THE DEVIL TEMPTS JESUS FOR 40 DAYS – LUKE 4
HALT: Hungry – Angry – Lonely – Tired
If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.
Luke 4:3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
…, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone,’”
Luke 4:4 (NRSV)
And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”
Luke 4: 6-7 (NRSV)
…,“It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’ ”
Luke 4:8 (NRSV)
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son
of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to protect you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
Luke 4:9-11 (NRSV)
Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” When the devil had finished every test,
he departed from him until an opportune time.
Luke 4:12-13 (NRSV)
If Satan’s primary weapon is lies, then our
greatest counterweapon is the truth of God’s word.
Craig Groeschel, Winning the War of Your Mind
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
The devil doesn’t make you do it.
You have a choice.
What is your choice going to be?
What will you choose?