1. From Propensity To Promise
Matthew 26:31-35

2. Matthew 26
31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:
“‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

3. Matthew 26
34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.

4. Matthew 26
31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away… 33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
1 Cor 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

5. - Our Propensity To Plummet - - Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
James 1:14 each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire

6. From Propensity to Promise
- Our Propensity To Plummet Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
HAPPENS EVEN TO THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE RIGHTEOUS
Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”… “Couldn’t you keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matt 26:33,40-41
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7. From Propensity to Promise
- Our Propensity To Plummet Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
HAPPENS EVEN TO THOSE WHO DESIRE TO BE RIGHTEOUS
Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”… “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matt 26:33,41
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 1 Cor 10:13
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8. From Propensity to Promise
- Our Propensity To Plummet Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
GETS STRONG AS WE GET WEAK
“This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’… “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matt 26:31,41
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9. From Propensity to Promise
- Our Propensity To Plummet Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
GETS STRONG AS WE GET WEAK
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Matt 4:2-3
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10. - Our Propensity To Plummet - - Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
ESCALATES
56 Then all the disciples deserted him and fled Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus.”
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11. - Our Propensity To Plummet - - Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
ESCALATES
72 He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”
74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know that man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed… And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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ESCALATES
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
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13. - Our Propensity To Plummet - - Our Tendency Towards Temptation -
ESCALATES
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left...
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.  8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 
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14. From Propensity to Promise
Our Propensity To Plummet - His Promise To Provide Our Tendency Towards Temptation - His Gift of Grace
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life 2 Pet 1:2-3
when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it 1 Cor 10:13
[that you may be able to bear it. NKJV]
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15. From Propensity to Promise
Our Propensity To Plummet - His Promise To Provide Our Tendency Towards Temptation - His Gift of Grace
Heb 2:18 For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted
Heb 4: For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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Our Propensity To Plummet - His Promise To Provide Our Tendency Towards Temptation - His Gift of Grace
Heb 12:28 (NKJV) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Heb 13:9 It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace…
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17. From Propensity to Promise
Our Propensity To Plummet - His Promise To Provide Our Tendency Towards Temptation - His Gift of Grace
2 Cor 9:8 God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work
Rom 6:14 sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
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18. From Propensity to Promise
our propensity to plummet through our tendency towards temptation TO
His promise to provide through His gift of grace
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
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