05/06/2021
JESUS’ TEMPTATION – Part 1
Luke 4:1-13
INTRODUCTION:
I. FROM A STUDY OF JESUS TEMPTATIONS, WE BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH OUR ENEMY (Josh 2)
II. SATAN MEANS ADVERSARY (I Pet 5:7)
III. IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, MUCH TIME IS SPENT IN STUDYING THE ENEMY (Luke 14:28-32)
IV. WE ARE AT WAR WITH SATAN (II Cor 10:4-5/ Eph 6:10-18)
V. ACCORDINGLY, WE MUST STUDY OUR ADVERSARY
SO FROM THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS, WE LEARN THE FOLLOWING ABOUT HIM
I. HE IS REAL
Mat 4:3, 10/ Luke 4:6, 13
A. He has a name – Rev 20:2/ 12:9/ Job 1:6-12/ Zech 3:1
B. Children – Jn 8:44
C. Desire/ demands – Luke 22:31/ Job 1:11-12/ 2:4-6
D. Lies – Jn 8:44/ Acts 5:3
E. Deceives – Rev 20:7, 10/ Eph 6:11
F. Destiny – Mat 25:41
II. HE IS PERSISTENT
Luke 4:13/ Mt 12:43-45
A. He doesn’t accept defeat
B. He always seeks for opportunities to come back
III. HE S SUBTLE AND CUNNING
Luke 4:2-3/ Mat 4:2-3/ II Cor 2:9-11
A. He came when Jesus was hungry, and he will do so to us
i. Success
ii. Another chance
iii. Love
iv. Attention
B. He came when He was weak
Luke 4/ I Pet 5:8
C. He quotes scriptures, but twisting them
Mat 4:3
i. He doesn’t deny the existence of God – Gen 3:1
ii. He does not say God lied – Gen 3:5
D. He targets our talents as an occasion for great temptation
Mat 3:17/ 4:3
i. Joseph was handsome and it became an occasion of temptation – Gen 39:7, 7-20
ii. David was a man of power – II Sam 11
iii. Zacchaeus was a tax collector – Luke 19:8