Mar 4, 2018
Matthew 4:1-4
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the
Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of
bread.”
Lent is a season of confession and repentance. Because of this it
is also a season of great temptation and the reminder that our
struggle is not just against flesh and blood but our struggle in
these bodies is a spiritual struggle. Satan comes to Jesus and
tempts him in three ways and over the next three weeks, we'll
be taking deeper look at what this means for the Gospel
and what it means for us. This first temptation is to turn stones
into bread and to make the hungers of the body more important
than the hungers and thirsts of the spirit. Yet Jesus
is stalwart in his response and unlike Adam and Eve, he shows
us a way through the wilderness of temptation.
*House Church Sunday. No sermon
recorded.*