Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
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… 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. And what the generation could not do in 40 years, Jesus did in 40 days. With God, what should take years takes days. I need somebody to shout right now. If you are glad, that you have a savior who did not skip the wilderness you have a savior that did not skip the scourging you have a savior that did not skip the mocking and because he did not skip the cross i'm coming out of this i'm coming out i'm coming out of this the last thing i do i'm coming out because he's in me i'm coming out much greater is he that lives in me than he that's in the world. You can skip this. You don't have to live in fear. …
… 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. It's maybe a story you know of. It's in Luke chapter 15. It's a story Jesus told, in fact. …
… 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. …
… concerning you. On their hands, they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against the stone. Jesus said to him, again, it is written, you shall not put the Lord your God to the test. This time Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy chapter six. And then the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and all their glory. He said to him, all these I will give you if you will fall down and worship me. Jesus said to him, be gone Satan. For it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve. He quotes again from the Old Testament. Then the devil left him and beholds, angels came and were ministering to him. This is stunning. Three times Jesus is tempted. All three times he says the same three words. It is what? Written. Then he quotes scripture. So here's the question. Did Jesus have to do that? Did he have to quote scripture? …
… into bread. The Bible says God can do anything, and Jesus said, it's also written, Do not put the Lord your God to the test, the perfect comeback. Okay. Well, let me get you to prove God's power. If you're really the Son of God, throw yourself off this high point, and the angels will catch you. Doesn't the Bible talk about angels? Angels will catch you, right? Prove that you are who you say you are. Jesus said, I don't have to do that because I know what the Word says. It is written. the Enemy came to Jesus, each time Satan spoke, Jesus had the perfect comeback. The third time is the one we referenced just now in Matthew chapter 4. It's so beautiful, because Jesus doesn't even bother to argue this time. He just says, "'Let me show you the door. Get thee hence. Away from me, Satan.'" It works, and the devil leaves. There are three things that are happening in this passage that may be happening in your life, and it's what I want to talk about for our lesson today. The first one is, the devil led Jesus. The second one is, he lied to Jesus. The third one is, he left Jesus. …