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Read Matthew 4:1-11
“And So It Begins...”
When you are about to begin something new watch for temptation to distract and deter you.
A. Jesus was equipped with three things.
1. Holy Spirit (Empowered to resist)
2. The Word (Refuted lies with truth)
3. Weakness (40 days of Fasting)
B. Jesus was Tempted in Three areas.
1. Wilderness / “Son of Man” / Weakness- (v. 3)
The Devil meets Jesus in the Wilderness after he has been fasting for 40 days.
Jesus is hungry.
The Devil calls Jesus, “Son of Man”, and tells him to turn rocks into bread.
Jesus refuses.
Jesus is able to live by the Spirit and not make provisions for the flesh.
Demonstrating that in his weakness he is still strong and can overcome temptation.
Can you keep your flesh in check?
2. Pinnacle of the Temple / “Son of God” / Will (v.
5-6)
The Devil take Jesus to the Holy City to the Pinnacle of the Temple and calls him the “Son of God” and to throw himself down off it.
The Devil challenges Jesus’ authority and will.
Jesus’ life matters.
What he does with his life matters.
He has be purpose, a ministry, a plan.
To engage in such a flippant act would go off course from where he is heading.
Jesus will go on to say that he is the temple and if it is destroyed it will raise in 3 days.
Jesus would not be deterred from the will of the Father but the little games that the Devil wants to play.
We should not live our lives for God in such a flippant way either.
Are you ready to follow the will of God even if its the harder way?
3. High Mountain / “Satan” / Worship (v.
8-9)
The Devil takes Jesus up to a High Mountain shows him the world.
The Devil tells Jesus (Not giving him a title this time) that if he worships him that he would give Jesus the whole world.
Jesus tells “Satan” (Jesus gives the titles this time) to go and that only God is to be worshipped.
The Devil is the prince of this world at the moment and is running a cartel of evil and sin through its political and social structures.
Jesus will ransom the world from Satan but through a different way.
Do you worship God or the world?
What you give yourself to determines what you worship.
“Resist and it will end.”
What do you have in your arsenal to battle temptation?
Take Inventory.
Where are your weakness?
How can you make them your strengths?
What assurances do we have when we are faced with temptation?
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