Are You Already Hooked?

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the bible tells us to be fishers of men
but have you ever considered how satan
fishes for us as well hi my name is lex
and welcome to unlearn have you ever
been fishing if so
you know you can't just throw an empty
hook into the water and expect a fish to
bite it you either need bait or you need
a lure the bait usually has a smell that
attracts the fish and makes them think
it's food
and a lure is designed to look like food
as it moves in the water the point of
both the bait and the lure is to hide
the hook
and at the same time convince the fish
to take a bite it's a cleverly disguised
trap now imagine that temptation is the
bait and sin is the hook the temptation
is there to make sin appealing to us now
think about how often satan casts his
bait in front of you what lure is the
most attractive to you let me give you a
few possible scenarios you're driving to
work and someone darts into your lane
and nearly runs you off the road the
bait is cast now do you take the bait
and let your anger cause you to sin or
do you praise god that he kept you safe
what about this lure you're scrolling on
your favorite social media platform and
a seductive image finds its way into
your feed the bait is cast do you let
lust get the best of you or do you
resist temptation and flee when someone
comes to you with a juicy bit of gossip
the bait is cast do you listen to it or
do you tell them you don't want to hear
about it do you tell it to others after
hearing it or do you tell that person to
stop talking about other people do you
stand up for the person who's not
present to defend themself or do you
chime in with your own negative words
about them gossip is a big one but most
people take the bait without even
thinking about it what about when
someone offends you the bait is cast
what will you do or when you have an
opportunity to cheat or steal and you
know you won't get caught the bait is
cast how will you respond there's so
many times in our lives when satan casts
a lure right in front of us do we take
the bait or do it run the other
direction listen to how the bible
describes temptation but each one is
tempted when he is drawn away by his own
desires and enticed then when desire has
conceived it gives birth to sin and sin
when it is full grown brings forth death
a temptation is only tempting to you if
it's something you desire if money is
not a temptation for you then greed
won't be a struggle in your life if
you're content with what you have then
covetousness and jealousy won't be a
struggle for you sin is only tempting if
it looks appealing to you for some
reason it's just like that fishing lure
it's designed to attract hungry fish
but if a fish isn't hungry then it won't
bite the bible tells us that sin leads
to death again it's just like that fish
when the fish takes a bite of that lure
the hook is set in its mouth and the
fisherman reels it in later that night
the fish is in the frying pan that's how
sin works it lures us in and when we
give into temptation we eventually end
up in the frying pan that's why the
bible says we are blessed when we endure
temptation and do not give into it
blessed is the man who endures
temptation for when he has been approved
he will receive the crown of life which
the lord has promised to those who love
him overcoming temptation keeps us out
of the frying pan when we overcome
temptation we avoid sin and we're able
to live a holy life filled with the joy
of the holy spirit and we no longer have
the shame and guilt of sin holding us
back overcoming sin and temptation is a
daily habit we need to develop because
the devil is always looking for
something he can hook us with he's out
there every day throwing different lures
to see what we might bite on today if
you don't buy it on the gossip then you
might cast a lust lure
and if you don't bite on that he might
cast an anger lure we need to continue
to be aware and diligent in our lives so
that we don't get hooked on the bait
that satan is throwing on our direction
the bible says walk in the spirit and
you shall not fulfill the lust of the
flesh this is a daily discipline that we
need to develop in our life every day
when you get up decide today i'm going
to walk with the holy spirit and not
give into my flesh
and tomorrow when you get up make that
same decision again and keep making that
decision every day for the rest of your
life because when you are walking with
the spirit you are not gratifying the
lust of your flesh if this video was
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thank you so much and remember the truth
will set you free we'll see you next
time