Luke 4:5-8 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

• “…and the desires of the eyes

• and pride in possession (life, NAS)…” (1 John 2:16)

Significance of Significance of TemptationTemptation

• Satan, the “god of this world” offered these to Jesus in exchange for Jesus’ worship of him. It was an effort by Satan to appeal to a lust for power. • Instead of eventually being put to death by the world, Jesus would simply rule over it—all of it.

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John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

Jesus’ AnswerJesus’ Answer8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’ ”•Deuteronomy 6:13—It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.•Reminds us of the event in Exodus 32 where they worshiped the golden calf

Exodus 32:7-9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. 8“They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’ ” 9The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people.

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Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”

Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”

Matthew 10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”

Deut. 6Deut. 6Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Deut. 6Deut. 6Deuteronomy 6:4-9 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

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1 John 5:21 “Little children, keep your-selves from idols.”

There Are Few Who Would Actually Say, “I Worship Satan”

There Are Few Who Would Actually Say, “I Worship Satan”

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Deceived—Believing A Lie

Sometimes We Indirectly Give Allegiance To Satan By Being

Deceived—Believing A Lie

Matthew 12:30 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.”

Significance of Significance of TemptationTemptation

• Others may worship at the feet of Satan, but the victory this day would go to Jesus, the Son of God!

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And At The CrossAnd At The Cross1 John 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.•