It is the human Jesus (fully divine, fully human) who resisted the temptations of Satan by his lived experience of the Scriptures. This gives us hope that we can resist temptations by (1) knowing ourselves; (2) developing a plan to resist; (3) avoid temptations; (4) resist and pray; and to (5) get the help of theirs.

1. Luke 4:1-13
Dr Alex Tang

2. 1 Tim. 6: 9-10
9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a
trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that
plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager
for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.

3. Matt. 26: 41
41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into
temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is
weak."

4. Dictionary.com defines ‘tempt’ as
• to entice or allure to do something often regarded as
unwise, wrong, or immoral.
• to attract, appeal strongly to, or invite
• to render strongly disposed to do something
• to put (someone) to the test in a venturesome way;
provoke (e.g. to tempt one's fate)

5. Temptation is the
enticement, allurement or
seduction to do
Evil acts
Immoral acts
Sinful acts

6. James 1:13-15
JAS 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is
tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor
does he tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when,
by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and
sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

7. The Lord’s Prayer
MT 6:9 "This, then, is how you should pray:
" `Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
MT 6:10 your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
MT 6:11 Give us today our daily bread.
MT 6:12 Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
MT 6:13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. '

8. MT 6:13 And lead us not into
temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. '
his personal experience of temptations of Satan in Luke
4:1-13.

9. Text and Context of Jesus’ temptation experiences
LK 3:21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized
too.
LK 3:23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his
ministry…genealogy
LK 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was
led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by
the devil…
LK 4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news
about him spread through the whole countryside…
LK 4:16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on
the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he
stood up to read.

10. The First Temptation
LK 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the
Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 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.
LK 4:3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of
God, tell this stone to become bread."
LK 4:4 Jesus answered, "It is written: `Man does not live
on bread alone.' "

11. Deuteronomy 8:3-5
3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding
you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had
known, to teach you that man does not live on bread
alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the
LORD. 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did
not swell during these forty years. 5 Know then in your
heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your
God disciplines you.

12. Jesus’ “If You are …..” “Since You are the
Son of God, act like God and
response command these stones be made
bread!”
“Man” does not live on bread alone.
“It is written.” Jesus uses Scriptures.
“Here is a principle to live by … and I
will live by it.”
The physical is one avenue of
temptation for all of us

13. The Second Temptation
LK 4:5 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, for it has
been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 So if
you worship me, it will all be yours."
LK 4:8 Jesus answered, "It is written: `Worship the Lord
your God and serve him only.' "

14. Deuteronomy 6:13-15
DT 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your
oaths in his name. 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the
peoples around you; 15 for the LORD your God, who is among
you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and
he will destroy you from the face of the land.

15. Jesus’ authority over all the kingdoms of this world
is Jesus’ destiny
response
The temptation is not possession of worldly
power but of good intentions
“Worship the Lord your God and serve Him
only” (Luke 4:8). God’s timing
determine to do the right thing, determining
that in every situation you will worship
God, and Him only you will serve.

16. The Third Temptation
LK 4:9 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;
LK 4:11 they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' "
LK 4:12 Jesus answered, "It says: `Do not put the Lord your God to the
test.' "
LK 4:13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him
until an opportune time.

17. Deuteronomy 6: 16-19
16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah. 17
Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and
the stipulations and decrees he has given you. 18 Do what is
right and good in the LORD's sight, so that it may go well
with you and you may go in and take over the good land that
the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers, 19
thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.

18. “If [and here we have the if of doubt] You [really]
are the Son of God, throw Yourself down.”
Jesus’
response God’s people, led out of Egypt and given
demonstration after demonstration of God’s
power, ran out of water. At that moment of
pressure they forgot all God’s goodness, and
cried, “Is the Lord among us or not?” (Ex. 17:7) In
questioning God’s presence and His love, they
“put God to the test.”
Make God prove Himself!
Relationship with God must always rest on
faith, and on confidence in God’s
trustworthiness.

19. Jesus did
Obedience
not
God’s timing resisted
Satan by
Doubt quoting
Scriptures

20. Jesus
Obedience
resisted
God’s timing Satan by
living out
Doubt the
Scriptures

21. Can Jesus be tempted?

22. False views
of the
Person of
Christ

23. The Person of Christ – Fully God, Fully human

24. Christ Emptied
Himself of
Divine
Consciousness
The Son of God laid aside his participation in the
Godhead when he became a man. All the attributes of
his deity literally ceased when the incarnation occurred.
The Logos became a soul residing in the human Jesus.

25. Christ Emptied
Himself of the
Eternity Form of
Being
The Logos exchanged his eternity-form for a time-
form bound down by human nature. In this time-
form Christ no longer had all the attributes
commensurate with Deity, though he could use
supernatural powers.

26. Christ Emptied
Himself of the
Integrity of
Infinite Divine
Existence
At Christ's incarnation the Logos took up a double life.
One "life center" continued to function consciously in the
Trinity while the other became incarnated with human
nature, unaware of the cosmic functions of Deity.

27. Christ Emptied
Himself of the
Divine Activity
The Logos turned over all of his divine roles and
duties to the Father. The incarnate Logos was
unaware of the happenings within the Godhead

31. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself
(The grass is
always greener)

32. 1. Know yourself
Your weak Your
points vulnerabilities
The grass is always greener on the other side

33. Your weak points
“A man who carries gunpowder about with him, may
well ask that he may not be led where the sparks are
flying. If I have a heart like a bombshell, ready to
explode at every moment, I may well pray God that I
may be kept from the fire, lest my heart destroy me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon, “Lead Us Not into Temptation” in Spurgeon’s
Expository Encyclopedia (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996 [1863]) 14:394.

34. Your weak points
 Wanting to eat food that will cause you to feel guilty
after because you consider it to be
fattening, unhealthy, or in excess
 Wanting to buy things you really want even though
you don't have the money, or you've already got
enough things and you know you really don't need
more.

35. Your weak points
 Wanting to yell at someone because you're frustrated
and you can't restrain the temptation to lash out. This
could be targeted at anyone in your life, including your
partner, your children, your dog.
 Wanting to have an affair with someone.
 Wanting to indulge excessively in alcohol or take illicit
drugs.

36. Your weak points
 Wanting to give in to sexual urges which that are
inappropriate such as viewing pornography, visiting
prostitutes, sex before marriage, etc.
 Wanting to give in to procrastination and laziness.
You'd rather not be bothered doing something even
though you know you should.

37. 1. Know yourself
Your weak Your
points vulnerabilities
The grass is always greener on the other side

38. Your vulnerabilities
 Boredom with your current situation or relationships.
 Indecision or lack of thought about what you want out
of life, your job, your relationships, your future
direction.
 Attention or affection-seeking. Perhaps you're feeling
that not enough people are paying you adequate
attention or affection.

39. Your vulnerabilities
 Stress or feeling down.
 Frustration with the way things are headed in your life,
with other people in your life, with yourself.
 Insecurity and low self esteem

40. Your vulnerabilities
 Lack of faith in yourself, or in your faith or core beliefs.
 A need to prove something to other people in your
life, maybe even as an act of revenge or "evening the
score" (such as having an affair because a spouse had
an affair).
 A short-term or shortsighted view of the gains and a
lack of a bigger vision for your future.

41. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself (The grass is
always greener)
2. Develop a plan to resist
(Prevention is better than cure)

42. 2. Develop a plan to resist
 What does it mean to be obedience to God
 Jesus said, “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth”
(Jn. 17:17). Know and live the Word
 Live by the Spirit
 “led by the Spirit” (Gal. 5:17). “live in the Spirit” and “walk in
the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25).
Prevention is better than cure

43. 2. Develop a plan to resist
 Defines your limits
 alcohol, adultery, dating etc
 Exercise your will power
 Visualisation
 Gratitude
 Small resistance…fasting
 Think of the consequences of failure
Prevention is better than cure

44. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself (The grass is always
greener)
2. Develop a plan to resist
(Prevention is better than cure)
3. Avoid temptations (batten down
the hatches)

45. 3. Avoiding temptations
 Avoid being in a compromising position
 Behind closed doors
 Bar
 Hotel
 Remember your rules or limits
 Stop justifying your actions
Batten down the hatches

46. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself (The grass is always greener)
2. Develop a plan to resist (Prevention is better
than cure)
3. Avoid temptations (batten down the hatches)
4. Resist and Pray (Dig in and stand your ground)

47. 4. Resist and Pray
 Watch and pray (Matt. 26: 41)
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into
temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
Dig in and stand your ground

48. 4. Resist and Pray
 Watch and pray (Matt. 26: 41)
 God understand our weaknesses (Heb. 6:16)
15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who
has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was
without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help us in our time of need.
Dig in and stand your ground

49. 4. Resist and Pray
 Watch and pray (Matt. 26: 41)
 God understand our weaknesses (Heb. 6:16)
 God knows our limits (1 Cor. 1:13)
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common
to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are
tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can
stand up under it.

50. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself (The grass is always greener)
2. Develop a plan to resist (Prevention is better than cure)
3. Avoid temptations (batten down the hatches)
4. Resist and Pray (Dig in and stand your ground)
5.Get help from others (Get reinforcement)

51. 5. Get help from others
 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
ECC 4:9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
ECC 4:10 If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!
ECC 4:11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
ECC 4:12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Get reinforcement

52. Five ways to deal with Temptations
1. Know yourself (The grass is always greener)
2. Develop a plan to resist (Prevention is better than cure)
3. Avoid temptations (batten down the hatches)
4. Resist and Pray (Dig in and stand your ground)
5.Get help from others (Get reinforcement)

53. Sermon Statement
It was the human Jesus who resisted the
temptations of Satan by his lived experience of
the Scriptures. This gives us hope that we can
resist temptations by (1) knowing ourselves; (2)
developing a plan to resist; (3) avoid temptations;
(4) resist and pray; and to (5) get the help of
theirs.

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