Responding to Temptation/Lies
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Reading: Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness
Reading: Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness
1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”
5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,
6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ”
9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,
10 for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’
11 and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ”
12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Most Important Takeaway: CHRIST OVERCAME TEMPTATION—HE NEVER SINNED!
ISRAEL FAILED in the WILDERNESS, CHRIST PREVAILED.
((Later: 1ST ADAM FAILED in the GARDEN, CHRIST PREVAILED))
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JESUS = NOT ONLY SAVIOR,, BUT OUR EXAMPLE — HE SHOWED US WHAT TRUE HUMANITY in OBEDIENCE to GOD SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
**WE WILL NEVER ERR FOLLOWING JESUS’ EXAMPLE & LIFESTYLE**
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Tonight: FOCUSING on JESUS’ RESPONSE & HOW IT’S INSTRUCTIVE… SPIRITUAL WARFARE
**Disclaimer: SOME SEE—DEVIL BEHIND EVERY BUSH…**
SPIRITUAL WARFARE—SKETCHY TOPIC W/ SOME— BUT LET’S NOT THROW BABY OUT W/ BATHWATER…
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
WE HAVE a REAL ADVERSARY WHO SEEKS to STEAL, KILL, DESTROY…
… WE CAN’T LIVE IGNORANT of THIS.
=> HE’S CRAFTY— GOES AFTER the WEAK AREAS… “OPPORTUNE TIME”
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Focus for Tonight: **THOUGHT-LIFE** — LIES WE HEAR.
Quote: “If you accept the premise that your mind and brain are not the same thing, and if there is a God who can communicate with your mind as the Bible says through a mechanism theorized by researchers, then the possibility also exists that some messages you hear come from an enemy whose intent is to steal, kill, and destroy your life.” (Lee Warren, Self-Brain Surgery, p. 127).
Ref. C.S. LEWIS—SCREWTAPE LETTERS…
Kronk— DEVIL/ANGEL on SHOULDERS
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Scriptural Support:
Scriptural Support:
2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 30.29 πληρόω τὴν καρδίαν
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BITTERNESS
FEAR
UNFORGIVENESS
DISCOURAGEMENT
DOUBT
DEPRESSION
LUST
WORRY
**SOME ARE DUE to FALLEN NATURE—BUT LET’S NOT CHALK EVERYTHING UP to FLESH** SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE SPIRITUAL…
SOMETIMES— ANSWER = SELF-CONTROL
SOMETIMES — ANSWER = SPIRITUAL WEAPONS: PRAYER, PRAISE, WORD of GOD…
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Learning from Jesus:
Learning from Jesus:
HE RESPONDED to TEMPTATION W/ WORD of GOD…
BOTH PETER & JAMES SAY: “RESIST the DEVIL” — HOW?? — WORD of GOD.
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HELPFUL—TRACE a THOUGHT— EVALUATE its CONTENT— TRY & SEE ITS ORIGINS…
SATAN = FATHER of LIES— CAN’T SPEAK TRUTH.
COUNTERACT LIES W/ TRUTH.
YOU’RE WORTHLESS — I AM LOVED.
THIS … SIN WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY — WAGES of SIN = DEATH
YOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THIS — DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING
YOUR LIFE DOESN’T MATTER— I AM HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED for GOOD WORKS…
YOU’RE TOO WEAK— GOD’S STRENGTH = MADE PERFECT.
LIFE WON’T GET ANY BETTER, YOU SHOULD GIVE UP — WHEN I FALL I SHALL RISE—THE LORD WILL BE a LIGHT…
WHAT YOU HAVE ISN’T ENOUGH — “SEEK FIRST the KINGDOM of GOD”
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WE MUST BE DILIGENT in the STUDY of GOD’S WORD—NOT CURSORY READINGS—BUT IMMERSIAN.
MARINATE ILLUSTRATION
STEAK HAS POTENTIAL—NEEDS a LITTLE HELP
OUR MINDS ARE POWERFUL—NEED HELP.
R. Gallaty: “GET INTO the WORD UNTIL IT GETS INTO YOU”
Satan = Father of Lies
God’s Word = TRUTH
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4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
=> HEBREW BOYS IMMERSED in TORAH—SOME BY AGE 10 COULD QUOTE ALL 80,000 WORDS of TORAH!!
Challenge: Do we even have more memorized than John 3:16?....
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Discussion Questions:
WHAT is a LIE YOU FREQUENTLY HEAR?
WHAT is a FAVORITE SCRIPTURE VERSE YOU RECITE?
tempted to give up—it’s not paying off…
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
8 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
!! Close in Prayer !!
