BATTLING TEMPTATION AND WINNING

1 Corinthians 10:12-13

THREE WAYS TO HANDLE IT:

1.   Give IN to it. 

2.     FIGHT.

1 Corinthians 10:12

3.     Overcome it through CHRIST.

1 Corinthians 10:13

James 1:12

1.     The SUBJECTS of temptation

James 1:13-14

Matthew 4:1

2.     The SOURCE of temptation 

A. The EXTERNAL foe

1 John 2:15-16

Romans 12:2

B. The INTERNAL foe

Romans 12:1

Ephesians 2:3

Hosea 11:7

Philippians 3:3

C. The INFERNAL foe

Ephesians 6:12

1 Peter 5:8

John 10:10

3.  The SEAT of temptation

1 Thessalonians 5:23

4.  The SUBDUING of temptation 

A.  Against the world, the secret is FAITH.

1 John 4:4

Galatians 5:16

Isaiah 59:19

B.  Against the flesh, the secret is FLIGHT. 

Genesis 39:10

Genesis 39:12 

C.  Against the devil, the secret is FIGHT.

Nehemiah 4:14

2 Timothy 4:7

James 4:7

James 5:16