Luke 3:21-22 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
Luke 4:1-2 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation A. Temptation is an inescapable reality.
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation Luke 4:1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation B. Temptation is not necessarily sin.
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation If we re tempted by anger or lust, we often feel we ve committed the sin in the heart, just by considering it. Yet it s possible to be tempted without sinning. If we push the temptation away, instead of turning it over and taking perverse pleasure it, we ve resisted it, and that s not sinful. - Dan Doriani
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation C. Temptation is not caused by God. Luke 4:1-2a And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation C. Temptation is not caused by God. Luke 4:1-2a And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation C. Temptation is not caused by God. Luke 4:1-2a And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness being tempted by the devil.
I. Rudimentary Truths of Temptation Article 7 Satan 7-1 Satan is a created angelic being who fell from his first estate. He is the god of this age, ruling by the permissive will of God. He exercises authority over the unsaved, tempts the believer to sin, and continually accuses the brethren before the throne of God.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. A. The temptation to selfdetermination.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. Luke 4:3 The devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. B. The temptation to compromise.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. Luke 4:5-7 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. C. The temptation to presumption.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. Luke 4:9-11 And he took him to Jerusalem and 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 will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
II. Recognize the Forms of Temptation. You will be tempted to provide for yourself, protect yourself, and to exalt yourself. And at the core of these is a common impulse to cast off the fatherhood of God. - Russell Moore, Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ
III. Resist with the force of truth. Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone. Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. Luke 4:12 And Jesus answered him, It is said, You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.
III. Resist with the force of truth. Luke 4:13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
III. Resist with the force of truth. Reflective knowledge Read Examine Apply Pray
III. Resist with the force of truth. Luke 4:13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Next Steps 1. Give yourself up to Christ. 2. Grow in awareness of self. 3. Grow in awareness and application of God s truth.
Next Steps Heb. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Next Steps Close the door on temptation with the force of God s truth.