Matthew
4:1-11 The Temptation of Christ sovereign
You don’t have to go far to learn
about the life of Christ.
4 biographies
called Gospels have been recorded in the most popular book of all time.
Good news.
(St. was added by the Catholics.)
We are all saints upon salvation, not beutification intimate fellowship
We are, however, sanctified.
Four men wrote on the life of
Christ in the Gospels, and then Acts, and finally the Revelation.
It is worth looking at the summery
of the life of Christ.
From the
birth to accension.
Many scenes from His life deserve
great attention, birth, crucifixion, resurrection, etc… John 21:25
The account of the temptation in
the wilderness is our focus this morning. Mat.
4:1
v.1-4 – no sin in doing a miracle.
There is in obeying the voice of Satan.
v.5-7 – we are not to live careless and
expect God to pick up the pieces and to be there for us in our folly.
v.8-11 – These temptations are not
progressive, because Luke changes the order around and Mark doesn’t mention any.
This, however, must be the most
interesting because it sheds light on the power of Satan.
He is a driving force in the earth.
God of this world, able to offer
and deliver much.
Jesus handled it in the same way we
are to, with the Word of God.
He finally said, “Get thee hence…”
James 4:7-8 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
What do we
learn about this temptation?
1.
First subject Jesus dealt with after baptism was the effect of sin on the common
man.
Jesus was God, unable to sin.
He felt the power of persuasion from such
a deceiver and saw all he could offer to
those of us who are so easily
influenced by the other side.
Understand Christ could had never sinned.
James 1:13 tells us He could not be tempted to sin.
So why did he go through this?
Hebrews 2:17-18 to Comfort us when
we stray from Him.
Hebrews 4:15-16 to Compel us to run to Him.