Daily with Jesus (Nov 4)
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Recap - What did we learn in the previous session?
Recap - What did we learn in the previous session?
About John the Baptist and his ministry.
Specifically, John “preparing the way” for the coming Messiah.
Rebuking people with harsh words to change their lifestyle and attitude.
Calls people to “repent” so that they could be ready for the coming Messiah.
The Baptism of Jesus Christ
The Baptism of Jesus Christ
We then learn about the Baptism of Jesus Christ.
When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As he was praying, heaven opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”
What is the significance of Jesus’s baptism?
Why should He be baptized? After all, He is sinless; there is no need for Him to repent - or repent of anything.
By the act of baptism, Jesus is agreeing with John that people need to repent. Jesus is endorsing John’s ministry and message.
The text says, Jesus was baptised.
Then we see a supernatural event - while Jesus was praying, the heaven opened - that is, the sky was opened for a moment - as if a door was open.
And then the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in the form of a dove.
The Holy Spirit is Spirit, but He can take any form He wants. Here He took the form of a dove (this doesn’t mean we worship dove). It is a form that the Holy Spirit took, just like He took the form of tongues of fire in the book of Acts.
Then we read, “And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”
you are my beloved Son, means the Son I love.
With you I am well-pleased. In other words, God has taken delight in Him, in the Son.
So, the account gives us the understanding that Jesus is ready for His ministry. He received the divine endorsement.
The portion of this text is alludes to Isaiah 42:1.
“This is my servant; I strengthen him,
this is my chosen one; I delight in him.
I have put my Spirit on him;
he will bring justice to the nations.
What does this divine endorsement mean?
John baptized with water - it gives an idea of cleansing. But when Jesus came, He is bringing the Spirit with Him to cleanse the sin! He is bringing the presence of God into the lives of people.
The Temptation of Jesus Christ
The Temptation of Jesus Christ
Then Jesus left the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.
Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit - meaning, He was controlled by the Holy Spirit. We also learn that Jesus was led by the Spirit to the wilderness for forty days to be tempted by the devil.
Coud devil tempt God?
In the following verses we see how the devil would fail to frustrate God’s plan; how he failed to tempt God.
He cannot.
But, it seems like God allowed the devil to try anyway.
The Main Idea of 4:1-13.
The Main Idea of 4:1-13.
What is the main idea of this passage 4:1-13?
That Jesus overcomes Satan’s temptations, and demonstrates His faithfulness to the Father, and the knowledge of the Scripture.
Jesus was in His human state in the wilderness - notice the text says, He was “hungry” after those days were over.
During this time, He was “tempted” by the devil. That is, the devil attempted to cause Jesus to sin.
Satan’s First Test
Satan’s First Test
Concerning God’s provision
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
The devil tries to tempt Christ by doubting God’s provision.
If you are the Son of God - the devil knows that Jesus is the Son of God. There is no doubt in it. But the test here indicates that the devil wants Jesus to forget about Father’s care and take things in to His own hands. If Jesus agrees to this challenge, He would be indicating that He doesn’t trust the Father. If Jesus acts to the temptation, then He would not be showing faith in the Father.
But Jesus strikes back referring to Deut. 8:3, that man shall not live by bread alone.
Deuteronomy 8:3 (CSB)
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Jesus knew that the Father would care for Him. So, here again, He is emphasizing the trust and faith in God.
Man does not live on bread alone - meaning, as much as food is important for man to live, much more important than that is relying upon the Word of God.
Satan’s Second Test
Satan’s Second Test
Concerning False worship
So he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. The devil said to him, “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want. If you, then, will worship me, all will be yours.”
What is the devil trying to do here?
Trying to change Jesus’ reliance upon God; His allegiance from God to the devil.
He wants Jesus to bow down to him; the devil wants the honor that ONLY God should receive.
What a try that is. Isn’t it?
But Jesus strikes back by referring to Deut. 6:13 and Exodus 20:1
Fear the Lord your God, worship him, and take your oaths in his name.
Do not have other gods besides me.
There cannot be other gods - devil. There is only ONE GOD, and only He must receive worship.
Satan’s Third Test
Satan’s Third Test
Testing God’s Faithfulness
He quotes Psalm 91.
So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. For it is written:
He will give his angels orders concerning you,
to protect you, and
they will support you with their hands,
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”
And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”
Here the devil is missed a key phrase.
Psalm 91:11–12 (CSB)
For he will give his angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.
They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Where is the phrase in “in all your ways” in Luke 4:10 “For it is written: He will give his angels orders concerning you, to protect you,”? He misapplied it - of course on purpose.
What is the point of this temptation?
Why would the devil take Jesus to the top of the temple?
In this test, the devil desires that Jesus would doubt God’s care, and provision again.
Why don’t you jump, Jesus? Go on. Just to be sure that God would really be ready to care for you as you go into your ministry - into fulfilling God’s will - that is saving His people.
But, Jesus is not going to test God; He doesn’t have to.
He quotes Deut. 6:16
Do not test the Lord your God as you tested him at Massah.
This is talking about the Israelites who tested Yahweh at Massah. Testing God is sin - and so Jesus refuses to test God’s faithfulness.
In fact, just a few verses back, we read that the Father is “well-pleased” in Him. What need would Jesus (in His humanity) have at all to surrender to Satan’s tricks?
Now, notice that these temptations happened in His human state.
Jesus is both divine and human - it is known as hypostatic union.
Luke Jesus’ Baptism (3:21–22)
The temptations will show that Jesus is different from Adam; he is able to resist the temptation to go his own way selfishly in sin.
Darrell Bock on Jesus’s temptation says,
Luke (The Temptations of Jesus (4:1–13))
The wilderness temptation is only the first round in Jesus’ victory, but it is the first of many victorious rounds. Jesus’ success reveals that he is qualified for ministry. The key to Jesus’ triumph is his faithfulness in walking with God wherever God leads him, even in the midst of testing times. Here is a loyal and beloved Son who requites God’s love. To love God is to be faithful to him, worshiping and serving only him. (emp. added).
What can we learn from this study?
Jesus is the beloved Son of God, in whom God was well-pleased.
Jesus was led into tests and temptations. In His humanity, He faced these temptations by the devil.
Jesus’s genealogy was traced by to Adam by Luke in this Gospel. In Luke 3:38 “son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.” What we can learn from this is that Jesus obeyed God and He remains faithful while Adam failed to obey and be faithful to the Lord.
Adam surrendered to temptations, but Jesus remained faithful to the Father.
Adam received dominion over the world according to Gen.1:26-28, but Jesus, though the devil offered the world, He did not accept it, He did not seek kingdom or power.
Jesus did not take the shortcut devil offered - that the devil will give him the power if He bow down to him - He accepted the long way, so that He could fulfill the mission of God - to lay down His life to save us.
Jesus set an example for us so that we can resist the devil, and remain faithful to the Lord even in the midst of trials and temptations.
Jesus used Scripture - the living Word of God to respond to the devil. How well can we respond with Scripture? Are we memorizing Scripture? That is how God talks to us! That is how we can remember the promises of the faithful God.
The devil is real - his temptations are real even today. 1 Pet. 5:8 “Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.”