Visited CCV last weekend. Always good to see what is going on in other churches. The worship was amazing, the sermon was excellent (Don Wilson was my Youth Pastor oh so many years ago....). There was a part of the sermon, an aside actually, that really caught us.....
Falling to temptation has five steps (see James 1:13-15):
- Desire
- Deception
- Decision
- Destruction
- Death
Too often folks don't think through their decisions. They don't consider the destruction it will bring into not only their life, but into the lives of those they love and into the lives of those around them.
Having lived through this and seen how God is glorified when we stand firm - it is always good to remember - God's standards are absolute, they do NOT change.
He will ALWAYS provide an escape from temptation and thus victory. Guess we should focus on the eternal, rather than the immediate.
God has blessed us so very much. God is so good.
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