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Three Identity Attacks Every Son Faces · Monday Night Gatherings
Temptation is not random. It is calibrated to where you are.
This teaching continues the Temptations of Sons series by turning the lens from the enemy's intention to the son being tempted. Drawing from 1 John 2:12-17, the argument is that the three groups John addresses, little children, young men, and fathers, are not permanent categories but seasonal identities. Every believer occupies all three at different points, in different areas of life, and each season carries its own specific vulnerability. The lust of the eyes targets those still in the infant stage of belief, easily pulled by whatever is most visible. The lust of the flesh targets those in the young-man season, pressing into the freedoms of sonship without the rootedness to steward them. The pride of life targets the veteran, the one who has overcome and must now reckon with what overcomer status can produce. The argument holds that you cannot recognize the temptation until you know which identity is being addressed, and you cannot know how Christ overcame it until you see which part of himself the enemy was targeting.
SCRIPTURE: 1 John 2:12-17
SERIES: Temptations of Sons. A study into how the enemy engages sons at the level of identity, examining the five temptations of Jesus as a map for how believers recognize, resist, and overcome from who they already are.
Subscribe to The Sonship Place (T.S.P) Church on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for weekly teachings. Find T.S.P at www.tsp.church. If something stirred in you, come and tell us at tsp.church.
Midweek teaching on The Word on Wednesday: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZZ4O2QgtNKXASp3tsb12x
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By The Sonship PlaceTemptation is not random. It is calibrated to where you are.
This teaching continues the Temptations of Sons series by turning the lens from the enemy's intention to the son being tempted. Drawing from 1 John 2:12-17, the argument is that the three groups John addresses, little children, young men, and fathers, are not permanent categories but seasonal identities. Every believer occupies all three at different points, in different areas of life, and each season carries its own specific vulnerability. The lust of the eyes targets those still in the infant stage of belief, easily pulled by whatever is most visible. The lust of the flesh targets those in the young-man season, pressing into the freedoms of sonship without the rootedness to steward them. The pride of life targets the veteran, the one who has overcome and must now reckon with what overcomer status can produce. The argument holds that you cannot recognize the temptation until you know which identity is being addressed, and you cannot know how Christ overcame it until you see which part of himself the enemy was targeting.
SCRIPTURE: 1 John 2:12-17
SERIES: Temptations of Sons. A study into how the enemy engages sons at the level of identity, examining the five temptations of Jesus as a map for how believers recognize, resist, and overcome from who they already are.
Subscribe to The Sonship Place (T.S.P) Church on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for weekly teachings. Find T.S.P at www.tsp.church. If something stirred in you, come and tell us at tsp.church.
Midweek teaching on The Word on Wednesday: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZZ4O2QgtNKXASp3tsb12x