EVERY CREATURE MINISTRY WHAT IS TEMPTATION? John Owen (1616-1683) Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.—Matthew 26:41 John Owen - what is temptation - watch and pray - puritan john owen on prayer and temptation.. In this study, we will not be considering the specific testing that Christ had in mind that was about to fall upon these disciples in the scandal and events of the cross. My purpose is to consider in these words a general principle that applies to all of Christ’s disciples throughout all generations. There are three things in Christ’s words: 1. The evil cautioned against—temptation. 2. The means by which it prevails—by our entering into it. 3. The way of preventing it—watch and pray. John Owen (1616-1683): English Congregational pastor, author, and theologian; born in Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK. It is not at all surprising that God’s great enemy, the devil, in his anxiety to ruin God’s perfect creation, should first and foremost have attacked the mind. In the temptation of Eve, we read that the devil reasoned with her; he presented a case to her: “Hath God said?” (Gen 3:1). He was appealing to her reason, to her under- standing; and in her folly, she listened. “The serpent beguiled Eve,” as the apostle Paul puts it (2Co 11:3), and so she fell. And from there on human understanding has been warped, it has been blinded and blunted, it has been rendered incapable of operating as God had originally intended.—David Martyn Lloyd-Jones It is our duty, not only to avoid those things that are themselves sinful, but also, as far as may be, those things that lead and expose to sin. —Jonathan EdwardsJohn Owen (1616-1683): English Congregational pastor, author, and theologian; born in Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, England, UK. It is not at all surprising that God’s great enemy, the devil, in his anxiety to ruin God’s perfect creation, should first and foremost have attacked the mind. In the temptation of Eve, we read that the devil reasoned with her; he presented a case to her: “Hath God said?” (Gen 3:1). He was appealing to her reason, to her under- standing; and in her folly, she listened. “The serpent beguiled Eve,” as the apostle Paul puts it (2Co 11:3), and so she fell. And from there on human understanding has been warped, it has been blinded and blunted, it has been rendered incapable of operating as God had originally intended.—David Martyn Lloyd-Jones It is our duty, not only to avoid those things that are themselves sinful, but also, as far as may be, those things that lead and expose to sin. —Jonathan Edwards ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SqRQmTw7A0

This study is from Ephesians 2 discussing the spiritual nature of our rebellion. The new nature once the spirit of Christ comes and washes away our sin. Regeneration is when God takes a rebellious sinner and shows them their sins. They then feel the Godly sorrow that leadeth to repentance and finds deliverance from bondage to their own lusts and the devil. Salvation is by grace alone and it is a true gift to the sinner. For those who have no religion or righteousness, plead with Jesus Christ to have mercy and to deliver you from your own evil heart. This gift is hidden from many who occupy the church pews every Sunday and can be had at the foot of the cross ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKU3gw_w1kM

“And I will put my spirit within you.”—Ezekiel 36:27 FROM the text that is before us…I draw, and I think very conclusively, the argument that if God in His covenant made with His people has promised to put His Spirit within them, it must be absolutely necessary that this promise should have been made. And it must be absolutely necessary also to our salvation that every one of us should receive the Spirit of God…We start then by laying down this proposition: the work of the Holy Spirit. #audiobooks #everycreatureministry #biblestudy #faithalone #audiolibrary #christianbooks ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSp93k9B8sI

the indwelling of the spirit - michael koulianos | the indwelling of the holy spirit. 06(message) the indwelling of the holy spirit! the baptism vs the indwelling of the holy spirit. when does the indwelling of the holy spirit occur? #everycreatureministry #GraceAlone #Sermon ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ3_A70wrIE