2 Timothy 2:17. We must be aware that false teachers can cause conflict in our lives and lead us away from God. God desires for all us to be sanctified, set aside for His own use, but this cannot happen if we are led astray by false teachers.

Proverbs 7:25. Many of us fall into temptation and lust that leads us to live an unhappy life. Being out of the will of God and following our own lusts leads to self-destruction, disappointment, and dissatisfaction. A lustful heart can never be satisfied. Many strong people have subcombed to their lusts and have ended up leading a very unhappy life.

Zechariah 10:2. We can never understand prophesy if we do not have a relationship with God and we are not in Christian fellowship. Without a relationship with God, we cannot hear true prophecy because there are too many other false prophets that distract us and mislead us. These false prophets are many and can be ministers, advertisers, your friend, celebrities, and outright scammers.

James 1:14. The prime example of human weakness is the lust that is inside ourselves. The basic definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. Lust tempts every person. No one is immune from the thoughts of lust. Lust weaken us because it draws us away from God.

1 Timothy 6:9. Letting money and wealth control us is an example of human weakness. Wealth in itself is not bad. It is how we think about it and what we do with it. Humans are weak when it comes to money and wealth. It is so easy to get caught up in lusting after money. When this happens, we are basically letting money control us.

Genesis 3 tells us the story of original sin. Original sin started in the Garden of Evil where the serpent tempted Adam and Eve to sin against God. They did this by being disobedient to God by eating of the tree of good and evil. As a result of this disobedience, God cursed the serpent, Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve knew shame and were driven from the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 29:25: The Bible teaches us that we should create value no matter what wrong is done to us in a relationship. Jacob's dealing with Laban shows us how we should always be creating value in any relationship. Jacob had made a contract with Laban to work for him for seven years in order for him to marry Rachel, the second oldest daughter of Laban.

Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel, started his life as a scam artist. One of Jacob's biggest scams was where he was able to talk his brother out of his birthright for a dish of red pottage. Another one of Jacob's scams consisted of Jacob taking advantage of Isaac's poor eyesight to receive Esau's blessing. Jacob did not stay a scam artist all of his life.

Genesis 3:1. The devil has no capability to do us direct harm. He can only do us harm by trickery. In Genesis 3:1 it says, "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field…". In the Garden of Eden the Devil did no direct harm to Adam and Eve. All he did was use his craftiness to confuse and tempt Adam and Eve to disobey God.