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[551.18 --> 556.64] Why would God let Jesus or lead Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted? |
[557.02 --> 559.06] And then flip that around for ourselves. |
[559.76 --> 563.40] Why would God let us be tempted and tested? |
[564.26 --> 566.90] In the prayer that Jesus himself teaches us, |
[567.14 --> 568.82] He says to pray like this, |
[569.22 --> 573.16] Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. |
[573.48 --> 577.10] So if that's our prayer, if that is our desperate desire, |
[577.10 --> 580.60] Then how come we are still tested and tempted? |
[583.26 --> 588.30] My hope this morning is that the answer is found as we faithfully witness |
[588.30 --> 591.46] To the temptations that Jesus himself faced, |
[591.82 --> 595.16] And more importantly, how he responded to these temptations. |
[595.94 --> 599.76] And so before expanding on that and answering the question here explicitly, |
[600.18 --> 601.76] Allow me to leave you in suspense. |
[602.02 --> 604.12] Because I promise you, based on God's Word, |
[604.42 --> 605.66] It is good news for us. |
[605.66 --> 608.60] So the first temptation, |
[609.34 --> 612.36] The tempter tests Jesus through a weak spot. |
[613.42 --> 613.88] His hunger. |
[614.96 --> 616.02] Very real human. |
[616.36 --> 617.60] Came to be tested like us, |
[617.64 --> 618.94] And he fasted for 40 days. |
[619.14 --> 619.98] Now he's hungry. |
[620.44 --> 623.24] And so Satan pokes at that weakness, |
[623.58 --> 626.66] And challenges Jesus' own identity. |
[627.18 --> 628.32] So what does he say here? |
[628.62 --> 629.02] He says, |
[629.36 --> 630.84] If you are the Son of God, |
[631.24 --> 633.74] Or another translation, you could even say it like this, |
[633.74 --> 636.58] Since you are the Son of God, |
[637.16 --> 638.00] Feed yourself. |
[640.00 --> 643.90] He's not saying here that you are not the Son of God, Jesus. |
[644.64 --> 645.90] That's not his deception. |
[646.26 --> 646.82] He's saying, |
[647.46 --> 648.62] You are the Son of God. |
[648.74 --> 649.98] I know that you believe, |
[650.06 --> 651.52] You think you are the Son of God. |
[651.68 --> 652.74] So prove it. |
[653.50 --> 654.58] Prove it for yourself. |
[655.54 --> 657.12] You've now just been baptized, |
[657.46 --> 659.82] Anointed as the Messiah to save the whole world. |
[659.82 --> 662.76] Making stones into bread should be nothing. |
[662.90 --> 664.50] I mean, you did it with the water into wine. |
[665.46 --> 666.72] This should be nothing for you. |
[667.06 --> 667.78] So prove it. |
[667.96 --> 668.82] Prove your identity. |
[671.18 --> 672.66] It's a twisting of the truth. |
[673.06 --> 676.36] Challenging Jesus' true identity as the Son of God. |
[676.74 --> 679.22] Do something spectacular so you know for sure. |
[680.40 --> 681.80] That's the temptation here. |
[682.66 --> 684.04] This might be a silly example, |
[684.16 --> 685.68] But as I was reflecting on this, |
[685.68 --> 686.64] It occurred to me, |
[686.76 --> 689.64] It would be like asking Lionel Messi, |
[689.78 --> 691.50] Like one of the greatest soccer players in the world. |
[691.74 --> 693.72] It would be like going and asking him |
[693.72 --> 694.88] To score a goal, |
[695.10 --> 696.68] Playing against a whole bunch of kids. |
[697.06 --> 698.48] Which sometimes it feels that way, |
[698.60 --> 699.64] Him playing in the MLS. |
[700.02 --> 700.68] No offense. |
[701.12 --> 701.34] But, |
[702.06 --> 704.10] It's like asking him to go score a goal, |
[704.30 --> 706.84] To prove that you're one of the greatest soccer players in the world. |
[708.28 --> 709.42] That's a silly question. |
[709.76 --> 712.20] Because Messi doesn't have to go score a goal, |
[712.20 --> 716.38] Playing against kids to prove his identity as a good soccer player. |
[717.04 --> 717.96] Unless what? |
[719.44 --> 721.02] Unless he doubts it. |
[722.04 --> 724.46] Unless he doubts his identity. |
[725.22 --> 726.98] And now turn this around on ourselves. |
[727.60 --> 731.88] If we doubt our own self-identity as God's children, |
[732.74 --> 737.22] We may be faced with temptations to try and prove our identity. |
[737.22 --> 740.04] Do something spectacular, |
[740.58 --> 744.22] So that you know for sure that you are really God's child. |
[746.72 --> 747.28] So, |
[747.58 --> 748.04] For me, |
[748.28 --> 749.88] Simply thinking about this, |
[749.96 --> 751.16] It was this simple phrase, |
[751.66 --> 754.28] Instead of loving because we are loved, |
[754.82 --> 757.34] Which would be to live out our God-given identity. |
[757.86 --> 758.00] So, |
[758.36 --> 761.12] Instead of loving because we are first loved, |
[761.56 --> 765.18] It would be like loving to be loved by God. |
[765.50 --> 766.94] Trying to prove that identity. |
[767.22 --> 769.80] So, |
[769.80 --> 771.00] So now we turn to our Savior. |
[771.86 --> 774.28] How does Jesus respond in the face of doubt? |
[775.18 --> 775.94] Well, first of all, |
[776.26 --> 777.80] In all three temptations, |
[778.20 --> 780.84] Jesus uses the only weapon that he has, |
[781.10 --> 782.30] The sword of the Spirit, |
[782.46 --> 783.62] Which is the word of God. |
[784.14 --> 785.46] That's very important to note. |
[785.86 --> 788.02] Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy, |
[788.10 --> 789.58] A part of the passage that reads, |
[790.22 --> 791.18] He humbled you, |
[791.68 --> 792.80] Causing you to hunger, |
[793.02 --> 794.40] And then feeding you with manna, |
[794.40 --> 797.42] Which neither you nor your ancestors had known, |
[797.96 --> 799.70] To teach you that man, |
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