Jesus Stories – #1 – Temptation
By Steve Anderson.
We know a person by the stories we know about them.
Jesus changes everything as the stories we know about Jesus become our stories.
The question: Is Jesus secure in his identity? (Mt. 4:1-2)
Temptation/Test #1: What do you hunger for most? (Mt. 4:3-4)
Temptation/Test #2: Testing God or serving God? (Mt. 4:5-7)
Temptation/Test #3: Who or what do you really worship? (Mt. 4:8-11)
God enables us to turn a temptation to wrong into an affirmation of our identity in Christ! (1 Cor. 10:13)
Prayer to follow Jesus through temptation:
Jesus, thanks for your example. Fill me with your Holy Spirit so that my hunger and worship will be focused on you. I renounce testing you; I want to serve you! Thank you that you allow a time of testing not to break me, but to bring me closer to You. Amen.
