The Full Armor of God: The Shield of Faith
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Pastor Bob Hiller
3/3/2013
1 Corinthians 10:12-13 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
1. Dart #1 - __________ the danger of sin.
God's __________ shields us from this dart.
2. Dart #2 - Temptation of __________.
God's __________ shield us from this dart.
Scripture Readings
Ezekiel 33:7-20
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9
Take It With You!
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[Paul's message to the self-confident Christian]: "No, dear brother, be not too secure, not too sure where you stand. When you think you stand most firmly you are perhaps nearest to falling, and you may fall too far to rise again. They of the wilderness were worthy people and began well, dong great deeds, yet they fell deplorably and were destroyed. Therefore, be cautious and suffer not the devil to deceive you. You will need to be vigilant, for you are in the flesh, which always strives against the spirit; and you have the devil for enemy, and dangers and difficulties beset you on all sides. Be careful lest you lose what you have received. You have only made a beginning; the end is yet to be attained."
[Paul's message to the tempted]: I must not terrify you too much. I would in a measure comfort you. So far you have had no temptation greater than flesh and blood offer. They have risen among yourselves - one holding another in contempt, one doing another injustice; allowing adulteries and other evils to creep in, which are indeed not right nor decent. You must resolve to reform in these things lest worse errors befall you. For should Satan get hold of you in earnest with his false doctrine and spiritual delusions, his strong temptations of the soul - contempt for God, for instance - such as assailed Peter and many other saints, you could not stand. You are yet weak; you are new and untried Christians. Then thank God who gives you strength to bear your present temptations; who, to retain you, presents what is best for you, admonishing you, through his Word, to be on your guard against falling yet deeper into temptation.
Martin Luther, Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity
