1. TESTED FOR APPROVAL LUKE 4:1-14

2. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, RETURNED FROM THE JORDAN AND WAS LED AROUND BY THE SPIRIT IN THE WILDERNESS FOR FORTY DAYS, BEING TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. AND HE ATE NOTHING DURING THOSE DAYS, AND WHEN THEY HAD ENDED, HE BECAME HUNGRY. Luke 4: 1,2

3. 1.JESUS FULLY GOD AND FULLY MAN SUFFERED HUNGERED WEPT HUMAN BODY HUMAN MIND EMOTIONS TROUBLED SORROWFUL MARVELED

4. “WHAT, THEN, DOES ALL THIS MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN HIS DEITY, BUT THAT HE TOOK HUMAN NATURE TO HIMSELF, AND CHOSE TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD AS A MAN. HE HUMBLED HIMSELF IN THAT WAY. HE DELIBERATELY PUT LIMITS ON HIMSELF. NOW WE CANNOT GO FURTHER. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW HE DID IT. WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT, IN A SENSE. BUT WE BELIEVE THIS: IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT LIVE THIS LIFE AS A MAN, WHILE HE WAS HERE ON EARTH, HE DID NOT EXERCISE CERTAIN QUALITIES OF HIS GODHEAD. THAT WAS WHY….. HE NEEDED TO BE GIVEN THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE.” Dr.Martin Lloyd-Jones

5. THE GARDEN THE WILDERNESS Johnny Appleseed

6. 2.THE POWER OF GOD’S WORD LUKE 4: 3-12

7. AND THE DEVIL SAID TO HIM, “IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, TELL THIS STONE TO BECOME BREAD.” AND JESUS ANSWERED HIM, “IT IS WRITTEN, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’” AND HE LED HIM UP AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD IN A MOMENT OF TIME. AND THE DEVIL SAID TO HIM, “I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THIS DOMAIN AND ITS GLORY; FOR IT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO ME, AND I GIVE IT TO WHOMEVER I WISH. THEREFORE IF YOU WORSHIP BEFORE ME, IT SHALL ALL BE YOURS.” JESUS ANSWERED HIM, “IT IS WRITTEN, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.’” Luke 2: 3-12

8. AND HE LED HIM TO JERUSALEM AND HAD HIM STAND ON THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE, AND SAID TO HIM, “IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, THROW YOURSELF DOWN FROM HERE; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, ‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,’ AND, ‘ON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’” AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, “IT IS SAID, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.’” Luke 2: 3-12

9. 3.JESUS OUR ADVOCATE LUKE 4: 13, 14

10. WHEN THE DEVIL HAD FINISHED EVERY TEMPTATION, HE LEFT HIM UNTIL AN OPPORTUNE TIME. AND JESUS RETURNED TO GALILEE IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT, AND NEWS ABOUT HIM SPREAD THROUGH ALL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT. Luke 2: 13, 14

11. ROMANS 5:18,19 HEBREWS 4:14-16