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Matthew 10:16, Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be shrewd as serpents, and innocent as doves.

1. We live in a fallen world where truth is called a lie and lies are embraced as truth.
2. Temptation surrounds us. Since the Fall, no one is exempt from it.
3. Yet, as believers in Jesus Christ we are called to be slaves of righteousness, not slaves of sin (Romans 6).
4. Tonight, we are going to discover important principles for overcoming temptation when it comes knocking by looking at the example of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Matthew 4:1-11

Context
1. In Matthew 3:15, Jesus was baptized “to fulfill all righteousness”. This marked the start of His public ministry. Through baptism, Jesus identified with those He came to save so that they may enter His kingdom.
2. In Matthew 4:1, we’re told that Jesus was immediately “led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil”. Why?
a. Not to confirm that Jesus is the Son of God. He is.
b. Not to receive the Father’s approval. Jesus had it! When He was baptized, the Father declared, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
c. It was the Father’s will for Jesus to be tempted so that He would be identified with us, fallen humanity, and to show creation that Jesus is our Conqueror!
3. Jesus also exposed Satan and his schemes so that we may learn from Christ’s example and experience His victory over temptation.

Transition – Let’s look at Satan’s schemes to discover how Jesus was victorious so that we may walk in His victory!

I. There Are Three Forms of Temptation

• According to 1 John 2:16, temptation comes in one of three forms.

1 John 2:16, For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

A. The Lust of the Flesh (2-4)
1. In Matthew 4:2, we’re told that Jesus “fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.”
2. While physically weak because of fasting, Satan attacked Jesus.
3. Satan’s first temptation appears to be straightforward, turn stones into bread. But there’s more to the temptation.
4. Let’s paraphrase the temptation. “If You are the Son of God, use Your authority to satisfy your body’s desire for food.”
5. Eating bread is not a sin! But at this point, the Father did not want Jesus to eat bread. It was God’s will for Jesus to fast. Later, the angels would minister to Jesus and probably gave Him bread to eat (11).
6. So, the enemy tempted Jesus to satisfy His flesh, even though it was contrary to His Father’s will; to exercise His authority over His body and not submit to the Father’s authority.
7. It was an appeal to satisfy the physical appetite, similar to how he tempted Eve.

Genesis 3:1, And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’”

APPL – The appeal to satisfy the flesh is strong! The flesh always seeks to gratify itself and Satan repeatedly pushes that button with one temptation after another!

ILLUS – My love for M&M’s

9. Jesus’ answered Satan with God’s Word, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Deuteronomy 8:3).
a. Jesus came to do the will of the Father!
John 5:30, I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

b. Therefore, Jesus was content with temporary hunger because He lived to do the Father’s will and refused to submit to Satan’s enticement.

APPL – When we put our physical needs ahead of our spiritual needs, we sin. And if we let circumstances dictate our actions versus God, we sin! Feeding on and obeying God’s Word is more important than food!

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