July 20
Lesson 8
OVERCOME TEMPTATION
DEVOTIONAL READING: Hebrews 3:7–14
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 10:1–22
1 CORINTHIANS 10:6–22
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
KEY VERSE
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.—1 Corinthians 10:13
THE PEOPLE OF GOD SET PRIORITIES
Unit 2: Living as a Community of Believers
LESSONS 5–9
LESSON AIMS
After participating in this lesson, each student will be able to:
1. Tell how Paul used Hebrew history and the church’s experience with the Lord’s Supper to teach about resisting temptation.
2. Describe the nature and causes of temptation.
3. Recruit an accountability partner for mutual support in resisting temptation.
LESSON OUTLINE
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction
A. The Medicine of Immortality?
B. Lesson Background
I. Lessons from History (1 CORINTHIANS 10:6–13)
A. Examples of Sin (vv. 6–11)
American Idol(atry)?
B. Cautions for Corinthians (vv. 12, 13)
II. Application of the Lessons (1 CORINTHIANS 10:14–22)
A. Fleeing from Idolatry (vv. 14, 15)
B. Connecting in Communion (vv. 16, 17)
C. Wrestling with Reality (vv. 18–22)
Belonging
Conclusion
A. Seduction to Sin
B. Prayer
C. Thought to Remember
Krause, Mark S., Charles R. Boatman, et al. “Overcome Temptation.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013–2014. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson & Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 61. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2013. 398. Print.
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