The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
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… 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. Jesus answered, It is written, Men shall not live on bread alone, but every word that comes from the mouth of God. Then the Devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. If you are the Son of God, he said, Throw yourself down, for it is written, He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. And Jesus answered him, It is also written, Do not put the Lord your God to the test. Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. All this I will give you, he said, if you will bow down and worship me. And Jesus said to him, Away from me, Satan, for it is written, Worship the Lord your God and serve him only. Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. The reason I don't have to stay in my wilderness is because Jesus went to his. …
… 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. Obviously we have the stories of today. We have the story of Genesis. We have the story of Jesus in the wilderness. There's a story that we're going to come back to all throughout the course of Lent. …
… 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. …
… Trust God with your tomorrow, because he's the one who's already there. The tempter came to him. He was hungry because he was human. He's high and holy, but he was born as a human to pay the price for our sin. And the tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones… If you are the Son of God, tell the stone to become bread. Do something. Take something that's not supposed to be something and make it something it can't be. Now, we already know that if Jesus tells the stone to be bread, it'll be pumpernickel in a minute. It'll be rye bread in a minute. Before he says the first syllable, it will be the softest, warmest loaf of bread. Jesus could not only speak to the stone and make it bread, he could speak to heaven and rain down butter on the bread. He could speak to the sun, and the sun would toast the slice of bread that wasn't there before that was a stone. He could do that, but watch what he said in verse 4. I think this is powerful for our lives. Jesus answered. …
… 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. …