1. FAMILY BAPTIST CHURCH April 7, 2019 LORDIAN TABLE TODAY
EVENING SERVICE
Online with Joel 6 pm
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY
Online with Pastor Mark 7 pm
PRAYER FAMILY
John and Trish Sheie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Josh – April 12
FAMILY BAPTIST CHURCH
April 7, 2019

2. SCRIPTURE READING: I Corinthians 10:1-13
Present-Tense Salvation: interrupting the interrupters God’s way of Escape from our three Enemies
SCRIPTURE READING: I Corinthians 10:1-13

3. INTRODUCTION
Believers have 3 enemies that attempt to interrupt their ongoing and growing relationship with God.
These attempted interruptions always begin in the thought processes of the believer’s mind. These mental interruptions, if left unchecked, will lead to acts of sin (lawlessness).

4. INTRODUCTION
James 1:13-15 explains this process that progresses from a bad thought to an act of sin.
(evil) lust = strong desire from one of the 3 enemies
Temptation = focusing/concentrating on this lust & considering how this lust might be acted upon.
Trespass = determination to act upon the lust.
Sin = the result of acting upon the lust.
Death = An uninterrupted pattern of sin results in physical death for the believer, as a result of God’s loving discipline (Heb 12:6).

5. Stopping the Enemy-Interruption at the Mental Stage of Lust
Be in the state of mind concerning things of the Holy Spirit (i.e. being spiritual)
Rom 8:5-6, cf Gal 6:8
Saying ‘no’ (“denying”) to ungodliness and worldly lusts
Titus 2:11-12

6. Stopping the Enemy-Interruption at the Mental Stage of Temptation
Temptation is not sin or defeat
Jesus was tempted, but did not yield to it
Matt 4:1-4
God the Father limits the allowance of the temptation of each believer
I Cor 10:13
James 1:12 (He does not cause the temptation)

7. Stopping the Enemy-Interruption at the Mental Stage of Temptation
Temptation, recognized by a spiritual believer. Can be cause for joy by using God’s way of escape in order to ‘bear up under’ it as long as it is a viable temptation
James 1:2
I Cor 10:13

8. Stopping the Enemy-Interruption at the Mental Stage of Trespass
By lack of opportunity, but leaves the believer vulnerable to future temptations
By another believer who is spiritual and proceeds to ‘adjust’ (‘restore’ KJV) the believer who is caught in a trespass
Gal 6:1

9. The Results of Unstopped Enemy-Interruption
An act of sin
Continued interrupted acts of sin result in an ‘early home-going’
James 1:15

10. CONCLUSION Grace believers must recognize
The process of unrighteous mental thoughts that will eventually result in acts of sin
That this thought process can be stopped
At the lust stage by saying “no!” to the lust
At the temptation stage by using God’s way of escape for each of the 3 enemy- interrupters.