Satan Tempts Jesus
“This is my beloved Son…listen to him” “I baptise with water for repentance….He will baptise with the Holy Spirit and fire.” “This is my beloved Son…listen to him”
“Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” Matt 4;1
“There is no temptation that is not common to man. God will not let you be tempted above your ability. He will enable you to endure it.” I Cor 10;13
1. “And after forty days and forty nights, he was hungry” Matt 4;2!
“You shall not live by bread alone but by every word from the mouth of God” Matt 4;4
Pinnacle of the Temple
2. “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down…”He will command his angels ..to bear you up.” Matt 4; 6
“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test” Deut 6 ;16
3. ‘It can all be yours …..’ n.b. This offer carries a cost warning!
“You shall not covet your neighbour’s house,…or his wife, … “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house,…or his wife, ….or his servants,… or anything that is your neighbour’s” Ex.20;17
“What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul. Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul” Matt 16:26
*Satan is real and personal *He is no respecter of persons *Christ has conquered Satan *”Resist the Devil and he will flee from you.” James 4;7
“I have stored your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” Psalm 119 ; 11