Pastor McKinley begins by recalling how Warren Church members embodied Christ’s love in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, meeting physical and emotional needs in their community. He then turns to Luke 4, showing how Jesus resisted temptation in the wilderness to teach that storms and temptations are inevitable but traceable, predictable, and overcome only by God’s Word and the Holy Spirit rather than self-reliance. Finally, he urges believers to draw near to Christ—whose death and resurrection break sin’s power—so they can find both forgiveness when they fall and victory as the gospel produces obedience in their lives.
