2. THEME VERSE Ps 89:1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

3. GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS BECAUSE OF GOD’S GREAT FAITFULNESS I WILL TRUST HIM THROUGH THE PAINFUL SEASONS OF MY LIFE

4. YOUR PROMISES ARE TRUE I WILL TRUST AND OBEY A GOD WHO KEEPS HIS PROMISES SO THAT HIS NAME WILL KNOWN BY ALL PEOPLE

5. DECLARING GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO ALL GENERATIONS WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN THE DESERT I WILL LOOK UP AND HAVE FAITH IN GOD’S FAITHFULNESS SO THAT HIS NAME WILL BE PRAISED

6. THE ONE WHO CALLS IS FAITHFUL WHEN I AM DISCOURAGED I WILL KEEP MY EYES ON JESUS AND KEEP ON SERVING WITH GOD’S STRENGTH

7. FAITHFUL WHEN WE ARE TEMPTED 1 COR. 10:1-13

8. WINDOW SHOPPING

9. Paul’s 2 ND Missionary Journey

10. TEMPLE OF APHRODITE

11. 1 COR. 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-- their Lord and ours:

12. 1 COR. 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

13. 1 COR. 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

14. 1 COR. 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

15. 1 COR. 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

16. CAUTION AGAINST TEMPTATION 1 COR 10:1- 12

17. 1 COR. 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

18. 1 COR. 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.

19. 1 COR. 10:2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

20. 1 COR. 10:3 They all ate the same spiritual food

21. 1 COR. 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

22. 1 COR. 10:5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.

23. 1 COR. 10:6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

24. 1 COR. 10:7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."

25. 1 COR. 10:8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty- three thousand of them died.

26. 1 COR. 10:9 We should not test the Lord, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes.

27. 1 COR. 10:10 And do not grumble, as some of them did-- and were killed by the destroying angel.

28. 1 COR. 10:11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

29. 1 COR. 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

30. QUOTE “... where the antipathy to sin is directed against only one known sin, and not to all sins and to sin as sin, the dominion of sin continues. ‘Whatever impeacheth the universality of obedience in one thing overthrows its sincerity in all things.’ Sinclair B Ferguson, John Owen on the Christian Life, p. 128

31. QUOTE Sin cannot be constrained, it must be slain. Sinclair B Ferguson, John Owen on the Christian Life, p. 152

32. ROM 8:13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,

33. COMMONNESS OF TEMPTATION 1 COR 10:13a

34. 1 COR. 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

35. CONTROL OF TEMPTATION 1 COR 10:13b

36. 1 COR. 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

37. LUK 22:40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

38. MAT 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

39. 2 TIM 2:22 (NASB) Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

40. RAGING WATERS Honolulu Half Pipe

41. ROM 13:14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

42. CONQUEST OF TEMPTATION 1 COR 10:13

43. 1 COR. 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

44. 1 COR. 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

45. 1 COR. 10:14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.

46. PSA 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

47. JOB 31:1 "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.

48. JAM 1:19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

49. PSA 141:3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.

50. PHIL 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

51. PHIL 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

52. GAL 5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

53. ROM 6:6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--

54. ROM 6:7 because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.

55. FAITHFUL IN PROVIDING AN ESCAPE CAUTION AGAINST TEMPTATION COMMONNESS OF TEMPTATION CONTROL OF TEMPTATION CONQUEST OF TEMPATION

56. FAITHFUL IN PROVIDING AN ESCAPE WHEN I AM TEMPTED I WILL FLEE AND GO TO A FAITHFUL GOD IN PRAYER SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO BEAR IT

57. SEAL ROCK AND SURFERS

59. HEB 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.

60. HEB 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

61. QUOTE “One of the most attractive features of the early Christian communities was their radical sexual ethic and their deep commitment to family values. These things drew many people to them who were disillusioned by the promiscuous excesses of what proved to be a declining culture. Wouldn’t it be wonderful for our church to find such counter cultural courage today?” Joe Dallas, Strong Delusion, p. 229, quoting William Frey