Overcoming the Temptation to Take Spiritual Shortcuts

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• Overcoming the Temptation to Take Spiritual
  Shortcuts
• (Luke 321-22 41-13)

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• Why is it that opportunity knocks only once
  yet temptation bangs on the door constantly?
• ---Source Unknown

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• What are some examples today of giving in to the
  temptation to take shortcuts in life? What are
  often the results?

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Overcoming the Temptation to Take Spiritual
Shortcuts

• Commit Your Life to Gods Purpose (Luke 321-22)
• Commit to Follow Gods Lead (Luke 41-13)

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Commit Your Life to Gods Purpose (Luke
321-22)

• Jesus Public Commitment to Gods Purpose v.21

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• How would you contrast a believer who is seeking
  to live out of Gods purpose vs. a believer who
  is simply going through the religious motions
  like many from the religious establishment in
  Jesus Day?

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Commit Your Life to Gods Purpose (Luke
321-22)

• Jesus Public Commitment to Gods Purpose v.21
• Gods Public Affirmation of His Sons Mission
  v.22

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• What do you think it takes on our part as a
  believer to embrace Gods purpose in life
  regardless of the cost? What sort of perspective
  and priorities do we need to have?

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Commit to Follow Gods Lead(Luke 41-13)

• Jesus Forty-Day Test vv.1-2, 13

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• When we have a desert experience that tests us
  what do we need to protect against? What
  implications spiritually do times of testing hold
  for us today?

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Commit to Follow Gods Lead(Luke 41-13)

• Jesus Forty-Day Test vv.1-2, 13
• Jesus Victory Over Temptation vv.3-12
• 1. Tempted at the Point of Need (vv.3-4)
• 2. Tempted with Opportunity (vv.5-8)
• 3. Tempted at the Point of Faith (vv.9-12)

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