The Lie of Temptation

We are going through first Corinthians in our men's Bible study in our church on wednesday mornings and this past wednesday we read in 1 Corinthians the following scripture; Vs 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.
This scripture caught my attention because when we face temptation when we are faced with the choice to sin, to do something that is wrong, we believe the lie that God somehow looks at us in a different light, or that we are somehow bad for being tempted! That is simply not true...it is a lie of the enemy and I am here to let you know that there is not a temptation that you face that someone else has not already faced, the Bible tells us that temptation is common to man!!

Good news though....God is faithful!!! He will not allow you to be tempted or tried beyond what you are able to bear, and it gets even better, with EVERY temptation he will provide a way of escape!!! Isn't that awesome? So stop believing the lie that the devil tells you that you are bad because you are being tempted, remember Jesus Christ was tempted and he was sinless.

Hebrews 4:14-16 - Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

I would say that when we are tempted that would qualify as a time of need and seeing how Jesus was tempted just as we were we can call upon him and he can provide us the grace and mercy that we need to persevere in our temptation!!!

So stop believing the lie of the enemy that would say that we are somehow less of a Christian because we were tempted, remind him that he tempted our High Priest and was defeated and that through the grace and mercy of God we will not be defeated!!!!

Nathan

Camp

We just got back from camp and the Presence of God was amazing!!! From the very first night the young people really got in and got what they needed from God, it was ordinary for young people to still be in the altars at midnight! I am so excited about what God is doing in this generation, I trully believe that god is raising up a generation that is going to turn the world upside down for Christ! In Acts 17:6 they spoke of some people that had "turned the world upside down," I was talking to a friend just the other day and we were both agreed that there is a hunger in this generation for more from God. I believe young people are tired of going to youth services and camps and being simply entertained, I believe there are young people that come to this page that are searching for more from God, or maybe even searching for God and don't realize it!!

If you do not know Christ as your personal Lord and Savior I want to give you this opportunity to accept him into your heart and life!!! First, Admit that you are a sinner, confess with your mouth that you have sinned and come short of the glory of God as the Word of God says that we all have. Second, Ask him to come into your heart and make you a new creature, to take all of your desires and wills and replace them with His desires and will!! Third, Believe that he has forgiven you of your sins, the Bible says that he has cast our sin as far as the east is from the west!!! One of the biggest traps of the enemy is to lie to people and tell them that God has not forgiven them or that he can't because of how bad the things are that they have done, Romans 5:20 says this, Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: Do you know what that means?!?!?!? That means that no matter how much or how bad you have sinned God's grace is sufficient to forgive you of that sin!! So don't delay begin your relationship with Christ today!!!


We are steadily working and planning for the 2nd annual Without Dilution Student Conference at the White Auditorium on the campus of Northwest Arkansas Community College, things are coming along very nicely and we are very excited about what God is doing and what he is goin to do!! You can register now by contacting me @ chesterntx@hotmail.com, there is a registration fee of 5$ and that will go to cover the expenses of the conference. Stay tuned for more updates!!!

God Bless,
Nathan

Identity Crisis???

The blog today is in the form of a question...

What is the best way for a Christian young person to stand out among their unsaved friends? How are Christian young people standing out in the culture today, or are we at all?

I wrote a blog here awhile back that there are statistics that state that only 4% of this generation are Christians, so really it shouldn't be that hard to stand out! I want to hear from you, leave a comment and tell me how you stand out for Christ, how are you a city on a hill?

I look forward to hearing the response...
God Bless,
Nathan