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Victory: Temptation






Hebrews 4:14–15 (NLT) 
14 Since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

Jesus, fully God, restricted his divine privilege and overcame sin as a man.

Luke 4:1–13 (NIV) 4 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. 

Trials/Temptations
  • Trials are seasons that we travel through.
  • Temptations are moments meant to derail us.
  •  “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.”

1 John 2:15–17 (NLT) 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for lip everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

Temptation #1: The cravings of the flesh.
  • Pleasure outside of the will of God.
Luke 4:3-4(NIV) 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.’” 

Matthew 4:4 (NIV) ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 


Natural desires need proper parameters.


Romans 13:14 (NIV) Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. 
“You have to nurture your new nature.” 


Temptation #2. Power in exchange for allegiance.
Luke 4:5-7(NIV) 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.” 8 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”


Temptation #3: Purpose without proper process.
Luke 4:9-12(NIV) 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.’” 12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 

“Satan will attempt to get you to bypass God’s process.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Satan can manipulate the word.

Psalm 36:9 (NIV) In your light we see light.

Remember in trials:
1. Stay rooted in the word. 
“Even Jesus had to use the word to have victory in temptation.”
Every time Jesus used the word.
Every time it was an attack on his identity. 

Psalm 119:9–11 (NIV) 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

James 4:7 (NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

2. This too shall pass
James 4:7 (NIV) … Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

3. This isn’t the last test. 
Luke 4:13(NIV) When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

If you want to grow, you are going to be tested.

Close:
Hebrews 4:15–16 (NLT)
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses,
 for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.