Matthew 4:1-11
 Gratification
 V.1- Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
 Then- following His baptism and heavenly affirmation
 3:15-17
 V.17 “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well-
pleased”
 King David- 2 Samuel 11
 Peter- Luke 22:31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded
permission to sift you like wheat;
 Isolation
 V.1- Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the
wilderness
 Into the wilderness
 Jeshimon (The Devastation)- The area between
the hill country of Southern Palestine and the
Dead Sea
 Jews viewed this area as a place of danger,
gloom, and the abode of demons
 Mark 1:13 He was with the wild beasts
 Sinfulness
 Matthew 26:40-41 And He came to the disciples and found
them sleeping, and said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep
watch with Me for one hour? 41 "Keep watching and praying
that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak."
 James 1:13-15 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being
tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He
Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted
when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15
Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when
sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
 1 John 2:15-16 Do not love the world nor the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not
in him. 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.
 The Temptation of Jesus Matthew 4:1-11
 V.3 (The Lust of the Flesh)
 V.6 (The Boastful Pride of Life)
 V.9 (The Lust of the Eyes)
 V.1- Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness
 To be tempted by the devil
 Tempt- to test or try
 to obtain information to be used against a person by
trying to cause someone to make a mistake—‘to try to
trap, to attempt to catch in a mistake.’
 Devil-accuser (Liar and Deciever)
 John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do
the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no
truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
 Deservedness
 V.2- He then became hungry
 V.3- If You are the Son of God, command these stones become
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 You deserve this!
Deception
V.6- It is written
 Psalm 91:11-12
 You can demand this!
Desire
V.9- All these things I will give you
 You desire this!
 Hebrews 2:17-18 Therefore, He had to be made like His
brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For since He Himself
was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come
to the aid of those who are tempted.
 Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been
tempted in all things as we are, [yet without sin.] 16
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the [throne of
grace], so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in
time of need.
 V.1- Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit
 Mark 1:12 Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out
into the wilderness.
 Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the
Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness
 John 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you
know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
 John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will
guide you into all the truth;
 V.2- And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He
then became hungry
 Temptation (Lust of the flesh)
 It is Written Deuteronomy 8:3
 V6.- Throw yourself down
 Temptation (Boastful pride of life)
 It is Written Deuteronomy 6:16
 V.9- All these things I will give You
 Temptation (Lust of the eyes)
 It is Written Deuteronomy 6:13
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Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from
the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through
Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I
myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but
on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. 8:1
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those
who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin
and of death.