Be Aware of The Danger

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Title: Be Aware of The Danger ------------------- Date: 3/26/2002
Keywords: “alert” “danger” “schemes” “temptation”
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Passage: 1 Peter 5:8*

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Questions

1. How would you describe your vulnerability to sexual temptation at this time in your life?

 

2. What are Satan’s plans and strategies in regard to your sexual purity?

 

Practical help

The first step in resisting temptation is to be aware of Satan’s strategies. Paul also spoke of being alert, “so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes” (2 Corinthians 2:11). We need to be aware of his schemes for trying to destroy God’s work during these days. One of his primary strategies is to convince us that we could never sink so low as to commit sexual sin.

Those most susceptible to sexual temptation are the ones who think that it could never happen to them. They believe the possibility is unthinkable. Counselors working with those who have committed adultery or fornication often find that these people had not considered themselves vulnerable to immorality beforehand.

You are probably acquainted with 1 Corinthians 10:13, and claim its precious promises. “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.” But do you also know and apply the preceding verse? “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” The Holy Spirit gave us this stern warning immediately before the promises, and both must be taken together. We cannot safely rest in God’s promise of help in temptation if we naively think we can stand without taking great care to depend upon Him.

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