Saying No When the World Says Yes “Lessons Learned From Reality TV”
Hebrews 4:15, “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet He did not sin.”
Mark 8:31-36, ”He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.33 But when Jesus turned and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter. ‘Get behind Me, Satan!’ He said. ‘You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.’ 34 Then He called the crowd to Him along with His disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?’”
- Something Important to Remember:
Being ______________ does not mean you have sinned.
- A professor used to say, “if you’re gonna __________ you gotta pay the _______________.
- What was Jesus’ greatest temptation? Jesus didn’t look forward to being __________________________.
- The next time you’re in the middle of that spiritual tug-of-war, challenge yourself to ask this question: What is more important to me, what God ____________ or what I ____________?