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Matthew 4:7 · BSB
4:7 Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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…as Messiah King, as suffering servant, is put to the test. Now, right up front, or let's actually read the first verse. Look at verse 1 with me inMatthew chapter 4. It says this, Then Jesus was led up by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted or to be tested by the devil. Now, straight away, we…
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…that is why Christ came. So turning your Bibles to what I think is one of about a dozen powerful passages, but I want to focus on Jesus. And that'sMatthew chapter 4. Let me just say this in the synoptic gospels, which are Matthew, Mark, Luke. All of them say basically the same thing. In other words, this was so…
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…it as much as John's original hearers, the audience, like to hear it themselves. But if we were to just flip over the page, we see that actually inMatthew chapter 4, Jesus says the exact same thing that John says in chapter 3. In chapter 4, verse 17, Matthew writes and he says, Jesus now went throughout the…
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…if he hadn't. Done it. He shows us the way. Whatever are the reasons for fasting. The Lord Jesus needed to fast. And the Holy Spirit. According toMatthew chapter 4. Drove him into the wilderness. For an extended time. Of fasting. Before Jesus could begin his work. Of preaching. And healing. And teaching. And…
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…a mere child. His answer to the bullies swaggering through history is not to become even a bigger bully. His answer is Jesus. You see, friends, inMatthew chapter 4, when Jesus comes and launches his ministry and his teaching properly, he comes to tell the world that I am the light that's come into the…
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…the Lord who will bring this deliverance. It will be the person that God will send who will bring this final victory. And friends, this is why inMatthew chapter 4, the passage that was read earlier this morning, the gospel writer refers to this passage. He says, Jesus is coming in the most unlikely way to…
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…He just turns the tables on him. People there were just flabbergasted. At what he did. They were amazed. Wonderful teaching. Wonderful teaching. InMatthew chapter 4. Matthew actually quotes the passage that we're in. Isaiah chapter 9. And if you want to turn with me there. Matthew chapter 4. Verses 14. 15. 16.…
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…here is the promise of restoration for the people of God. And then we see wonderfully, don't we, in the New Testament how this is fulfilled.Matthew chapter 4, as Jesus begins his public ministry in this region, Matthew says it's to fulfil this promise. God keeps his promise and he keeps his promise by…
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…what does life in the kingdom of heaven look like? So remember, Jesus says, Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Follow Me. And so this wholeMatthew chapter 4to 7 is all about, what does it mean to follow Christ as King? What does it mean when the kingdom of God comes into our lives? What does that look…
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…pressures to conform and compromise that you are facing right now. He knows it all. And he also knows what it's like to be tempted to compromise.Matthew chapter 4, Satan tempts Jesus three times to compromise. In Gethsemane, Jesus prays and is faithful to God's call to die for his people on the cross and not…
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…your kingdom come. Pray like Jesus, your kingdom come. Jesus began His earthly ministry preaching about the arrival of the kingdom. We can read ofMatthew chapter 4and verse 17 before the Sermon on the Mount is recorded by Matthew. From that time, Jesus began to preach saying, this is the beginning of His…
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…Yes! Then I look at Satan and I say, Satan bite the dust! No! You can't tempt me. Well, you may tempt me, but I'm gonna do just what Jesus did inMatthew chapter 4. I'm gonna draw my Rhema. And I'm gonna slice and dice you. You with me? It's the source of growth. Grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our…
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…temptation was a little different for him. When the devil came to him at the beginning of his ministry, you find this both in Luke chapter 4 and inMatthew chapter 4. And you hear the story of the devil tempting Jesus. And he said, If you are the Son of God, the devil doesn't really start temptation for me that…
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…of Jesus' sermons was aimed primarily at His disciples and was about what their life in the kingdom of heaven was to look like. Recall back inMatthew chapter 4and verse 17, Matthew records, From that time Jesus began to preach saying, this is Matthew's summary of Jesus' preaching, Repent, for the kingdom…
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…is a declaration of the Kingdom of Heaven. And we rightly understand that the Kingdom has come because the King has come. Matthew records for us inMatthew chapter 4and verse 17. From that time, Jesus began to preach the beginning of His ministry, saying, Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Recall…
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…this, you know what I see here, remember? Satan tries to duplicate, hey, God the Father. And remember what happened on the Mount of Temptation inMatthew chapter 4? Satan comes to Jesus, and what does he do? He offers him all the kingdoms of the world. Remember that? If you will what? Bow down to me. And we…
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I'll turn if you will toMatthew chapter 4, Matthew 4, and we're looking at verses 12 to chapter 5 and verse 1. ! It'll be lovely to see you tonight, if you can come, I'm going to speak on…
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…war. And he is on the offence. And we must remember that. It is a deeply, deeply instructive passage. There's lots of different ways you can takeMatthew chapter 4and look at it for profit. But I know it's very important that you and I take heed of this passage. There's going to be lots that we need to leave…
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…moment, what we're going to find is that Matthew 5 is this movement to a kind of new Sinai, a new law, a new vision of life together. But first, inMatthew chapter 4, Jesus calls these young disciples. Now, what you need to know about the disciples that you probably already know is that these are just teenage…
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…I just saw it come right on you. Out of the corner of my eye. Jesus, fix her all up. You're going to get totally good before the night's over.Matthew chapter 4, let me share this with you. I'll minister to it and then my chocolate teddy bear buddy is going to come. I actually told that to my wife this…
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