TEMPTATION (3 OF 8)
Scripture: Luke 4:1-4, Luke 4:6-12, Luke 4
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Temptation (3 of 8)
Series: Life of Christ
Stephen Whitney
Luke 4:1-12
The devil is a master of deception. He dresses up his temptation with half-truths and covers them over with a veneer of beauty to attract the evil nature of his enticements to sin.
When God put Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, he told them they could eat of all of the trees except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and if they did, they would certainly die.
When Satan tempted Eve he said, ''You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God knowing good and evil.'' (Genesis 3:4-5).
Adam and Eve did eat and their eyes were opened and they understood they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness. They were no longer innocent.
The rest of the OT reveals that man is now controlled by his sinful nature and passions so he hurts and kills his fellow man. There is no temptation that man does not give into as Satan rules over the world that God created.
Because God so loved the world, he would send them a deliver or Savior because they had no hope of delivering themselves. When Jesus was born the angels said to the shepherds, ''I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'' (Luke 2:10-11). In order for Jesus to be our Savior he had to defeat Satan.
Context Luke puts the genealogy of Jesus at the end of chapter 3 instead of the beginning of his gospel for a reason. He begins with Joseph the legal father of Jesus and ends with Adam the son of God (:38). He presents Jesus as the second Adam who came to defeat Satan where Adam failed and sin entered the world. Jesus came to bring victory over Satan which he did at the beginning of his ministry.
It is popular to interpret the account of Jesus' temptations as though they were written to teach Christians how to resist temptations. The trut ...
Series: Life of Christ
Stephen Whitney
Luke 4:1-12
The devil is a master of deception. He dresses up his temptation with half-truths and covers them over with a veneer of beauty to attract the evil nature of his enticements to sin.
When God put Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, he told them they could eat of all of the trees except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and if they did, they would certainly die.
When Satan tempted Eve he said, ''You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God knowing good and evil.'' (Genesis 3:4-5).
Adam and Eve did eat and their eyes were opened and they understood they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness. They were no longer innocent.
The rest of the OT reveals that man is now controlled by his sinful nature and passions so he hurts and kills his fellow man. There is no temptation that man does not give into as Satan rules over the world that God created.
Because God so loved the world, he would send them a deliver or Savior because they had no hope of delivering themselves. When Jesus was born the angels said to the shepherds, ''I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.'' (Luke 2:10-11). In order for Jesus to be our Savior he had to defeat Satan.
Context Luke puts the genealogy of Jesus at the end of chapter 3 instead of the beginning of his gospel for a reason. He begins with Joseph the legal father of Jesus and ends with Adam the son of God (:38). He presents Jesus as the second Adam who came to defeat Satan where Adam failed and sin entered the world. Jesus came to bring victory over Satan which he did at the beginning of his ministry.
It is popular to interpret the account of Jesus' temptations as though they were written to teach Christians how to resist temptations. The trut ...
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