What does First B Jackson teach about temptation?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on temptation starts with a clear distinction: temptation itself is not sin, and God is never the one doing the tempting. Pastor Carl, working through James 1, traced how temptation begins not with God but with our own desires, which entice and drag us away, conceive sin, and if left to grow, lead to death. He pointed to the moment in Luke where Satan had to ask God's permission before sifting Peter, noting that even then, Jesus was already praying for Peter's faith. A failed test does not make someone a failure or unusable by God, and Peter's own story bears that out.
Natalie Yates, teaching from Matthew 4 in the Women's Bible Study, showed that the three temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness are the same three that confronted Eve in the garden: the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, and the lust of the eyes. Jesus did what Eve could not. He answered every move the enemy made with the word of God, the same word he had been filling himself with through prayer and fasting. Natalie was direct that the armor of God in Ephesians 6 is the practical answer to a fight no one can win alone.
Pastor Ray, in the 12 Steps series, returned to Matthew 4 to show that the path God leads a person on may pass through real temptation and difficulty, and that conscious contact with God through prayer is what keeps someone equipped to walk it. He also corrected a piece of folk theology that has taken deep root: the phrase "God won't put more on you than you can bear" is not what 1 Corinthians 10:13 says. That verse is specifically about temptation and sin, and the promise is that God will provide a way out, not that He calibrates the load to our strength.
Taught from Matthew 4:1-11 · James 1:13-18 · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · 1 John 2:16 · James 1:14-15
The passage taught · 1 John 1:7
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- October 13, 2024 Praying Only for His Will and the Power to Carry It Out Ray McDaniel walks through Step 11 of recovery: seeking God's will through prayer and meditation, and trusting Him for the power to live it out each day.
- September 11, 2024 Women's Bible Study - September 11th, 2024 - Overcoming Temptation Through God’s Strength Natalie Yates teaches on Matthew 4, tracing how Jesus faced the lust of the flesh, pride of life, and lust of the eyes, and how we can follow His example.
- March 22, 2022 God Loves You But Refuses to Leave You That Way James 1:13-18 reminds us that God does not tempt us, but can redeem every failure and trial, shaping us more into the image of Christ.
- March 9, 2014 Real Riches, Responding, Receiving James 1 teaches two paths: joy through enduring trials, or death through giving in to desire. Pastor Mark walks through real riches, temptation, and receiving God's word.
Mentioned along the way
- January 7, 2024 If You Are Saved, Act Like It Peter calls scattered, persecuted believers to hope fully, live holy, fear God, love deeply, and crave God's word, all grounded in the mercy of Christ.
- March 21, 2022 People Do Not Drift Towards Holiness Brad teaches Mark 9 on Monday night, warning against causing others to stumble, guarding against personal sin, and what it means to stay salty for Christ.
- September 1, 2019 Since We Have a Great High Priest Pastor Carl walks through Hebrews 4:14-5:10, showing why Jesus as our great high priest matters and how His sinless life lets us approach God with confidence.
- June 17, 2018 Teach and Urge These Things A sermon from 1 Timothy 6 on contentment, the love of money, and why knowing Scripture means nothing without living it out.
- June 17, 2018 Godliness With Contentment Is Great Gain The pastor walks through 1 Timothy 6, showing how Paul contrasts false teachers who treat godliness as profit with the genuine gain of godliness paired with contentment.
- July 3, 2016 Falling Feels Like Flying for a Little While Romans 8 shows believers they are free from sin and death, equipped by the same Spirit who raised Jesus, and called to set their minds on God's love.
- January 10, 2016 What Comes Into Our Minds When We Think About God A Wyoming pastor walks through worship in Matthew's gospel, showing that true worship is more than music. It includes obedience, petition, forgiveness and how we live.
- October 19, 2014 God Really Does Love You Ray walks through 1 Corinthians 10:1-22, using Old Testament examples to address ignorance, sexual immorality, and idolatry, with a close look at verse 13.
- October 17, 2012 I Thought You Were Different A look at Jesus' temptations in Matthew 4 and what it means to stand firm against compromise when the world keeps saying it's easier to just fit in.