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Matthew 4:15–16 · BSB
4:15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
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…in this world, we can take comfort in knowing that Jesus himself was imitate tempted with imitations as well. And we're going to read those.Matthew chapter 4. The temptation of Jesus. This is before he starts his ministry. This is really before his notability takes place, before his reputation has been…
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…exalt himself above them all. Okay. This is when he's the man of sin. Now the devil is going to offer him the same deal he offered Jesus Christ inMatthew chapter 4. This joker accepts it and listens to what happens. He makes the angel that Satan hands his authority over to He makes that angel his God. This…
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…he immediately went into a lot of seasons of of poverty. But one of the most fascinating times that we read about Jesus being hungry comes fromMatthew chapter 4. So So, Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist. And as soon as he gets out of the baptismal waters, the Holy Spirit uh comes down to him and…
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…are the three horns that the little horn approves. The man of sin that accepts the deal from the devil that was offered to Jesus Christ inMatthew chapter 4. This man of sin accepts the deal and becomes the son of perdition. He is a Christian. He is a Christian. Verse 9. Then I said, I will not feed…
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…of his ultimate salvation. Can we say that, church? Like we too must have perfection as our goal. Perfection must be our goal. Let's look atMatthew chapter 4. I'm going to go through it. Matthew chapter 5. Go to chapter 5, not 4. Let's look at verse 4. Matthew chapter 4. It says, blessed are they who…
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…of blessing elsewhere, turn to Jesus. Jesus who endured temptation and had appetites just like us, but always desired the glory of God more. InMatthew chapter 4, Jesus is tempted with each of these things that we saw in this passage by Satan, food and power and influence. And each time he quotes scripture…
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…up on them. He just keeps searching and searching and calling and calling out to them. As I was thinking about this, I remembered another scene inMatthew chapter 4, where Jesus is walking by the Sea of Galilee, and he sees two brothers, Andrew and Peter. And they're casting their nets into the sea, and he…
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…encourage, and strengthen us. We have to let the Word of God be our guide. So let's go to a familiar passage of Scripture. This is gonna be inMatthew chapter 4. And yes, I'm gonna use Jesus as an example, because he is our ultimate example. But we're gonna see how he walked through a wilderness experience.…
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…is to baptize people because it's so important as a picture to show the beginning of our ministry. When did Christ begin his ministry? Look howMatthew chapter 4. When did Jesus begin his ministry? After baptism. After baptism. He was showing people who he was, that he was the Son of God. We show what? We…
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…same should be true for us. We should hunger and long for God's word in the same way the early church did. Look with me to a few verses here. InMatthew chapter 4, look what Jesus says to us. It is written, man must not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Think about that.…
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…this is a big deal. Now why does he call him Satan, though? I mean, Peter's just wanting to keep his friend from dying. Well, if we go back toMatthew chapter 4, and you don't need to turn there. Do you remember in the desert, tempting? Satan comes to the Lord and he offers him basically the same thing. He…
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…know, multiplied by division, he increased by subtraction. I was thinking about, you know, Jesus took the time to make this food for people, but inMatthew chapter 4, which would have taken place before all this, Matthew chapter 4, verses 3 and 4, it says, and when the tempter came, that's Satan, to him, Jesus…
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…blame, but there is also an external battle. There will be temptation that comes from the outside. This is the temptation that Jesus experienced.Matthew chapter 4says, Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. You wonder, well, Jesus was tempted? Didn't we just read…
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…in victory. Romans chapter 1, verses 3 and 4. He was seen by the angels. All of heaven witnessed the redemptive work of Christ. Luke chapter 2,Matthew chapter 4, to name a few. He was proclaimed among the Gentiles. The good news did not stay in Jerusalem, but it expanded and went to all nations. Acts…
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…promise, the right, the right, uh, declaration from the word of God. I need right now for what Satan's coming at me with. Jesus modeled this. InMatthew chapter 4, we see the temptation of Jesus. 3 times he was tempted by the enemy. And all 3 times he countered with a specific word from God. When the enemy…
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…he gives is his own word. And we are not left to wonder how it is used, because we have watched the Son of God use it. Go back to the wilderness inMatthew chapter 4. Jesus had been without food for 40 days. He was weak. He was hungry. He was at the lowest point of physical strength a person can reach. And that…
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…But our Lord Christ was victorious. So Christ faced three temptations that Mark does not speak of. If you want to look more into it, it'sMatthew chapter 4. But Jesus does overcome these temptations. And how and why? Well, how? He used God's word against Satan. He knew the truth of Psalm 119, 11. I…
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…things and we get the success. We realize that it has no power for lasting true inner happiness. happiness, and joy. And joy. So Jesus comes. InMatthew chapter 4. He is in the wilderness being tempted by the devil and he overcomes the devil with the word of God. And then he comes out of the wilderness and…
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…had a family, and Peter, living his life, punching the time card, going to work, doing his thing, happens to be at work one day fishing, and inMatthew chapter 4meets a man named Jesus, who he had heard rumblings of, but maybe didn't know a ton about, but he knew enough about Jewish religious history and…
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…the official starting point of his ministry. He was baptized and he goes into the wilderness and he's hungry and he's tempted in the Gospel ofMatthew chapter 4and Jesus in that place, he quotes that passage from Deuteronomy 8 that I read earlier. I'll read a little bit more of it here. It says, remember…
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