WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED
WHAT TO DO IN TRYING TIMES
Memory verse:
1 Corinthians 10:13
(NKJV) — 13
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is
faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but
with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to
bear it.
SCRIPTURE: James 1:12–15
INTRODUCTION:
(Greek) peirasmós-- “to put to the test” or “to go through.”
1.
Stop Blaming
Others for Your Failings
James
1:13; Heb 4:15, Gen 3:12–13; Rom 14:12;1 John 2:16
2.
Realize that
Temptation to do evil does not come from God
James
1:13; Job 42:12; James 1:13–15; Heb 4:15; Rom 6:23; Prov 14:12
“If
temptation struck no responsive chord, it would not be temptation.” -- Sower
Krant
“Trials
may be tests sent by God, or they may be temptations sent by Satan and encouraged
by our own fallen nature.” --Warren W. Wiersbe
3.
God will help
you to overcome.
James
1:12; 1:2–3; 1 Peter 1:7; Job 7:17–18; 23:10; Psalm 11:5; Isaiah 1:25; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:3; James 1:2–4;1
Cor 10:13
“God
allows his people to pass through certain experiences, so that he may see, and
prove to them, that their faith in him is genuine. Believers sometimes doubt
God and test him, to see if he is true to his word, but this is forbidden in
Scripture.”-- Martin H. Manser
