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7 Blunders of the World. 7 Blunders of the World. blun·der (n). A serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion. To mismanage or to do things that are in error. 7 Blunders of the World. Yielding to Temptation. Yielding to Temptation. James 1:2-3
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7 Blunders of the World blun·der(n). A serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion.To mismanage or to do things that are in error.
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation
Yielding to Temptation • James 1:2-3 • 2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. • 1 John 2:15-17 • 15Love 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. 16For 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. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. • cf.Matt. 4:1-10; Psa. 119:11; Jas. 4:7
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back
Looking Back • Luke 17:32 • 32Remember Lot’s wife. • Luke 9:62 • 62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. • Philippians 3:13-14 • 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. • cf. Hebrews 10:38-39
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back Placing Attention on Things
Placing Attention on Things • Luke 12:15 • 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back Placing Attention on Things The Sin of Assumption
The Sin of Assumption • cf. Lev. 10:1-2; Luke 2:40-52 • Psalm 19:13 • 13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back Placing Attention on Things The Sin of Assumption Partial Obedience
Partial Obedience • 1 Samuel 15:3, 20 • 3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 20And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. • Revelation 2:10 • 10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back Placing Attention on Things The Sin of Assumption Partial Obedience Rejection of Christ
Rejection of Christ • Isaiah 53:3 • 3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. • John 12:48 • 48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
7 Blunders of the World Yielding to Temptation Looking Back Placing Attention on Things The Sin of Assumption Partial Obedience Rejection of Christ Putting Off Obedience
Putting Off Obedience • Acts 24:25 • 25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.