Sermon Tone Analysis

Intro

She saw that the tree was good for food...

It could satisfy her hunger (please her physically)

Compare to - Satan tempted Jesus in the same way - change the stones to bread - tempted him physically, his hunger

It was delight to the EYES...

It looked amazing, attractive, etc.

Compare to where Satan took Jesus to the top of the mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory - LOOK at all this I (Satan) can give you - surely this LOOKED amazing, attractive to the EYES of Jesus.

The tree was to be desired to make one wise...

It could make her better than how God had made her - God is holding you back, if you eat this you will reach your destiny, I (Satan) can help you reach your full potential not God, everyone will know who you are!

What are your motives?

Don’t you want to be better than everybody else?

Compare to where Satan tests Jesus in regards to his popularity

Here Satan made a subtle suggestion to Jesus as the Messiah.

In effect he was reminding Jesus of Malachi’s prophecy (Mal.

3:1), which had led to a common belief among the Jews that Messiah would suddenly appear in the sky, coming down to His temple.

Satan was saying, in essence, “Why don’t You do what the people are expecting and make some marvelous display?

After all, the Scripture says His angels will protect You and You won’t even hurt a foot as You come down.”

In the garden and in the wilderness, the enemy uses God’s words in his temptation.

However, neither time does he use them with accuracy.

He either misquotes scripture or uses it out of context or both.

To one who is not familiar with God’s word, this might work.

- “...Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

No, that’s not what he said.

Actually he said that we could eat from any tree in the garden except one.

- he acts as though he is quoting from .

He quotes from verses 11 and 12 but so conveniently fails to mention the verses before or after, therefore, trying to apply God’s word out of context.

He says nothing about the requirements of the one who wants protection from the Lord.

SENTENCE ‘You1 shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

The part that Satan leaves out of is “in all your ways.”

So, the one that the Lord will protect is the one who is doing His will.

Our ways are not the Lord’s ways

makes very clear that the one who makes the Lord their refuge and shelter is the one that no evil will overtake nor will disease and destruction come against them.

- makes clear that those who hold fast to the Lord in love and that acknowledge his name He will protect.

He’s trying to get Jesus to test the Lord.

These verses say nothing about testing the Lord.

In fact, the scriptures say ‘do not test the Lord.’