The Enemy Will Try You! Matthew 4:1-6 Wednesday Evening by Pastor Fee Soliven Matthew 4:1-6 Wednesday Evening September 17, 2014

  1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

  3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "

5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "

 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

1. Physical Needs and Desires 2. Possessions and Power 3. Pride

 Deuteronomy 8:1-4 1 "Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.  

3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

1 Peter 4:12-14 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

1. The rains (in Noah's day) fell for 40 days and nights 2. Israel ate Manna for 40 years 3. Moses was with God in the mount, 40 days and nights 4. Moses was again with God 40 days and 40 nights 5. Moses led Israel from Egypt at age 80 (2 times 40), and after 40 years in the wilderness, died at 120 (3 times 40

6. The spies searched the land of Canaan for 40 days 7. Therefore, God made Israel wander for 40 years 8. 40 stripes was the maximum whipping penalty 9. God allowed the land to rest for 40 years 10. God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years

11. God again allowed the land to rest for 40 years 12. Abdon (a judge in Israel) had 40 sons 13. Israel did evil; God gave them to an enemy for 40 years 14. Eli judged Israel for 40 years 15. Goliath presented himself to Israel for 40 days 16. Saul reigned for 40 years  

17. Ishbosheth (Saul's son) was 40 when he began reign 18. David reigned over Israel for 40 years 19. The holy place of the temple was 40 cubits long 20. 40 baths (measurement) was size of lavers in Temple 21. The sockets of silver are in groups of 40

22. Solomon reigned same length as his father; 40 years 23. Elijah had one meal that gave him strength 40 days 24. Ezekiel bore the iniquity of the house of Judah for 40 days 25. King Jehoash reigned 40 years in Jerusalem 26. Egypt to be laid desolate for 40 years  

27. Ezekiel's (symbolic) temple is 40 cubits long 28. The courts in Ezekiel's temple were 40 cubits long 29. God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent 30. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights 31. Jesus was tempted 40 days 32. Jesus remained on earth 40 days after resurrection 33. Women are pregnant for 40 weeks (time of testing).  

3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

Genesis 3:1-6 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" 2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;

3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' “ 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "

Deuteronomy 8:3 "So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD."

5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over you,' and, 'In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "

 Malachi 3:1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.

 Psalm 91:11-12 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.