Tell Me the Story of Jesus
Part 2
Verse 2. Fasting alone in the desert,
Tell of the days that are past,
How for our sins He was tempted,
Yet was triumphant at last.
Tell of the years of His labor,
Tell of the sorrow He bore;
He was despised and afflicted,
Homeless, rejected and poor.
Luke 4:1-13
Satan Tempts Jesus
(Matt 4:1-11; Mark 1:12,13)
4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days, He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'”
Where is it written?
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. NKJV
Luke 4:5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'”
Where is it written?
Deuteronomy 6:13-15 (NKJV)
13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.
14 You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you
15 (for the LORD your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the LORD your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.
And
Deuteronomy 10:20 (NKJV)
20 You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
Luke 4:9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him 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 shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.'”
Now Satan is using scripture
Ps 91:11 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.
Luke 4:12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'”
Where is it written? He had all of scripture but only used One Book Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 6:16 (NKJV)
16 “You shall not tempt the LORD your God as you tempted Him in Massah.
Luke 4:13 Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time. NKJV
Humility Cures Worldliness
James 4:7-10
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
So, we see when tempted we need to do as Jesus did.
1 Pray
2 Depend on the Holy Spirit
3 Fast
4 Use the word of God. The Bible.
Trust me, he will come back. And then: 1) Pray, 2) Depend on the Holy Spirit, 3) Fast, 4) Use the word of God. And make sure you know this, Satan know the scripture.
III. BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!
Thirty Years Old!
John 1:29 (NKJV)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36 (NKJV)
36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
The lamb that was promised way back in Genesis. …
Genesis 22:7-8 (NKJV)
7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
Exodus 12:3 (NKJV)
3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth day of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
Hebrews 9:22 (NKJV)
22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
1 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)
7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
Revelation 5:12 (NKJV)
12 saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
The Lamb that is given as the sacrifice for our sins.
