The Victory We Have in Christ: Can We Resist Temptation? - John Stevens

"Every Christian, but especially Christian leaders, must fight a constant battle against temptation. This talk encourages leaders that through Jesus they can live a victorious Christian life and provides biblical strategies for resisting sin through the power of the Holy Spirit. It considers three crucial questions: 

(2) The Victory We Have in Christ: Can We Resist Temptation?
As believers, we are not powerless against temptation. Through our union with Christ, we have been set free from the rule of sin and can live in victory by the power of the Holy Spirit. This session will focus on the biblical foundation of our ability to resist sin, highlighting the role of Christ’s death and resurrection in empowering us. We will also explore how the Spirit enables us to overcome temptation daily."

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John Stevens is the National Director of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, a family of over 665 Bible-centred churches in the UK, a position that he has held since 2010. Prior to this he was one of the founding pastors of City Evangelical Church Birmingham, which was planted in the centre of the UK’s 2nd largest city in 1999. He was instrumental in starting the Midlands Gospel Partnership, was the course Director of the Midlands Ministry Training Course and is a visiting lecturer at Oak Hill Theological College. John is also one of the pastors of Christchurch Market Harborough, a church he helped to plant when he took up his current role. He was converted whilst studying law at Cambridge University, and after taking a post-graduate degree at the University of Oxford worked for 16 years as a University Lecturer, ending his career as Deputy Head of the Law School at the University of Birmingham. John is married to Ursula and they have four children aged between 23 and 18.. He blogs at www.john-stevens.com on theology, church life and ministry, culture and politics.

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