
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Was Jesus tempted with "Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, lying, cheating, and stealing?
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Jesus said, "But I say unto you,
That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already
_______ _______ ___________" (Matt. 5:28).
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Peter said, "Who [Jesus]
__________ no
sin, neither was
guile found in his mouth" (2:22).
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Along time before any temptation to commit
an act of
sin occurs, ____________ else has already happened.
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In other words, the temptation to commit an act of sin
is a ____________ of something else.
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If the temptation to commit an act of sin is
being experienced, ______ ______ commit the sin (if not in
act, in thought).
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Obviously, __________ temptation is not going to occur
at the level of being tempted to commit an act of sin.
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The Nature of Temptation
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Facing temptation is not
____________ nor ___________.
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People find themselves in this struggle because they
have fallen prey to the _________ of their mind.
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Deception can only occur because of a lack of
___________ ("void of understanding").
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Although ____________ to experience the good life, they
constantly find themselves on the ___________ to gloom, despair, and agony.
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The first step of the nature of
temptation: (Proverbs 7:6-8)
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The wise man said, "For at the
window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the
simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went
the way to her house."
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One among the
___________ ones (silly, i.e. to be roomy).
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Void of ______________
(no heart, lack of any depth of
morality).
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He __________ the street.
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He would take this low road because of the
_________ of
knowing truth.
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First step, he started down the
___________ street.
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The second step in the nature of
temptation (Proverbs 7:9-20)
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The wise man said, "In the twilight,
in the evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him
a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart. (She is loud
and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now
in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him,
and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace
offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth
to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have
decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine
linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace
ourselves with loves. For the good man is not at home, he is gone a long
journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at
the day appointed.
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Once started down the street, the young man met the
_____________ face to face.
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He, then, gives her
_________________ to dialogue with him.
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Notice, the conversation between her and him is
_________ way.
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She tells him what she can do for him.
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The ___________ he listens he is giving her power over him.
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She has ________ power over him other than what he gives her
the ____________ to have.
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The third step in the nature of
temptation (Proverb 7:21-23)
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The wise man said, "With her much
fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she
forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart
strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth
not that it is for his life."
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Once the ___________ has been taken and the
_____________ of the
temptation has been given the privilege to speak, there is nothing else
that can occur other than he has lost _____________ of the situation.
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With her much fail speech, she caused him to
_________.
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With the flattering of her lips, she
_________ him.
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Like the unsuspecting cow which walks down the ramp to
be butchered, the young man ________ to the end of the _________.
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As a bird flies into the trap to get the
food, the young man does not know that the street he is walking will
bring _____________ to the good life--gloom, despair, and agony.
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At this point of the temptation, he does not have the
______________ to choose any other direction but to continue on down the
street.
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The fourth step in the nature of
temptation (Proverbs 7:24-27)
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The wise man said, "Hearken unto me now
therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not
thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she
hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by
her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of
death."
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Once the street was entered, there was nothing else
that could occur but to go to the end of the street.
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Wrong __________;
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Wrong __________;
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Wrong __________;
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Wrong __________.
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Where is temptation conquered?
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Step 4, step 3, step 2, or step 1?
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OR --
____________ the street
begins!
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