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Matthew 10:16, Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.

1. We live in a world filled with temptations and no one is exempt from being exposed.
2. Yet, as followers of Jesus Christ, the Bible declares that we can have victory over temptation because Jesus is our victory.
3. This means that we don’t have to be slaves to sin any longer.
4. So how can Christ’s victory become a reality in our lives?
5. Today, we will discover life-changing principles from the Bible whenever temptation comes knocking, by looking at the example of Joseph.
a. In Genesis 39, we will discover three tactics used by the enemy of our souls, Satan, to defeat us.
b. We will also discover how Joseph was victorious against all three of Satan’s tactics.

Genesis 39:7-20

Context
1. Joseph was his father’s favorite son. Jacob had twelve sons and showed his favoritism when he gave Joseph a special multi-colored coat.
2. Jacob’s favoritism caused bitterness in the hearts of his other sons.
3. Ten of the brothers despised Joseph and sold him into slavery. He was taken to Egypt and ended up in the home of Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials.
4. Joseph had been betrayed by his own flesh and blood. It appeared that his life of favor was over.
5. It would have been so easy for Joseph to harbor unforgiveness, bitterness, and even thoughts of revenge.
6. It would have been so easy for Joseph to succumb to temptation and abandon his faith in God to live a sin-filled life because it looked like God had abandoned him.
7. But Joseph did not do any of those things. He rose above it all and was victorious.

Transition – Let’s look at the first way the enemy tempted Joseph…

I. Tactic 1: The “Roaring Lion” (7-9)

A. “Lie with me” (7)
1. Potiphar’s wife “looked with desire at Joseph”.
a. God’s favor was on Joseph so his master, Potiphar, put everything under his charge. (5)
b. Joseph was like his mother Rachel, “handsome in form and appearance”. (6)
2. Now, Egyptian women were known for their promiscuity.
a. Potiphar’s wife was no exception to this rule.
b. She literally commanded Joseph to commit adultery.

APPL – Do not be surprised when the enemy gets in your face with temptation.
• There are times, as we will see later, when temptation can be subtle.
• But there are times when temptation comes like a full-court press in basketball.

1 Peter 5:8, Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

• So, we better know the answer when temptation comes knocking!

APPL – 1 John 2:16 reveals that there are three main categories of temptation.

1 John 2:16, For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

• “The lust of the flesh.”
• “The lust of the eyes.”
• “The boastful pride of life.”

APPL – It is important to note that temptation is not sin.

Hebrews 4:15, For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

APPL – Temptation becomes sin when we act on it.
James 1:14-15, But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

Transition - What did Joseph do when Satan came at him like a roaring lion?

B. Response: Expose the evil with the light (8-9)
1. Joseph’s response is so powerful. He exposed the evil of her temptation with the light, asking, “How then could I?”
a. Joseph declared that he had been elevated to a position of authority, but it was authority with boundaries!
b. Joseph had been elevated because he had been faithful to God and to Potiphar, so how could he break that sacred trust.

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