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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Matthew 4:1-11
The Crosses of Lent
The Cross of Temptation
Matthew 4:1-11
I want to preface my remarks by saying that temptation and the testing of our faith is very real.
Temptation and testing often comes off the coattails of good times. It often catches us off-guard.
The first area of vulnerability mentioned in I John 2 and illustrated in the experience of Jesus is the temptation to do for oneself.
So, it’s primarily about what we are willing to do and the compromises we are willing to make in order to satisfy the urges in our physical bodies.
There is nothing wrong with being someone of importance…it’s what you are willing to do be important that matters.
If Americans have an idol, it is materialism.
And just as it was Satan’s goal to push God out of Jesus’ life, Satan tries to move into our lives hoping maybe that Jesus will get forced out of our lives.