“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. Lewis answers this question very well in Mere Christianity (124-125): Therefore, he can’t possibly understand the severity of the temptation that I undergo on a daily basis.”Ĭ.S.
So, he couldn’t possibly have fallen to temptation. Furthermore, all of these temptations have one common theme woven throughout: they are threats to the fatherhood of God.Īpologetic Sidebar: Someone might immediately object to this text by saying, “Jesus was God. Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness have within them the seed of every other kind of temptation that exists for humankind.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). While Paul warns the Corinthians about this temptation by the example of failed Israel, we wanted to look in depth at temptation as it is successfully dealt with by Jesus Christ, who is not only our example, but also our high priest. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it” (1 Cor. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. Later Paul continues, “Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did…” (1 Cor. “Nevertheless,” Paul says, “with most of them (the Exodus generation) God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. We are coming to a point in 1 Corinthians where Paul begins to warn the Church at Corinth about the temptation to become like the wilderness generation: the generation who died as they were overcome by various kinds of sin and were not allowed to enter the Promised Land (Exodus-Numbers). There are several reasons for this sermon: 
While you are turning to the Gospel of Matthew, I wanted to briefly explain my rationale for preaching this text: I am going to be preaching this morning from the Gospel of Matthew, please turn there with me. Good morning church! Today we are taking a break from our series in 1 Corinthians.
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