Known for his unique ability to simplify profound truth so that it can be applied to everyday

life, Adrian Rogers was one of the most effective preachers, respected Bible teachers, and

Christian leaders of our time. Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers.

There are three ways that people try to deal with temptation. Two of them are wrong. One way that people

deal with temptation is simply to give in to it. They're not bothered by temptation because they

do what they want to do when they want to do it. They're like animals and we have a lot of people

who are living like

intelligent animals, really not so intelligent. An animal is for self-gratification, self-propagation,

self-preservation. An animal does what it wants to do because it wants to do it. It eats when it

wants to eat. It sleeps when it wants to sleep. It does what it wants to do. Propagate when it

wants to propagate. And so the way that some people deal with temptation is just simply give in to it.

They really don't even bother about what some of us would call temptation.

Then the way that others deal with temptation is they try to fight it,

but they do it in the strength of their own flesh.

And so they try and fail, they try, they fail, they try, they fail.

And finally, they're like that woman who said, I can overcome anything but temptation.

And maybe you're that way.

You just have failed and struggled so much.

Three ways, however, the third way is to teach us

to understand both the example and the power for overcoming satanic temptation. And we're going to

find that in the story of the temptation of the Lord Jesus Christ there in the wilderness because, friend, Jesus is our

example and Jesus is our power. Now, why should you and I study this? Well, we need to study it

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