Sermon Outline

Title: Only Jesus Conquers Temptation

Speaker: Pastor Paul Chappell

Bible Reference: Luke 4:1-13

Introduction

1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 John 3:5
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

Hebrews 2:18
18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

1. The                             of the Tempter

2 Corinthians 11:2-3
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

A. The Temptation of the Flesh

Mark 14:38 
38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

John 4:34
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

B. The Temptation of the Ambition

John 14:30
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

Psalm 2:7–8
7 I will declare the decree:  The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; This day have I begotten thee.       
8 Ask of me, And I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.   

1 John 2:15-16
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

C. The Temptation of Pride

Matthew 3:17
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

John 12:31-33
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

2.  The                        of the Scriptures

A. Promises a Way of Escape

1 Corinthians 10:13
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

B.  Provides a Way of Escape

Deuteronomy 6:13
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 6:16
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

3. The                        of the Believer

2 Corinthians 2:11
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

4 Keys to Victory Over Satan

A. By the Word of God

B.  By A Spiritual Walk

Ephesians 5:18
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Galatians 5:16
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James 4:6
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

C. By Christian Fellowship

Acts 2:42
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

D. By a Focus on Christ

2 Corinthians 10: 5
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Conclusion

Hebrews 7:25–26
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;