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Sunday 29 th July 2007 Morning Service. Jesus – THE EARLY YEARS HOW HIS WARFARE BEGAN Luke 4:1-13. PSALM 100:1-5 (p. 362). 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the LORD with cheerful voice. 2 Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,
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Sunday 29th July 2007Morning Service Jesus – THE EARLY YEARS HOW HIS WARFARE BEGAN Luke 4:1-13
PSALM 100:1-5 (p. 362) 1All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the LORD with cheerful voice. 2 Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice.
PSALM 100:1-5 (2/4) 3Know that the LORD is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make: We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
PSALM 100:1-5 (3/4) 4O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto: Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do.
PSALM 100:1-5 (4/4) 5For why? the LORD our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.
Luke 4:1-13 (p. 1030) • 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, • 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. • 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." • 4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.'"
Luke 4:1-13 (p. 1030) • 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. • 6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. • 7 So if you worship me, it will all be yours." • 8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'" • 9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
Luke 4:1-13 (p. 1030) • "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here. • 10 For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; • 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" • 12 Jesus answered, "It says: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" • 13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
PSALM 2:6-12* (p. 2) 6 The LORD has made it known to them: “My chosen king I have installed On Zion, my own holy hill. He is the one whom I have called.”
PSALM 2:6-12* (2/5) 7 The king then solemnly declares: “I will proclaim the LORD’s decree. ‘Today your father I’ve become; You are my son,’ he said to me.
PSALM 2:6-12* (3/5) 8 “ ‘Ask me, and for your heritage I’ll give you nations near and far. 9 You’ll break them with an iron rod, And smash them like a potter’s jar.’ ”
PSALM 2:6-12* (4/5) 10 Now therefore, kings, true wisdom find; You judges of the earth, give ear. 11 With rev’rence come and serve the LORD; Bow down with joy and trembling fear.
PSALM 2:6-12* (5/5) 12 Pay homage to the royal son Lest you in wrath aside are thrust, For swiftly can his anger blaze. Blessèd are all who in him trust.
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION • Almighty and most merciful Father, • we are thankful that your mercy is higher than the heavens, • wider than our wanderings, deeper than all our sin.
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION • Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes, • our refusal to relieve the suffering of others, • our envy of those who have more than we have,
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION • our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure, • our indifference to the treasures of heaven, • our neglect of your wise and gracious law.
UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION • Keep us from falling before the power of temptation. • Help us to change our way of life • so that we may desire what is good, • love what you love, and do what you command, • through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON • Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. • You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:18-19
JESUS – HOW HIS SPIRITUAL WARFAREBEGAN (Luke 4) • Luke 4:1-13 - Jesus’ Temptation • A classic story of conflict: a drama with three actors. • Jesus; The Holy Spirit; and Satan. • Jesus is the BATTLEGROUND. • Our Sinless Saviour was savagely tempted – we can expect the same.
- SATAN ATTACKEDJESUS’ IDENTITY • Who was he…?Luke 3:22 was still ringing in his ears! • "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." • But in Luke 4:3, “If you are the Son…” • Why not put God to the test? Don’t rely on God’s voice, God’s word. • How may the devil attack your identity?
2 - SATAN ATTACKEDJESUS’ MINISTRY • What he came to DO was challenged. • God’s words in Luke 3:22 are quoting Psalm 2:7 and Isaiah 42:1. • Jesus - the Son who Rules(Psalm 2) • Jesus - theServantwho Suffers(Isaiah) • His Mission has a DOUBLE IDENTITY – but Satan offers him an easy short-cut.
2 - SATAN ATTACKEDJESUS’ MINISTRY • Just give people BREAD for the belly. • Give spectacular signs of power; or gain earthly acclaim, through compromise… • God cares about MEANS, not just ENDS. • To resist: TUNE IN to the voice of God. • “It stands written…” – Absorb your Father’s Mind, in Scripture, and you too will be able to resist the devil, and will see the devil flee. (James 4:7).
Take a moment to reflect… Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! (Psalm 81:8,10b,13 ESV)
Paraphrase 58 (Hebrews 4) Where high the heavenly temple stands,The house of God not made with hands,A great High Priest our nature wears,The Guardian of mankind appears.
Paraphrase 58 (2/6) He who our guarantor once stood,And poured on earth His precious blood,Pursues in Heaven His mighty plan,Our Saviour and the Friend of man.
Paraphrase 58 (3/6) Though now ascended up on high,He sees us with a brother’s eye;He shares with us the human name,He knows the frailty of our frame.
Paraphrase 58 (4/6) Our fellow-sufferer yet retainsA fellow-feeling for our pains:And still remembers in the skiesHis tears, His agonies, and cries.
Paraphrase 58 (5/6) In all that pains the human heart,The Man of Sorrows had a part,He sympathizes with our grief,And to the sufferer sends relief.
Paraphrase 58 (6/6) With boldness, therefore, at his throne,Let us make all our sorrows known,Find grace to help in time of need:Jesus, God’s Son, to you we plead!
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