....but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. (James 1:14-15)
The spirit of compromise is in the air and people are dropping it like it's hot in preparation for New Year's Eve. You know, the day everybody wants somebody. So instead of being in church praying in the New Year like we use to do back in the day, people are getting together (saints) having New Year's parties and coupling up. That's right I said it. That is as we say in Texas a hot mess.
We are going to take it to the scripture in just a moment, but the first thing I want to say to you is this, compromise begins long before you ever physically commit an act against your body or against God's word. Compromise begins in your mind and within the mind the heart grabs hold to it and then gets down in your spirit. We focus and play with the idea of sin long before we actually engage in the physical act of sin. It's funny to me that many people who think they're wonderful because they haven't physically done anything outwardly, but commit sin everyday in their hearts. These are those who are extremely self-righteous against others who openly struggle with what they secretly struggle with. I feel like it just suddenly got quiet. You all know that I will speak it just how God gives it to me and if my approach is not a Harvard review article, then God is dealing in another way. So, today it's just raw and to the point.
So the word tells us in James 1 that it is our own desires that pull on us and draw us in. What I like about this particular passage is that James speaks to us and lets us know that we are not going through the mess that we go through because God is taking us through it, but we are going through because there is something in us that is pulling us and drawing us away from where we should be. So when we go through certain struggles it's not because God is tempting us because he cannot tempt us with evil but it's because we have something on the inside of us that needs to be addressed and worked out of us. Just point to yourself and say, "there's something in me". So watch this, when we are drawn away through our flesh, it wasn't because something else provoked us to sin, or caused us to sin, and drew us away from God but it is because it was in us all the time.
Our own desire produces the manifestation of sin in our lives. Our own desire produces the root of sin in our lives. Our own desire gives birth to the things we say we hate, because secretly in our hearts we know we really want what we say we don't want. This is it right here, because if we didn't really want it, then we wouldn't engage in it. In other words, if you say you hate broccoli, I don't care how it's prepared and how many times somebody puts it in front of you, you will not eat it. But if somewhere down in you, there is a doubt or question on whether broccoli would be something you would be willing to try, then it would only take a different presentation to make you partake. Because somewhere down in you is a desire to try it anyway.
Let me tell you this and be really blunt, there is no way that somebody who doesn't desire sex or intimacy can be drawn into doing it, if it is not a desire to do so in the first place. There's no way. Let's be clear in that. So, it is our own desires that pull on us. The enemy uses our desires against us to put things in front of us he understands will be a struggle for us. It is not the desire that’s the issue. The desire itself is not the action that causes us to sin, but being drawn into the desire is the string that pulls us into the place where we will compromise what we know and believe.
We sell ourselves through our own desires. Our desires to have our flesh pacified and petted. We entertain the desire and it becomes a cancer that eats away at our integrity, beliefs, and standard. When it is fully engaged, it produces sin and causes death to that testimony, to our purpose, to our destiny, to the direction God was moving us in. Our desires can lead us down a road of destruction and cause us to miss God's intended purpose for our lives.
Playing with the enemy is not worth the result of loss that you may take your life into. We sell ourselves so cheap. We give up so much for so little. The things that we even consider compromising for are not worth the risk. But I want a man you say, I'm certain that you do; but at what cost?
The spirit of compromise is in the air and people are dropping it like it's hot in preparation for New Year's Eve. You know, the day everybody wants somebody. So instead of being in church praying in the New Year like we use to do back in the day, people are getting together (saints) having New Year's parties and coupling up. That's right I said it. That is as we say in Texas a hot mess.
We are going to take it to the scripture in just a moment, but the first thing I want to say to you is this, compromise begins long before you ever physically commit an act against your body or against God's word. Compromise begins in your mind and within the mind the heart grabs hold to it and then gets down in your spirit. We focus and play with the idea of sin long before we actually engage in the physical act of sin. It's funny to me that many people who think they're wonderful because they haven't physically done anything outwardly, but commit sin everyday in their hearts. These are those who are extremely self-righteous against others who openly struggle with what they secretly struggle with. I feel like it just suddenly got quiet. You all know that I will speak it just how God gives it to me and if my approach is not a Harvard review article, then God is dealing in another way. So, today it's just raw and to the point.
So the word tells us in James 1 that it is our own desires that pull on us and draw us in. What I like about this particular passage is that James speaks to us and lets us know that we are not going through the mess that we go through because God is taking us through it, but we are going through because there is something in us that is pulling us and drawing us away from where we should be. So when we go through certain struggles it's not because God is tempting us because he cannot tempt us with evil but it's because we have something on the inside of us that needs to be addressed and worked out of us. Just point to yourself and say, "there's something in me". So watch this, when we are drawn away through our flesh, it wasn't because something else provoked us to sin, or caused us to sin, and drew us away from God but it is because it was in us all the time.
Our own desire produces the manifestation of sin in our lives. Our own desire produces the root of sin in our lives. Our own desire gives birth to the things we say we hate, because secretly in our hearts we know we really want what we say we don't want. This is it right here, because if we didn't really want it, then we wouldn't engage in it. In other words, if you say you hate broccoli, I don't care how it's prepared and how many times somebody puts it in front of you, you will not eat it. But if somewhere down in you, there is a doubt or question on whether broccoli would be something you would be willing to try, then it would only take a different presentation to make you partake. Because somewhere down in you is a desire to try it anyway.
Let me tell you this and be really blunt, there is no way that somebody who doesn't desire sex or intimacy can be drawn into doing it, if it is not a desire to do so in the first place. There's no way. Let's be clear in that. So, it is our own desires that pull on us. The enemy uses our desires against us to put things in front of us he understands will be a struggle for us. It is not the desire that’s the issue. The desire itself is not the action that causes us to sin, but being drawn into the desire is the string that pulls us into the place where we will compromise what we know and believe.
We sell ourselves through our own desires. Our desires to have our flesh pacified and petted. We entertain the desire and it becomes a cancer that eats away at our integrity, beliefs, and standard. When it is fully engaged, it produces sin and causes death to that testimony, to our purpose, to our destiny, to the direction God was moving us in. Our desires can lead us down a road of destruction and cause us to miss God's intended purpose for our lives.
Playing with the enemy is not worth the result of loss that you may take your life into. We sell ourselves so cheap. We give up so much for so little. The things that we even consider compromising for are not worth the risk. But I want a man you say, I'm certain that you do; but at what cost?
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