Say NO to sin, Say Yes to God

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Matthew 4:8-10 NASB
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God , and  serve Him only .'"

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This was the devil's third temptation.
To bring fame, glory, position, power, to be king of all nation to the world. Everyone in the world will bow before Jesus if Jesus worship Satan.
But, Jesus denied/rejected completely.
Jesus said He will only worship and serve one God who is our Heavenly Father.

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In the world, people has sold themselves to sin, fame, money, sex, power, position . . . . All of these is what the devil wants.
All of these bring destruction to our spiritual growth.
1) It destroys our relationship with God.
2) It destroys one selves.
3) It destroys family.
4) It destroys the people around them.
5) It influence people to be like them.
6) Humaninty will be lost.
7) All the wrong become right, all the right      become wrong.

The negative stuff that the devil can bring can go on and on.
But Jesus came to the world and reveal to us the true God and saves us from this evil world.
Jesus sacrifice His own life for us so that we can be saved.
Jesus love for us is so so much more than other love.

Jesus is willing to help us to stay away from sin but the real question is
Are we willing to let Jesus to help us?
Or we still want to sin because it feels good ?

Yes, sin is always there. Always there to destroy you. Sin is hard to get rid of.
But we as Christians, we have a new nature that God has implanted in us.
Our old nature always want to sin but
Our new nature that God has implanted in us always say NO to sin.
This is a constant battle between our love for God and sin.
Wages of sin is death.

Romans 6:23 NASB
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
To put it In simple form,
Sin = death
Jesus = eternal life

Jesus has overcome everything !
So,
Jesus > world
Jesus > sin
Jesus has overcome sin and He never sin.
He knows how it feels to sin, how it feels to loss everything.  . .
But, He has overcome everything.

How did Jesus overcome all these temptation?
1) He was led by the Holy Spirit
2) He was led by the Power of the Word of God.
3) He was led by the prayer and Fasting.

All of these can be found in this chapter.
Matthew 4.

So How do we overcome all these temptation?
Follow what Jesus did.
1) Ask the Holy Spirit for help !
2) Read the Word of God !
3) Pray and Fast !

Led by the Holy Spirit :

Galatians 5:16-18 NASB
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

I will teach you one of the phrase that I have taken from website how to stay away from sin :
I do not recognise you any longer,You have no authority over me.
In Jesus name, I command you to leave.

3 simple steps to stay away from sin and temptation.
Guys, I know it's hard to stay away from sin and I confess that I love to sin.
But, we are given a new nature of say NO to sin. So when we are tempted to do it, follow what Jesus did.

YOU CAN OVERCOME TEMPTATION AND SIN !

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Dear heavenly Father,
I pray that You will help us to build our new nature that You have implanted in us.
And help us to always say NO to sin.
Holy Spirit come and help us not to sin.
Thank You Jesus for the nailed pierced hands.
Thank You for this amazing love and grace You gave us.
In the name of Jesus,
AMEN !