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• Chapter 4

• The Temptations of Jesus

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Luke 41-4 (NKJV)
(1) Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy
Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by
the Spirit into the wilderness, (2) being tempted
for forty days by the devil. And in those days He
ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended,
He was hungry. (3) And the devil said to Him, If
You are the Son of God, command this stone to
become bread. (4) But Jesus answered him,
saying, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God.
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Luke 45-8 (NKJV)
(5) Then the devil, taking Him up on a high
mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time. (6) And the devil said
to Him, All this authority I will give You, and
their glory for this has been delivered to me,
and I give it to whomever I wish. (7) Therefore,
if You will worship before me, all will be
Yours. (8) And Jesus answered and said to
him, Get behind Me, Satan! For it is
written, You shall worship the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve.
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Luke 49-11 (NKJV)
(9) Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on
the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If
You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from
here. (10) For it is written He shall give His
angels charge over you, To keep you, (11) and,
In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you
dash your foot against a stone.
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Luke 412-13 (NKJV)
(12) And Jesus answered and said to him, It has
been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your
God. (13) Now when the devil had ended every
temptation, he departed from Him until an
opportune time.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Here we are confronted with the mystery of the
  humanity and divinity of Jesus.
• Jesus is God He became flesh (John 11, 14).
• Made like us in all things (Heb. 217).
• Tempted like us in all things (Heb. 415).
• Fullness of Deity in bodily form (Col.29)

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Here we are confronted with the mystery of the
  humanity and divinity of Jesus.
• Yet God cant be tempted (Jas. 113)
• But of no less mystery is the death of the Son of
  God. Can God die?
• Jesus temptations were just as real as His
  death.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Jesus responds to each of the temptations of
  Satan with a quotation from Scripture.
• Knowledge of Gods Word is a powerful weapon in
  our struggle against Satan.
• To drive this point home, consider the source of
  the passages that Jesus cites all from the book
  of Deuteronomy.

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Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
(Deut. 83) You shall worship the Lord your God
and Him only shall you serve. (Deut. 613) You
shall not tempt the Lord your God. (Deut. 616)
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Jesus answered all three temptations from this
  narrow selection of Scripture. Why?
• TEXT of Moses sermon - The Ten Commandments
  (57-21). THEME obedience to Gods law (61-3).
• Moses makes a POINT God allowed the children of
  Israel to suffer in the wilderness for the very
  purpose of testing them and teaching them
  regarding obedience. (Deut. 82-3)

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Deut. 82-3 (NKJV)
(2) And you shall remember that the Lord your God
led you all the way these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know
what was in your heart, whether you would keep
His commandments or not.  (3) So He humbled you,
allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna
which you did not know nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you know that man shall not
live by bread alone but man lives by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Is it any wonder, then, that Jesus would have
  turned to just this sermon when He was being
  tested in the wilderness?
• Heb. 58 though He was a Son, yet He learned
  obedience by the things which He suffered.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Consider all of the parallels between Jesus and
  Israels situation.
• Israel was Gods son in the Old Testament
  dispensation (Israel is My son, My firstborn
  Ex. 422)
• Israels testing in the wilderness foreshadowed
  Jesus testing in the wilderness as the Son of
  God.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Consider all of the parallels between Jesus and
  Israels situation.
• Both tested in the wilderness
• Both were at the end of that period
• Israel was tested for 40 years Jesus was tested
  for 40 days

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Consider all of the parallels between Jesus and
  Israels situation.
• Israel was being prepared through testing to
  enter the land that God had prepared for them.
• Jesus was being prepared through testing to enter
  the work which God had prepared for Him.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Consider all of the parallels between Jesus and
  Israels situation.
• Israel entered the wilderness after passing
  through the waters of the Red Sea (baptized into
  Moses in the cloud 1 Cor. 101)
• Jesus entered the wilderness after being
  baptized in the waters of the river Jordan.
  Thou art My beloved Son.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Consider all of the parallels between Jesus and
  Israels situation.
• Imagine the impact on Jesus as He considered
  Deuteronomy 85
• Know then in your heart that as a man
  disciplines his son, so the Lord your God
  disciplines you.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• It seems Jesus had anticipated this time of
  testing and learning of obedience.
• Luke 252 And Jesus increased in wisdom and
  stature, and in favor with God and men.
• Jesus had prepared His heart well, absorbing the
  very words His Father had given to His earlier
  son in the wilderness.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• We should be able to anticipate testing as well,
  for we ALSO are sons of God who are tested in
  order to learn obedience in our journey through
  the wilderness.
• The example of Jesus shows us how to absorb
  Gods Word into our very heart, and it also shows
  us the power of such a prepared heart to resist
  Satans temptations (Deut. 66-8).

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Deut. 66-9 (NKJV)
(6) And these words which I command you today
shall be in your heart.  (7) You shall teach them
diligently to your children, and shall talk of
them when you sit in your house, when you walk by
the way, when you lie down, and when you rise
up.  (8) You shall bind them as a sign on your
hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your
eyes.  (9) You shall write them on the doorposts
of your house and on your gates.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Turn the Stone to Bread

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Luke 41-4 (NKJV)
(1) Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy
Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by
the Spirit into the wilderness, (2) being tempted
for forty days by the devil. And in those days He
ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended,
He was hungry. (3) And the devil said to Him, If
You are the Son of God, command this stone to
become bread. (4) But Jesus answered him,
saying, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Turn the Stone to Bread
• Why is this such a serious temptation for Jesus?
  Its not evil like murder, fornication, etc!
• Satan wants Jesus to cheat on His mission,
  which is to live and die as a human. If he
  performs a little miracle here to escape His
  sufferings, then why not later?

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Turn the Stone to Bread
• Jesus is the example of perfect obedience for
  EVERY human, and thus qualifies to help us.
• Heb. 217-18 415-16

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Hebrews 217-18 (NKJV)
(17) Therefore, in all things He had to be made
like His brethren, that He might be a merciful
and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to
God, to make propitiation for the sins of the
people.  (18) For in that He Himself has
suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those
who are tempted.
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Hebrews 415-16 (NKJV)
(15) For we do not have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in
all points tempted as we are, yet without
sin. (16) Let us therefore come boldly to the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and
find grace to help in time of need.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Turn the Stone to Bread
• LESSON If Satan saw the weakness of the flesh of
  our Lord, how much more should we beware of the
  weakness of our flesh.
• For example, out of hunger Esau sold his
  birthright.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Kingdoms of the World

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Luke 45-8 (NKJV)
(5) Then the devil, taking Him up on a high
mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time. (6) And the devil said
to Him, All this authority I will give You, and
their glory for this has been delivered to me,
and I give it to whomever I wish. (7) Therefore,
if You will worship before me, all will be
Yours. (8) And Jesus answered and said to
him, Get behind Me, Satan! For it is
written, You shall worship the Lord your God,
and Him only you shall serve.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Kingdoms of the World
• Why is this a temptation for Jesus? (boy doesnt
  steal a bicycle if he knows his father is giving
  him one next week)
• Psalm 27-9 I will declare the decree The
  Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I
  have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give
  You the nations for Your inheritance, and the
  ends of the earth for Your possession.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Kingdoms of the World
• An awful suffering, even death on the cross of
  Calvary, lies between Jesus and those kingdoms
  let this cup pass from Me!
• A similar temptation three years later by Peter
  (Matt. 1621-23), after Jesus revealed He would
  go to Jerusalem to be crucified.
• Get behind Me, Satan

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Kingdoms of the World
• LESSON This is a temptation we should recognize
  the belief that we somehow can receive the
  glory of the kingdom of Christ without sharing in
  His sufferings.
• There are no shortcuts.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Kingdoms of the World
• Acts 1422 We must through many tribulations
  enter the kingdom of God. 
• 1 Peter 121-22 For to this you were called,
  because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
  an example, that you should follow His steps
• 1 Timothy 312 All who live godly in Christ
  Jesus shall be persecuted.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down

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Luke 49-12 (NKJV)
(9) Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on
the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If
You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from
here. (10) For it is written He shall give His
angels charge over you, To keep you, (11) and,
In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you
dash your foot against a stone. (12) And Jesus
answered and said to him, It has been said, You
shall not tempt the Lord your God.
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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• Satan misused Scripture (another lesson)
• Why is this a temptation for Jesus? Why would He
  even want to jump? Not even any crowds below!
• Observe the passage Jesus quoted in response
• Deut. 1616 - You shall not tempt the Lord
  your God as you tempted Him in Massah.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• In Exodus 1717 the tempting of God at Massah was
  in Israels cry, Is the Lord among us, or not?
• Israel wanted God to PROVE Himself to them they
  wanted to walk by sight and not by faith.
• Jesus, your road ahead is long and difficult. Is
  your Father with you? If not, why start at all?

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• Honestly, would the Son of God really DOUBT that
  His Father was with Him?
• We might assume that Jesus had no need of faith.
  After all, He KNEW!
• 40 days ago My beloved Son
• And He would do miracles Himself!

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• Jesus faced death and knew He was going to be
  raised from the dead on exactly the same basis
  we do. He BELIEVED the promise of the Father.
• He too had to walk by faith and not by sight
  (whole point of Heb. 213-14).

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• He didnt doubt Is the Lord among us, or not?
• Psalm 912 I will say of the Lord, He is my
  refuge and my fortress My God, in Him I will
  trust.

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Luke 41-13The Temptations of Jesus

• Throw Yourself Down
• LESSON Like our Savior, the author and
  perfecter (finisher) of faith (Heb. 123), we
  must walk by faith and not by sight. Yes, the
  Lord is among us.

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• Chapter 4

• Lessons

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LUKE 4 Lessons

• Gods Word Jesus shows us how to absorb it into
  our very heart so that we may endure our testing
  in the wilderness.
• Weakness of the Flesh If Satan saw it in our
  Lord, how much more should we beware of the
  weakness of our flesh.
• No Shortcuts There are no shortcuts to the
  glory of the kingdom of Christ.
• Walk by Faith Like Jesus, we must go to our
  death believing the Lord is among us.

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Will You Become A Christian?
Hear the Gospel (Rom. 1017) Believe that Jesus
is the Son of God (Mk. 1616) Repent of Your Sins
(Acts 1730) Confess Jesus as Lord (Rom.
109-10) Be Baptized for Forgiveness of Sins
(Acts 238) Live Faithfully until You Die (Rev.
210)