Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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… How can you say that? It's bigger than me. This sickness, this anxiety, this struggle, it's bigger than me. How can you tell me I can skip the wilderness because of Matthew 4, verse 1? There is someone other than Joshua who went through the wilderness because the Bible says, help me, Holy Spirit. Help me help somebody today. help me help somebody who's in a wilderness. Help me help somebody who feels like there's no way out. Help me help somebody who's just circling round and round the same wilderness. Help me help somebody today, God, who's just stuck in it. Help me help somebody who keeps hating themselves. Help me help somebody who keeps reaching out for things that are hurting them. The Bible says, Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil, and after fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. …
… right after this incredible moment, watch what happens in Luke four, verse one, put it on the screen. It says, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for 40 days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them, he was hangry. Write down point number three today. God tests in the wilderness. I just love this. Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, full of the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. See, most of us think that when we have a God moment and we get baptized or we go to conferences and we go to us conference, we're going to have this moment and God's going to lead us into comfort. But here Jesus gets full of the Spirit and gets led into the wilderness. Why does God lead his son into the wilderness? Because Jesus is about to prove that he is the true Israel. Israel was led into the wilderness. It should have been for 40 days, but it ended up being 40 years because in the wilderness, it's a test of dependence upon God. …
… returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. does your Bible just say what I just read? Yeah. The Holy Spirit, the kind, wonderful, generous, gentle, merciful, compassionate Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When the Lord leads you into a conflict, it is never punishment for you. It is always punishment for the devil. Listen to me carefully. There is no contest between God and the devil. It's not a contest. It's not worthy of mentioning the two in the same breath. There is no contest. with a word he can completely demolish and obliterate all powers of darkness. He has chosen to keep them here because they are training ground for you and me who will reign with Christ for eternity. And anytime the Lord leads us into a conflict, it's only because he's equipped us to win. The enemy's only chance is to get us to question what God has said. …
… Chapter 4, verses 1 through 11. At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached him and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. He said in reply, God to the test. Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their magnificence. And he said to him, all these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me. At this, Jesus said to him, get away, Satan. It is written, the Lord your God shall you worship and him alone shall you serve. Then the devil left him and behold, angels came and ministered to him. The Gospel of the Lord. I invite you to have a seat. So this Lent, this Lent we're going to be talking about stories. …
… Your word is truth. You protect yourself from the adversary through the word. And the disciples had seen this modeled. Remember back in Matthew chapter 4, verse 1 through 11? Jesus was tempted three times face to face with the evil one, with the devil. He's tempted three times. Every single time he's tempted, he says the exact same thing in response. What does he say? He says, it is written, And then he quotes from the Old Testament. It is written. He quotes from the Old Testament. Now, here's the question. Think about it with me. Jesus is tempted three times. Each time he says, it is written, quotes from the Old Testament. Do you think that in those circumstances, those temptations, he had to quote Scripture in order to ward off that temptation? Do you think it was necessary for him to quote Scripture? I don't think it was. I think Jesus was the kind of guy who could say anything at that point and it would become scripture he had that kind of power he says anything and we've got red letters written in our Bible just like that, he's that good he could say anything at that point, it would become scripture did he have to quote scripture? no, I think Jesus is setting an example there for us that in order to be pure, in order to show the character of God, in order to do this disciplining thing, the Word must be at the center of your life. …
The wilderness. I want to show this to you. You're not going to believe this is in the Bible. In Matthew 4, verse 1… Turn there if you'd like, or we'll put it up on the screen for you. Matthew 4, verse 1. The Bible says this, Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. That's the part I thought would shock you, because I thought the Spirit would lead Jesus to an easy place. But it gets worse. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. I have got all kinds of questions about that verse, and none of them are rhetorical. I really need to know. Why would the Spirit lead him into the wilderness? I thought about that over and over again, and I realized the more I read it that it was a repeat, because I remembered how Israel in the Old Testament went through the wilderness too. not for 40 days and 40 nights, but for 40 years. Here's what the Enemy did to them when they were coming out of Egypt. God was bringing them out of Egypt to the Promised Land. …
… And listen to the language. Matthew chapter 4, verse 1. Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. The tempter came and said to him, if you're the son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread. but he answered it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God so here's Jesus himself face to face with the devil the devil tempts him to make food for himself Jesus responds with three words it is written and then he quotes a verse from Deuteronomy chapter 8 about the Word of God. Then, right after that, the devil took him to the holy city, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, if you're the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it's written. So here's the devil using the Bible, twisting it. He'll command his angels concerning you. On their hands, they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against the stone. …
… Can y'all hang with me for just a second? Then Jesus, verse 1, was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, afterward he was hungry. Now when the tempter came to him, he said, if you are the son of God, command that these stones become bread. Verse 4, but he answered and said, it is written. Stop. Stick a pen right there. This is him modeling for us the rhema word he had. He quoted back to him the scriptures. He says, it is written. See, some of y'all will never get the victory in life because you're quoting what Oprah said. What Oprah said ain't ever delivered nobody. But when Jesus gives you a word and he says, he says, it is written, verse four, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. That was a rhema word that was a specific word to address a specific situation that he was dealing with, that he was in, where the devil was tempting him and asking him and telling him and suggesting to him that he would turn these stones into bread. …