Message Notes

Sunday, September 6, 2026

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“Temptation”

 

Int:      We know we’re not perfect.  We are: masters at mistakes, experts at errors, and brilliant at blunders.  In other words, we do wrong, and we do it a lot.  That’s too bad, because we’re really nice people.

What makes it worse though is when we drag others into our wrongs.  Jesus talks about that in today’s Gospel reading.  We’ll look at Matthew 18 again in a minute, but first, let’s look at a quote from Benjamin Franklin:

 

1. “In this world, nothing is certain…”

   1. Agree

   2. Disagree

2. Sinfulness

   1. First part of text

   2. Last part

3. Christ Overcame What We Cannot

   1. 2nd Corinthians 5:21

 

Con:    Like I’ve been saying, temptation is everywhere…