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Avoiding Sin. By Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor, Family Church
I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself.” Jesus knew that we are easily tempted, so He taught us to pray, “Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one“ (Matthew 6:13). Does this imply God would indeed lead us into a situation in which we would be tempted? Or worse yet, that God himself would tempt us? Certainly not! God does not tempt us. As the Bible says, "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God'. For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death" (James 1:13–15). Tempta-
tion is not sin. Giving into it is. That doesn’t mean you can play around with it. James goes on to say that fullgrown sin brings forth death. Sin always brings destruction, so we must run from it. Look at the Lord’s Prayer. In it, we ask God to guide us so we will not get out of His will and place ourselves in the way of temptation. We are essentially praying, “Lord, don’t let me be tempted above my capacity to resist. Lord, give me common sense. Help me to see the pitfalls. Help me to see the traps. Help me to see the areas in which I can be vulnerable and help me, Lord, God to avoid them.” helps us to escape temptation when we pray this way. Matthew 26:41 also helps us: “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” It is hard
to fall into sin when we are in God’s Word and praying. If we could see our own temptation as clearly as we see that of others, it wouldn’t be all that hard to identify and avoid. But we tend to rationalize our own temptation and sin. We say things like, “everybody does it” or “what’s the big deal?”. Sometimes we compare our “little” sins with the “big” ones of others saying, "At least it isn't as bad as what they did." We must deal with temptation by daily growth in Christ. Let me give you a couple of little principles to apply to help you know if you are being enticed to evil. You can apply these two principles when you wonder, Is this a temptation to sin? Is this wrong? First, pray about it – bring it to God. When you are about to do something that you’re unsure about, pray, “Lord, what do You think
about this? Is this something You would bless?” If you can’t pray about it doing it with a good conscience, then you are probably putting yourself in the way of temptation. Second, ask yourself the question, “How would this look if some other Christian gave in to it?” If it doesn’t seem like the right thing for your friends to do, then you are probably doing the wrong thing as well. And finally, what does the Word say about it? Does it violate a certain scripture or principle from His Word? Does it appear to be evil? If so, stay away from it. Stop and think, watch what you are doing, and stop and pray. You will save yourself from giving in to temptation. If you are presently involved in sin, repent from it, run from it, and commit your ways to the Lord.
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Avoiding Sin. By Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor, Family Church
I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself.” Jesus knew that we are easily tempted, so He taught us to pray, “Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one“ (Matthew 6:13). Does this imply God would indeed lead us into a situation in which we would be tempted? Or worse yet, that God himself would tempt us? Certainly not! God does not tempt us. As the Bible says, "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God'. For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death" (James 1:13–15). Tempta-
tion is not sin. Giving into it is. That doesn’t mean you can play around with it. James goes on to say that fullgrown sin brings forth death. Sin always brings destruction, so we must run from it. Look at the Lord’s Prayer. In it, we ask God to guide us so we will not get out of His will and place ourselves in the way of temptation. We are essentially praying, “Lord, don’t let me be tempted above my capacity to resist. Lord, give me common sense. Help me to see the pitfalls. Help me to see the traps. Help me to see the areas in which I can be vulnerable and help me, Lord, God to avoid them.” helps us to escape temptation when we pray this way. Matthew 26:41 also helps us: “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” It is hard
to fall into sin when we are in God’s Word and praying. If we could see our own temptation as clearly as we see that of others, it wouldn’t be all that hard to identify and avoid. But we tend to rationalize our own temptation and sin. We say things like, “everybody does it” or “what’s the big deal?”. Sometimes we compare our “little” sins with the “big” ones of others saying, "At least it isn't as bad as what they did." We must deal with temptation by daily growth in Christ. Let me give you a couple of little principles to apply to help you know if you are being enticed to evil. You can apply these two principles when you wonder, Is this a temptation to sin? Is this wrong? First, pray about it – bring it to God. When you are about to do something that you’re unsure about, pray, “Lord, what do You think
about this? Is this something You would bless?” If you can’t pray about it doing it with a good conscience, then you are probably putting yourself in the way of temptation. Second, ask yourself the question, “How would this look if some other Christian gave in to it?” If it doesn’t seem like the right thing for your friends to do, then you are probably doing the wrong thing as well. And finally, what does the Word say about it? Does it violate a certain scripture or principle from His Word? Does it appear to be evil? If so, stay away from it. Stop and think, watch what you are doing, and stop and pray. You will save yourself from giving in to temptation. If you are presently involved in sin, repent from it, run from it, and commit your ways to the Lord.
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pIne GRove BApTIST 110 S. Bryant St.
ST. luKe AMe 9908 Princeton Pike
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SHIloH BApTIST 13701 Hwy. 270
FAMIlY CHuRCH 2500 Highway 104
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unITeD BApTIST CHuRCH 411 S. Oleander St.
ST. luKe unITeD 32 School Street (behind Dollarway School)
FIRST ASSeMBlY oF GoD 801 W. Hoadley Rd.
BAPTIST Calvary Baptist Church 1214 Robin Rd CAnAAn BApTIST 5510 W. Malcomb St. CenTRAl BApTIST 6107 Dollarway Rd. ClAuD RoAD BApTIST CHuRCH 1821 Claud Rd. FIRST BApTIST WHITe HAll 8708 Dollarway Rd. FIRST BApTIST DeWDRop 1707 N. Bryant St. HAppY HoMe BApTIST 4312 Hwy. 365 South Jefferson HARDIn BApTIST 300 Todd Lynn Dr. KeARneY BApTIST 1900 S. Hwy. 365 Redfield MARAnATHA BApTIST 5820 W. Holsey Ave. MT. olIve BApTIST 8523 Princeton Pike
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WHITe HAll CHuRCH oF CHRIST 304 White Hall Ave.
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BARneS TeMple CHuRCH oF GoD Princeton Pike Loop eTeRnAl lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 503 S. Pryce St. FIRST penTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 5400 Windham St. neW HARveST CHuRCH oF GoD 9016 Hwy. 270
neW BeTHel 2522 N. Pryce St. oAKlAnD HeIGHTS 9620 Sheridan Rd. oRIon 3826 Stagecoach Rd. Redfield pIneCReST 5910 Carbon St.
penTeCoSTAl CHuRCH oF GoD 1012 Jo Ann Dr. Redfield RIveR RoAD RIveR oF lIFe CHuRCH oF GoD 1209 River Rd. Redfield
noRTHSIDe BApTIST 7743 Sheridan Rd.
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MISSIONARY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WoRD oF TRuTH MInISTRIeS Discipleship Training 1200 Dogwood Redfield
OTHER CenTennIAl FelloWSHIp 1400 Centennial Ln.
Outdoors and more
102 Clark Road White Hall 247-0707
THE COUNTRY KITCHEN 4322 Dollarway Road • 535-4767 •BREAKFAST • PLATE LUNCH & DINNER
CHuRCH oF THe lIvInG GoD 3120 Gravel Pit Rd. HARDIn neW lIFe ApoSTolIC CHuRCH 10608 Hwy. 270 RIveR RoAD CHuRCH Route 1, River Rd. Redfield TRuTH TeMple HolIneSS 9711 Dollarway Rd.
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PENTECOSTAL ReDFIelD unITeD penTeCoSTAl 515 Sheridan Road Redfield WHITe HAll unITeD penTeCoSTAl 7745 Sheridan Rd. WHISpeRInG pIneS CoWBoY CHuRCH Meeting at Hestand Stadium 420 Blake Street, Pine Bluff unITeD CHRISTIAn 907 Dawson Rd.
7TH-DAY ADVENTIST noRTHSIDe 5603 W. Holsey St.
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Visit Our Showroom Home of the Camo Caddy
on Hwy. 79 at I-530 879-3766
Kellie Harris Neighborhood Exclusive Agent Weldon & Carolyn Wynne Sales Associates
Allstate Insurance Company 2007 W. 28th, Suite 3, Pine Bluff, AR (870) 534-4055 • Fax (870) 534-4062
SPLASH CAR WASH 2 Automatic Car Washes 7003 SHERIDAN RD. Commercial Printing Promotional Products Screen Printing Embroidery
Column above courtesy of: Stephen Harrison Senior Pastor Family Church 2500 Hwy 104 870.247.3300 www.familychurch.ws
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