Only God Can Overcome Sin - Love Worth Finding - April 30
April 30, 2025 – Only God Can Overcome Sin
Joshua 17:16-18
Sermon: 2457 Don’t Settle for Less Than God’s Best
Pray Over This
“But the children of Joseph said, ‘The mountain country is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are of Beth Shean and its towns and those who are of the Valley of Jezreel.’ And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—saying, ‘You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot, but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.’”
Joshua 17:16-18
Ponder This
Satan will come at you in one of two ways: either as an angel of light or as a roaring lion. He will come to entice you, or he’ll come to terrify you. The devil has many people convinced they cannot live in victory. But I am here to tell you no sin is so heinous, no temptation is so terrible, no problem is so big, and no devilish power is so great that you cannot overcome in the strength of the Spirit of God. Because of Christ and through Christ, these things can be overcome.
Others of us are enticed by the enemy. Are you a friend to this world? I’m not talking about whether you are a friend to lost people. You should be a friend to lost people. When you are friendly to the world and begin to love the world, then you’ll conform to the world. This temptation is dangerous because it is sneaky. Consider the problem of sinful compromise. Are there sins you favor and believe you can tame? Are there sins you fear and think you cannot overcome? Are there sins that you’ve made peace with? Only God can heal and restore you, but He can do it.
- Are you more often enticed or more often terrified by the enemy? Explain.
- What are some ways you have tried to tame or take care of your sin? What happened?
Practice This
Confess your sin to God and tell Him how you have been enticed or terrified by the enemy.
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