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A few months ago we moved from the paradise of Kangaroo Island to the paradise of Noosa and the
Sunshine Coast.
It felt like the paradise of Kangaroo Island was lost a er the bush res a couple of
years ago, and with the recent ooding it has felt like paradise up here has been lost too.
In 1667 John Milton published his epic poem: “Paradise Lost”.
He saw the way that Paradise was
lost for all of us in Genesis Chapter 3 when Adam and Eve turned away from God. Paradise was
really lost when people chose their own sel sh way instead of God’s way.
Milton published a sequel 4 years later: “Paradise Regained.”
If Paradise is lost … if all humanity fails in Genesis Three … then where would we nd paradise
regained?
Is it in the birth of Christ?
Is it in His death on the cross for all of us?
Is it in His victorious
resurrec on?
Milton chose today’s passage, the tempta on of Christ as his focus for Paradise
Regained.
I like his choice, not simply because it gives a good opener for this sermon, but because it shows
that Jesus overcomes at the same point as Adam and Eve’s failure.
He is victorious where they fell
at.
And because of Jesus’ victory, there is the possibility for every human being to be included in
the renewed, renovated, wonderful paradise of the New Crea on by simply trus ng in Jesus.
Adam is the representa ve human who represents all humanity.
And in 1 Corinthians 15 Jesus is
called the last Adam.
He is the next representa ve human, Jesus can fully stand in our place.
So, Milton says, standing in the place of Adam, our place, Jesus overcame the tempta on that
ensnared the rst Adam.
The two tempta ons are easy enough to compare.
On the one hand Adam was fed, watered and had the freedom to eat anything from the lush garden
except the one tree.
On the other hand, Jesus came from a me of fas ng, forty days of it, where
he had no food and only a li le water, and he was in the wilderness.
Adam was not in want or in
need, Jesus was … to put it mildly … absolutely famished.
Satan’s challenge for Jesus to turn the stone into bread didn’t just appeal to Jesus’ immense hunger.
The tempta on was to ques on God’s provision and care.
The tempta on was for Jesus to live
independently of God, to provide for himself, to take care of himself, rather than to depend on God.
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To ght this tempta on Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 8.3 “Man shall not live on bread alone.”
And the
rest of that verse says, “but you live by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”
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argued that life is sustained, energised and run by more than food.
Life is …being in rela onship
with God, listening to and receiving the Word He speaks.
The rich, abundant life that Jesus modelled for us is one which recognises that God is our sustainer:
More than our food, our breath, our water, God is the one behind it all, providing each meal, giving
each breath and the water we need.
The second tempta on also relates to Jesus’ Sonship, and dependence on His Father’s provision and
plan.
Satan tempted Jesus by showing him all the kingdoms of the world.
He twisted the truth and
told Jesus that he could give him all authority.
This was doubly decep ve because Satan did have some authority on earth and because it was
Jesus’ des ny to rule on the throne of David, to rule in his kingdom that will never end.
So, taking authority when He was tempted by the Devil would have been like taking a shortcut to
receive what he was going to get anyway.
But in order to take the shortcut Jesus would have to
worship the devil.
Clearly, that went against the purposes of God and to reject that tempta on, Jesus quoted
Deuteronomy 6.13, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’
We recently focused on 2 Tim 3.16 which tells us, “All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correc ng and training in righteousness.”
Jesus knew the power of Scripture
and used it to ght the tempta ons he faced.
It’s good to no ce that each of Jesus’ replies were con dent and brief.
He didn’t hang around,
examining the tempta ons and giving them a chance to grow or become more appealing.
In the
same way, if you nd yourself tempted to sin, to disobey God, then it pays to say “No!” to the
tempta on and quickly move on, don’t just hang around and allow yourself to be tempted more
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