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[1323.14 --> 1325.98] And then at the end of our passage, |
[1326.10 --> 1326.46] It says, |
[1326.94 --> 1327.92] The devil left Him, |
[1328.12 --> 1330.22] And angels came and attended to Him. |
[1332.74 --> 1335.72] So to fully loop back to the question that I posed earlier, |
[1337.00 --> 1341.32] Why does God allow Jesus and us in our own Christian journeys |
[1341.32 --> 1342.72] Go through temptations? |
[1343.76 --> 1348.06] What is the purpose behind God allowing us to suffer through temptations |
[1348.06 --> 1348.82] Is the question. |
[1349.66 --> 1351.84] And the answer to temptations is the question. |
[1351.84 --> 1354.18] And the answer to this, |
[1354.26 --> 1357.20] As we witness to Jesus facing His own temptations, |
[1357.46 --> 1361.64] We know and our calling is to trust fully in God's ways. |
[1362.12 --> 1366.00] Because God's ways is with the purpose of testing us |
[1366.00 --> 1367.72] To build us up, |
[1368.04 --> 1371.86] To shape and equip us to live in His love. |
[1373.60 --> 1376.02] Satan's purpose is to tear down, |
[1376.38 --> 1377.56] Break apart relationships. |
[1377.56 --> 1380.90] God's purpose behind all that we go through, |
[1381.10 --> 1382.58] All that we would suffer through, |
[1383.06 --> 1384.32] Is to build us up, |
[1384.92 --> 1385.76] Strengthen us, |
[1385.88 --> 1386.48] Train us, |
[1386.58 --> 1388.82] Because our own sinful natures, |
[1389.04 --> 1390.96] Our own disordered desires, |
[1391.40 --> 1392.62] Our flesh we call it, |
[1392.84 --> 1394.70] The world that pulls us away from God, |
[1394.78 --> 1396.06] And the devil himself, |
[1396.34 --> 1398.70] That is always constantly trying to break down, |
[1398.94 --> 1399.72] And deceive us, |
[1399.78 --> 1401.30] And break our relationship with God. |
[1401.30 --> 1403.50] God knows that's what we face, |
[1403.64 --> 1408.00] And that's why God always strengthens us, |
[1408.08 --> 1409.78] By His Holy Spirit, |
[1410.14 --> 1411.74] To build us up, |
[1412.66 --> 1414.04] Not tear us down. |
[1415.72 --> 1416.94] In other words, |
[1417.28 --> 1420.22] God does not give us anything that we cannot handle, |
[1420.54 --> 1422.94] With the power that He gifts us with. |
[1422.94 --> 1426.52] That is the good news, |
[1426.58 --> 1427.00] Isn't it? |
[1427.74 --> 1430.76] Because Jesus did not suffer on the cross, |
[1430.76 --> 1432.46] To end in the grave. |
[1432.82 --> 1435.48] Jesus did not go and suffer through temptations, |
[1435.56 --> 1436.24] Just like us, |
[1436.36 --> 1438.12] To end up in doubt, |
[1438.54 --> 1439.80] In doubting His own identity. |
[1440.92 --> 1442.68] Jesus went through all these things, |
[1442.94 --> 1444.52] And defeated devil, |
[1444.80 --> 1445.36] And Satan, |
[1445.56 --> 1446.34] And the world, |
[1446.52 --> 1446.96] And sin, |
[1447.10 --> 1448.06] Once and for all. |
[1448.06 --> 1450.76] This Savior, |
[1451.86 --> 1452.74] This Jesus, |
[1453.14 --> 1454.58] Is the one who is with us, |
[1454.60 --> 1455.44] And is for us. |
[1457.64 --> 1460.86] And since He has already defeated Satan, |
[1461.76 --> 1462.80] We are therefore, |
[1463.44 --> 1465.98] Even if we may feel like sometimes, |
[1466.16 --> 1467.82] Our trials are too challenging, |
[1467.94 --> 1469.66] Or too daunting for us to handle, |
[1470.14 --> 1471.74] We can overcome it. |
[1471.96 --> 1473.48] We can resist it. |
[1474.12 --> 1475.62] Not by our own strength, |
[1475.62 --> 1477.40] But by the strength of Him, |
[1477.40 --> 1479.84] Who empowers us by His own spirit. |
[1480.96 --> 1482.10] He is our hope. |
[1482.48 --> 1485.12] And we get to live into that same simple truth. |
[1486.10 --> 1487.34] Trust in Him. |
[1488.06 --> 1489.44] Trust in God's ways. |
[1491.50 --> 1494.58] And so as I want to conclude our message this morning, |
[1494.64 --> 1495.52] My message this morning, |
[1495.92 --> 1497.24] Three encouragements for us, |
[1497.28 --> 1501.56] As we face our real temptation through our real lives. |
[1502.42 --> 1502.78] One, |
[1503.28 --> 1504.32] First encouragement, |
[1504.32 --> 1507.38] Read and depend on God's word. |
[1507.38 --> 1508.70] This is our weapon. |
[1509.26 --> 1511.40] It is called the sword of the spirit in Ephesians. |
[1512.66 --> 1514.58] There is power in God's word, |
[1514.86 --> 1519.46] And there is power the more we rely and depend on our Savior through His word. |
[1521.06 --> 1523.62] Jesus faced His temptations relying on Scripture. |
[1524.48 --> 1525.72] We are called to do the same. |
[1527.40 --> 1527.66] Second, |
[1528.16 --> 1531.12] Surround yourselves with other brothers and sisters of faith. |
[1531.12 --> 1533.62] There is power in community. |
[1534.04 --> 1536.90] You don't even need to be Christian to know this objective fact. |
[1537.74 --> 1539.60] There is power when you face struggles, |
[1539.88 --> 1542.10] When you are in community together. |
[1542.66 --> 1547.12] How much more power is there when you know that other brothers and sisters of faith, |
[1547.26 --> 1549.26] Who depend on God themselves, |
[1549.62 --> 1550.68] Are journeying with you, |
[1550.76 --> 1555.06] Are facing the same struggles and temptations that you are as well. |
[1555.06 --> 1557.50] We journey together. |
[1557.68 --> 1560.08] We are called as a family of God, |
[1560.22 --> 1561.64] Not just as individuals. |
[1563.12 --> 1563.70] And lastly, |
[1564.52 --> 1565.34] Through prayer. |
[1566.44 --> 1566.90] Prayer. |
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