Alpha Chap 11

Alpha Notes

flight

> Chapter 11: How Can I Resist Evil? - Run Away (revealed through temptation)

1Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

fight

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

- Remove Yourself From Evil

Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

- Protect and Defend Others - Not Always By Force (but through and in love)

Psalms 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. - To God

surrender

Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Psalms 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

- Through His son Jesus James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Luke 22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Luke 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Deliver Us from the Evil One http://www.roca.org/OA/73/73e.htm (Russian Orthodox Church) http://www.tagnet.org/ burntmillssda/sermons/ sermon91600.html The Seventh Petition http://www.pbministries.org/ books/pink/Lords_Prayer/ pray_08.htm