Introduction
II Corinthians 2:11I Peter 5:8II Corinthians 4:3Acts 26:18John 8:44Matthew 13:39I Thessalonians 3:5Satan wants us to think God’s laws are unfairly limiting.
Genesis 2:8-9 – The Garden of Eden was as perfect as any place on earth has ever been.Genesis 3:1-3 – Satan only wanted to talk about the limitations!Deuteronomy 6:24 – God’s laws are good for us!Ephesians 4:28; Colossians 3:5 – Some of God’s limits.I Timothy 4:8 – Following God’s laws makes for the best life possible on earth, not to mention in the eternal life to come.Satan exploits our desires.
Job 1:7-11; 2:4-6 – Satan knew what to do to test Job’s faith.James 1:14-15I John 2:16 – Compare Genesis 3:3-6. Satan used the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life in both cases.Genesis 3:22-24 – Man suffered spiritual death and eventual physical death because of this sin.John 8:44II Corinthians 11:3-4II Corinthians 5:9 – The answer is to focus on God’s desires instead.Ephesians 5:7-10Hopefully, over time our will starts to match up more and more with God’s will.Satan makes it easy to sin.
Genesis 3:6I Timothy 2:13-14Eve made it easy for Adam to sin. She just gave him the fruit.The devil is an expert at taking the friction out of sin.The answer is to try to make sin inconvenient for ourselves.Proverbs 7:25II Timothy 2:2 – We cannot just hide from the world.Make it easier for yourself to be righteous.
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