Transcript worship - Hope Community Church

Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows
the song name, the artist who performed the song, and
the cd that contains the song.
To God Be the Glory – HYMN
10,000 Reasons – Matt Redman – 10,000 Reasons
Take My Life and Let it Be – HYMN
New Doxology – Gateway Worship – Wake Up the
World
Lord, I Need You - Matt Maher – All the People Said
Amen
Tempted Like Jesus
Luke 4:1-13
 Important part of the Life of Jesus Christ we skipped
over during our six-week study
 Jesus’ mission depended on His complete victory over
every temptation
 We can learn a great deal about our adversary and his
methods (1 Peter 5:8, 2 Corinthians 2:11)
 Jesus demonstrates how God enables us to resist the
devil and his temptations (James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:9)
 Nelson’s Bible Dictionary defines temptation as “an
enticement or invitation to sin, with the implied
promise of greater good to be derived from following
the way of disobedience.”
 Can come from our “flesh”, the “world”, and the devil
(Ephesians 2:1-3)
 Is to be resisted, as succumbing to it can have deadly
consequences (James 1:13-15)
 Although God does not tempt us, He allows
temptation as testing
1 John 2:15-17 (NIV)
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For
everything in the world—
the lust of the flesh, (cravings, desires, physical wants)
the lust of the eyes, (greed, wanting all we see)
and the pride of life (vain glory, boasting, arrogance)
—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The
world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the
will of God lives forever.
Luke 3:21-22
21 When
all the people were being baptized, Jesus was
baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was
opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in
bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:
“You are my Son, whom I love;
with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:22, 38b
22 and
the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form
like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are
my Son, whom I love;
with you I am well pleased.”
38b…Adam,
the son of God.
 Identity and relationship to the Father
 Adam was tested and failed
Luke 4:1-2
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for
forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate
nothing during those days, and at the end of them he
was hungry.
 God had a plan and purpose,
“led (driven) by the Spirit”
 “Wilderness” is often a place of testing
 40-days of on-going temptation
 Represents the types of temptations
used by Satan
Luke 4:3
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell
this stone to become bread.”
 “If (since) you are the Son of God…
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THEN PROVE IT!
Temptation is often aimed at real needs
Sin is in meeting the need in a way
that is contrary to God’s plan
The temptation is directed at our
need for CONTROL
It is the lust of the flesh (cravings)
Luke 4:3-4
3 The
devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell
this stone to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
 Jesus responds with relevant truth from
the Word of God
 He quotes from Deuteronomy 8
Deuteronomy 8:1-3
Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today,
so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess
the land the LORD promised…2 Remember how the LORD your
God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years,
to humble and test you in order to know
what was in your heart, whether or not you
would keep his commands.3 He humbled
you, causing you to hunger and then feeding
you with manna, …to teach you that
man does not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes from
the mouth of the LORD.
Luke 4:5-7
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an
instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to
him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has
been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.7 If
you worship me, it will all be yours.”
 Satan shows Jesus a “short-cut” to the plan
 This temptation is directed toward our
tendency for Idolatry
 Trusting (even partially) in anything
other than God and His plan
 A key issue is the question of ownership
 It is the lust of our eyes (want what we see)
Luke 4:8
Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
 Sometimes “Get away from me, Satan!”
 He quotes from Deuteronomy 6:13
 vs 14 “Do not follow other gods,
the gods of the peoples around you”
Luke 4:9-11
9 The
devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the
highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he
said, “throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you
carefully; 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you
will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
 Satan used (misused) scripture (Ps. 91:11-12)
 It was a temptation for Jesus do something
dramatic that would draw attention to him
 This is the Pride of life (seeking vain glory)
Luke 4:12
12 Jesus
answered, “It is said:
‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
 Deut 6:16 continues “…as you did at Massah.”
 Exodus 17 …at Massah they tested God
 It can happen as we allow doubt and fear
to replace dependence and faith
 An “I deserve better than this” attitude
 Faith is being sure of what we hope for and
certain of what we do not see. Without
faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11)
Luke 4:13
13 When
the devil had finished all this tempting, he left
him until an opportune time.
 Satan will leave and temptation will relent if you resist
 Anticipate it. Be alert and watchful.
 Submit to God. Draw near to Him. (James 4:7-8)
 Resist the devil by God’s Word and Spirit
Resist him, standing firm in the faith…1 Peter 5:8
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not
sin against you. Psalm 119:11
Live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of
the sinful nature…the Spirit desires what is contrary to
the sinful nature…Keep in step with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16ff
 Pray that God would “lead not into temptation”
Jesus said the Peter, “Watch and pray so that you will
not fall in temptation. The spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38
 Consider the ways we are tempted: and identify the
way out
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that
you don’t fall! No temptation has overtaken you except
what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he
will not let you be tempted beyond what you can
bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a
way out so that you can endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13)
 Look to Jesus (Hebrews 2:18, 4:14-16)
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is
able to help those who are being tempted.
Since we have a great high priest who has ascended
into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to
the faith we profess. For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way,
just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then
approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that
we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need.
When you are tempted like Jesus…
Submit yourself to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you…James 4:7-8a