Hebrews 2:17-18 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Hebrews 2:17-18 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

James 1:13-15 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 1:13-15 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

• Matthew 4:1-11• Mark 1:12-13• Luke 4:1-13• Two Important

Preliminary Thoughts: Baptism And Context

• The Temptation Follows the Baptism of Christ.

• Each of the Evangelists Place the Two Events In Chronological Sequence

• It Was the Spirit Who Led Jesus To Be Tempted

Mark 1:12-13 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.to cast out, drive out, to to cast out, drive out, to

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1. to drive out (cast out)1. to drive out (cast out)2. to cast out, Strong’s 2. to cast out, Strong’s Cond.Cond.

• The Three Passages Jesus Quotes Come From Three Sins Of Israel:

• Complaints About Lack Of Food (Ex. 16)

• Putting God To The Test By Expecting Him To Produce Water From A Rock

• Worshiping A Golden Calf

• Notice How These Three Sins Are The Exact Same Temptations That Jesus Overcomes In The Wilderness After Being There For Forty Days.

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And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to

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become bread.” 4And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ” 5And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6and 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

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will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ” 9 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

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down from here, 10 for it is written, “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ 11 and “ ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’ ” 12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”

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13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

The Three Gospel The Three Gospel Views of the EventViews of the Event

• Mark’s view is very short• Mark 1:13— “And he was in

the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.”

• Mark has a brief comment about being with the wild animals and the angels.

The Three Gospel The Three Gospel Views of the EventViews of the Event

The Three Gospel The Three Gospel Views of the EventViews of the Event

• The Greek text of Luke The Greek text of Luke and Mark seems to and Mark seems to indicate that Jesus was indicate that Jesus was being tempted not just being tempted not just at the end of the at the end of the temptation, but during temptation, but during the 40 day period.the 40 day period.

• Each of the three Each of the three temptations are an temptations are an attempt to call Christ attempt to call Christ away from the created away from the created plan of Godplan of God

3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”

Points To PonderPoints To Ponder

• The evil one always attacks a person where they are most vulnerable— “He was hungry”

Method of AttackMethod of Attack 1 John 2:15-17 1 John 2:15-17

1 John 2:15–1715 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Points To PonderPoints To Ponder

• The appeal of Satan is more than just appealing to Jesus’ need for food.

• The temptation was designed to cause Jesus to doubt His Father’s protection and care for His only begotten Son.

• It was an appeal for Jesus to misuse His power, so that He might “prove” Himself to be the Son of God.

Points To Ponder

• The evil one always attacks a person where they are most vulnerable— “He was hungry”

• Jesus is tempted here to use his powers to his own end instead of for the plan of the father.

• Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy 8:3 which reminds us of the event in Exodus 16; complaints about the lack of food.

Ephesians 6:17 “…and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”

Exodus 16:2-4 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” 4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

Deuteronomy 8:1-3 “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 8:1-3 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

“…By putting them for forty years in a position of utter physical dependence upon Him, God was teaching Israel that they were dependent upon Him spiritually. By recognizing the origin of the bread they needed to live temporally, Israel was to have learned that we need the “bread” of God’s truth even more than we need food for the body.” Gary Henry

“…By putting them for forty years in a position of utter physical dependence upon Him, God was teaching Israel that they were dependent upon Him spiritually. By recognizing the origin of the bread they needed to live temporally, Israel was to have learned that we need the “bread” of God’s truth even more than we need food for the body.” Gary Henry

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