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• I Corinthians 10:13 – God has given you power greater than the temptation!
• Be prepared with the scriptures.
  • Psalms 119:9, 11, 101, 104, 133
• Understand temptation.
  • James 1:13-15 – Don’t desire evil things – they are forbidden for good reason.
• Be on guard and avoid danger.
  • I Peter 5:8
  • Proverbs 4:14-15
  • Proverbs 7:6-27 – an example of one who failed to avoid danger
• Pray to avoid temptation.
  • Matthew 6:13
  • Matthew 26:41
• Pray at the moment of temptation.
  • Jesus prayed in Gethsemane when His “soul was grieved to the point of death” (Matthew 26:36-46)
    • Mark 14:35
  • Luke 21:36
• Use the scriptures.
  • When Satan tempted Jesus at the beginning of His ministry, Jesus quoted scripture three times, saying, “it is written” (Matthew 4:1-11)
  • Jesus resisted temptation because He was resolved to fulfill the Scripture. Matthew 26:53-54
• Flee from temptation.
  • I Corinthians 6:18
  • II Timothy 2:22
  • Genesis 39:1-12 – Joseph’s example
• Final thoughts
  • Hebrews 4:15
  • Genesis 4:7 – God’s message to Cain about sin: “you must master it”

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• 841 B.C. – II Kings 9-10 – King Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel
  • Jehonadab son of Rechab
  • II Kings 10:15-28
• Circa 609-598 B.C. – II Kings 23:34-24:6; II Chronicles 36:4-8 – King Jehoiakim of Judah
  • Jeremiah 35:2, 6-10 – This was over 200 years later and they were still faithful to Jonadab’s instructions.
  • Jeremiah 35:14 – God uses the Rechabites as an example of obedience.
  • Jeremiah 35:19 – God’s promise to Jonadab and his household
• Our responsibility to our generations
  • The example of Abraham
    • Abram (“exalted father”), Abraham (“father of a multitude”)
    • Genesis 18:19
    • Physical descendants: Israel (and other nations)
    • Spiritual descendants: today’s Christians (Galatians 3:7, 29)
  • Generational fatherhood is carried out through the teaching of God’s words and wisdom.
    • Proverbs 4:1-5; Psalm 78:1-3; Deuteronomy 4:9
    • Joel 1:3
  • Our faithful teachings to our children and grandchildren may preserve our descendants long after we are gone.
• Discern the signs of the times and respond.
  • Will Jesus not rebuke us for not opening our eyes to the world around us (Matthew 16:3)?
    • Humanism (the philosophy that rejects God and embraces human reason and experience as the only guides for human life) …
    • … materialism, greed, debt, waste, selfishness …
    • … fornication, adultery, homosexuality, pornography, immodesty, lasciviousness, divorce …
  • Jonadab saw the signs of his times, heard the words of the prophets, believed them, and commanded his descendants to live in a way to survive those times.
  • Are we separated and strange in this world (II Corinthians 6:14-18; I Peter 2:11-12; 4:3-5), or will we just “follow the masses in doing evil” (Exodus 23:2)?
• Obey your father and live, or refuse and die.
  • Jeremiah 35:17
  • Hebrews 12:9
  • Deuteronomy 30:19-20
  • The choice is simple: obey God’s word and live, or reject him and die. Which do you choose?