Ninety-One - Week 2
Temptation. This is something that we all struggle with. All of us face something that we wish we could overcome. And that thing about temptation that makes it so difficult for you and I to resist is that temptation always plays to something that you have a great fondness of, YOURSELF. That's because temptation is nothing more than an invitation to do something or indulge in something that satisfies the one that matters most to you - YOU
So when you're tempted by something that benefits you or satisfies you, what's the likelihood that you will naturally say no? Like 0%, right? So all temptation is an invitation to embrace yourself. It's all about self-interest and selfishness.
Jesus tells us something so profound about living your life focused on yourself. Jesus said, "if you live a self-centered life," life all about YOU, "in the end you don't just hurt yourself, you lose yourself." And one of the things that we see in the life of Jesus is the example of how to live our lives differently. How to live our lives unlike anyone else before him, and unlike most people since. Check out week 2 of Ninety-One as Mark shares with us on how Jesus came to show us how to live life in a completely new and completely different way then the world had ever know.
Week 2 of Ninety-One ( https://subspla.sh/5wxc7xn )
1. What is temptation? How would you describe it simply to a child or someone who isn’t a Christian?
2. How is temptation a struggle for us all?
3. Do you ever find yourself being tempted in the same way over and over again? Why do you think this is the case?
4. Reading verses Matthew 4:3-9 again, identify the three key ways in which the devil tempted Jesus. What is at the heart of each of these temptations?
5. The third temptation the devil offers Jesus, kingdoms, power, wealth, influence. Jesus turns this down. For most people in this world, they would jump at this opportunity, but Jesus was ushering in a new model. Upside down and completely different from the old model.
Can you compare and contrast the new model vs the old model?
So when you're tempted by something that benefits you or satisfies you, what's the likelihood that you will naturally say no? Like 0%, right? So all temptation is an invitation to embrace yourself. It's all about self-interest and selfishness.
Jesus tells us something so profound about living your life focused on yourself. Jesus said, "if you live a self-centered life," life all about YOU, "in the end you don't just hurt yourself, you lose yourself." And one of the things that we see in the life of Jesus is the example of how to live our lives differently. How to live our lives unlike anyone else before him, and unlike most people since. Check out week 2 of Ninety-One as Mark shares with us on how Jesus came to show us how to live life in a completely new and completely different way then the world had ever know.
Week 2 of Ninety-One ( https://subspla.sh/5wxc7xn )
1. What is temptation? How would you describe it simply to a child or someone who isn’t a Christian?
2. How is temptation a struggle for us all?
3. Do you ever find yourself being tempted in the same way over and over again? Why do you think this is the case?
4. Reading verses Matthew 4:3-9 again, identify the three key ways in which the devil tempted Jesus. What is at the heart of each of these temptations?
5. The third temptation the devil offers Jesus, kingdoms, power, wealth, influence. Jesus turns this down. For most people in this world, they would jump at this opportunity, but Jesus was ushering in a new model. Upside down and completely different from the old model.
Can you compare and contrast the new model vs the old model?
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