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[1048.30 --> 1052.06] Do we require God to follow us |
[1052.06 --> 1053.56] In our own agendas? |
[1054.46 --> 1055.96] That's the temptation. |
[1056.34 --> 1059.70] The latter is what the devil is trying to entice from Jesus. |
[1061.74 --> 1063.90] And then applying this to our lives, |
[1064.28 --> 1065.60] I think to myself, |
[1065.60 --> 1068.68] Do we not do that sometimes in our own faith journeys? |
[1069.54 --> 1071.84] Do we always trust in God, |
[1072.02 --> 1074.50] Even if life looks dark and gloomy? |
[1075.82 --> 1076.38] Or, |
[1076.56 --> 1081.12] Do we demand that God follow our agenda |
[1081.12 --> 1083.04] Because we have tithed enough, |
[1083.28 --> 1083.94] Prayed enough, |
[1084.06 --> 1085.04] Gone to church enough? |
[1086.12 --> 1089.70] Do we demand that God now follow our own agendas |
[1089.70 --> 1091.38] And somehow fix all of our problems |
[1091.38 --> 1093.32] Because we have done all these things? |
[1093.32 --> 1097.30] In our weakness and desperation, |
[1097.30 --> 1099.50] We seek God's healing and guidance, |
[1099.60 --> 1100.26] Of course. |
[1100.82 --> 1103.22] And this is out of trust in his ultimate wisdom. |
[1104.34 --> 1105.54] We fully trust in him. |
[1105.66 --> 1106.70] That is a truth. |
[1106.98 --> 1110.26] But do we sometimes even take this truth |
[1110.26 --> 1112.32] And pervert it in a way |
[1112.32 --> 1115.22] Where we require him to follow us |
[1115.22 --> 1116.44] Instead of us following him? |
[1116.44 --> 1120.14] And notice something very significant here. |
[1120.38 --> 1123.76] Because Jesus says that the most important commandments in the Bible are, |
[1124.60 --> 1125.30] Love God, |
[1125.78 --> 1126.36] Love neighbor. |
[1126.66 --> 1128.68] And I love how this commentator pointed this out. |
[1129.02 --> 1129.80] Simple fact, |
[1130.18 --> 1131.86] Jumping off the top of a roof |
[1131.86 --> 1133.22] And testing God |
[1133.22 --> 1135.18] Does neither of these things. |
[1137.18 --> 1139.46] Testing God by jumping off a roof |
[1139.46 --> 1141.76] Does neither loving God more |
[1141.76 --> 1143.60] Or loving our neighbors more. |
[1143.60 --> 1146.14] So what's the point? |
[1146.78 --> 1149.88] Well, the point was for Satan to try to split that relationship. |
[1152.92 --> 1155.66] And finally, we come to the last temptation. |
[1156.22 --> 1157.88] As one commentator titled it, |
[1158.24 --> 1160.86] Challenging Jesus' love for God's world. |
[1161.98 --> 1167.00] And this temptation is a challenge against the core of Jesus' own vocation. |
[1167.00 --> 1170.42] He came to save the world that was lost |
[1170.42 --> 1172.54] Because it was broken in sin. |
[1173.90 --> 1175.90] That was his job, you can say. |
[1177.14 --> 1178.52] And Satan here |
[1178.52 --> 1182.72] Is perversely offering that completion of the job |
[1182.72 --> 1184.04] To Jesus |
[1184.04 --> 1187.38] Only if he would bow and worship Satan. |
[1188.86 --> 1190.08] I'll give you this world. |
[1190.16 --> 1191.06] You came to save it. |
[1191.14 --> 1191.94] I'll give it to you. |
[1192.30 --> 1193.62] Just bow and worship me. |
[1194.98 --> 1196.56] Do you see the purpose behind it now? |
[1197.20 --> 1198.10] What's he trying to do? |
[1198.40 --> 1200.68] If Jesus were to bow down and worship Satan, |
[1201.44 --> 1202.44] That would be, again, |
[1202.56 --> 1204.86] Breaking that relationship between him and God. |
[1204.86 --> 1206.84] Because God is the only one |
[1206.84 --> 1210.62] Who is deserving of all praise and worship. |
[1211.60 --> 1212.94] Breaking of the relationship. |
[1215.24 --> 1218.02] Satan is tempting us as well, |
[1218.12 --> 1219.20] Like he did to Jesus. |
[1220.00 --> 1222.60] Tempting us to think that when we are successful, |
[1223.32 --> 1225.30] And when our work advances, |
[1225.30 --> 1229.92] Then the glory of God automatically advances as well. |
[1230.18 --> 1231.78] This is the subtlety here. |
[1232.40 --> 1235.82] It is one thing to do our best to be faithful to God's calling, |
[1236.14 --> 1238.58] Wherever he calls us to. |
[1239.02 --> 1240.40] Whatever he calls us to. |
[1241.20 --> 1246.24] The truth is that doing our best does reflect God's goodness through our lives. |
[1246.24 --> 1247.84] That is a truth. |
[1247.84 --> 1249.80] But this same truth, |
[1249.92 --> 1251.68] This same vocation or calling, |
[1252.00 --> 1254.40] Can be turned quickly into an idol |
[1254.40 --> 1257.04] When we would do absolutely anything |
[1257.04 --> 1259.08] To not let it fail. |
[1259.08 --> 1263.28] The lies that we sometimes believe, |
[1264.00 --> 1265.62] You need to be successful, |
[1266.06 --> 1267.82] Otherwise God will not love you. |
[1268.16 --> 1269.10] Or the lie, |
[1269.54 --> 1272.76] You are only as good as you are successful at your job. |
[1272.76 --> 1277.10] That is a blatant lie. |
[1277.10 --> 1278.96] But it's a deceptive lie. |
[1279.10 --> 1280.78] Because we can always think to ourselves, |
[1281.04 --> 1282.54] But I'm doing all this for God. |
[1284.72 --> 1286.74] This is all for God's glory, isn't it? |
[1287.86 --> 1289.48] No, it's not for my pride. |
[1289.72 --> 1290.98] No, it's for God. |
[1291.36 --> 1293.14] And we keep deceiving. |
[1293.26 --> 1296.36] We have the temptation of deceiving ourselves with that. |
[1299.02 --> 1300.82] We belong to God. |
[1301.24 --> 1303.46] And as Jesus proclaims from Scripture again, |
[1303.58 --> 1309.20] The ultimate truth is that only God is worthy to be served and worshipped. |
[1310.80 --> 1314.70] And this God that we worship loves us unconditionally, |
[1315.18 --> 1316.74] No matter where we are. |
[1317.80 --> 1320.42] And we are called to trust fully in Him. |
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