The Temptation Of Jesus "The Devil Made Me Do It"

at this time the humina oh praise the mighty name of Jesus God is good his missus everlasting and his truth endureth unto all generation god bless now here's what a men do to do I lead you to live in person on your right if there was somebody on your right or you look at in the eye or whatever choice is living a person being away to say now is their decision in the house of the law Torian Tocqueville it wasn't to your left and say no vote it's good to see you in the house of Allah o praise the mighty name of Jesus now turn around sit here today about it is close to look and say welcome to the house of God welcome to the house of God welcome to the house of dog welcome to the house of God and is good to see you in the house of the law good to see you in the house of the law good to see ya in the house of the law good to see you in the house of the law good to see you in the house of the law it is good to see you now then let's just see how many good folk came to church this morning and brought their Bibles that is a physical Bible that all goodbye but they had one dear easily a great day I'm not talking about your phone one dozen best buy/price a barber if your boat so validated aha get it up get it up get it up get it up this is my daughter elevated God give a name to my feet and a light to my path there's where we are the farmer follow [Applause] yeah just father the preacher thank you now they're liberal your Bibles in the fourth chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew Matthew chapter number four the first of the synoptic Gospels Matthew chapter number four Matthew chapter number four we're going to begin reading let's just see we're going to be done reading at the first verse now I really need eleven verses in there but I don't know they would need to read all of that but Matthew chapter number four let me see well we will read all eleven eventually we will because this is a this is a series Matthew chapter number four and we'll read will just read four verses and then I will comment and tell you what this entails Matthew chapter 4 verses one through four those who habit will say Amen let's read it together read then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil and when he had fasted forty days and forty nights he was afterward an hungred and he said the body the Son of God command delayed but answered and said it is written man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God what it enables remember the trip patience of Jesus and a sub topper will be the double and repeat after me the double made me do it we go see you may have you see before we get started here this morning let me just say to those of you who are in TV land god bless you for listening god bless you for watching our television program whether you are in the world and getting this program we certainly want you to know that we welcome you into the morning worship of the new golden high stretcher price 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through that truth thy Word is truth god bless you thank you for listening and now let's go to work Matthew chapter number four Matthew chapter number four we're talking about the temptations of Jesus with the subtopic the devil made me do it is there is there any validity in this business of the devil made me do it is that a true saying is that a truism the devil made me do it well I'm going to show you how that the double-team makes you do anything that you do not want to do I saw a manta chapter 4 we read verse number 1 and and you have your Bibles out there and the Bible says then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted all the devil now let's unpack that you read it many times I know you have and some of you probably can quote it but let's unpack it then let's just see all all the good things in Matthew chapter number 4 that is advantageous to those of us who are children of God and those of us who may have a desire to be a child of God the our scripture John emetics had before in verse 1 begins with the word then then the10 then well that word indicates a previous statement or some previous circumstances as transpired by the synoptic writer [Music] bringing this scripture with vim means that something had happened previously so then if you want to understand what comes after then you will not get a full understanding conceptionally of what happens after the word then unless you are familiar with the context now the text is then can come Jesus but that's the text verse one is the text now we're going to deal with a context so when we get to then we will know what to expect here's what has happened prior to that first word then here's what is that Jesus walking along the banks of the Jordan coming to general for a purpose and that purpose is to be baptized John the Baptizer sees him coming and he hurries out the help in other words look behold the lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world so Jesus comes to john john was a little dubious about baptizing Jesus because John knew who Jesus was John knew that he was a messiah and joined felt that he was not qualified to baptize Jesus and then and John spoke to him and John said to him irony be baptized of thee and cometh out to me and Jesus has suffered to be so now John for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness I'm in Chapter number three we're making our way the chapter number four and my mould says that certain things happen what happened John but Jesus in the river Jordan and there were those who took the position that baptism is not important well here business on of not being baptized and adapt isn't is not important I was born being baptized well John with Allah dubious about baptizing him and Jesus has separated to be so now John for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness so baptism is a fulfillment of God's righteousness baptism is a part of God's righteousness now there will be those who will say there was no need for but the Bible says that it has something to do with the righteousness of God so in order to take the position that baptism is not important is but to christen the righteousness of God now when you get down to verse 16 in 17 John has baptized Jesus are in the Jordan and when they both came out of the water Jesus saw the heavens opened and what he heard was a voice and that voice said this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased don't forget that because that's going to be crucial as we go to chapter number 4 let me do this again ah Jesus heard this voice from heaven and this voice said this is my beloved son God the Father acknowledges Jesus as his beloved son now that indicates a lot of things if he really is a son of God then he surely has a certain amount of power if he really is a son of God then he surely is the Messiah sent by God a lot of implications here but I want you to remember that statement this is my beloved son and whom I am well pleased hear him and not only that but the wording preceding that and our Bible says in in Chapter number three that the heavens opened and the Spirit of God descending like a dog lighted upon him and then the voice now what we have here is we have an indication of three in the body and we have an indication here of the Trinity of God and surely we can count to three God is in heaven God acknowledges the asad Jesus dispelled the earth God is in heaven and the Spirit is descending in the form of a dog that's three but that's not the message but that goes to the question of the Trinity of God and that they are not the same person but before mama speaks from heaven and saying this is my son and the son is under earth having just been baptized by John the Baptist the Holy Spirit comes down in the form of the God and ice on his shoulder which represents the unmounting of Jesus Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit at the baptism of John in the wilderness and Matthew chapter number 3 but there is important about chapter number 3 but man is important about the context so we can understand the text because a text without a context is a pretext so let me do this again the boys out of heaven said this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased are watching to hear them now you can highlight that are you can circle that uh however you do it but that is going to be important because this is going to have emphases on chapter number four as a matter of fact the previous statement of the previous emphases for chapter number four is the statement and this statement is this is my beloved son and whom I'm well pleased now that's going to be important now our understanding what riddle before that brings us to the seventeenth verse of the third chapter of the book of Matthew and so we are finished with the third chapter of the book of Matthew not necessarily finished but you understand that in the original writing of the Bible there were no chapters there were no divisions our chapter 1 chapter 1 and chapter 2 in chapter 3 the original Scrolls more continuous they were continuous the translators divided it into verses and there were no versus I am the original in the original transcript there was no verses in there were no chapters but the translators are in order for better comprehension for us they divided into verses and they divided the Bible into chapters so actually verse they were 70 moved into verse number 1 of chapter number 4 so we heard a chapter number 4 and that shot to begin with there now what does then indicate then indicate that Jesus had come to John to be baptized there indicates that he was baptized then indicate there was a voice from heaven then indicates that the Spirit of God descending like a doll then indicate the are the wedding of the boys this is my son and whom will please then is after Jesus will baptize then is after the voice but from women then is after the Holy Spirit descended like a dog and lit on his shoulder then is after Jesus is acknowledged as the Son of God good at all of that good now let's just see what happened putting them on the Jumbo Matthew chapter number 4 verse number 1 then I'll explain that was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness after Jesus had been baptized after he had been acknowledged as a son of God after all the Holy Spirit had descended upon him indeed upon his shoulder and and after God has said this is my beloved son after all the bad had transpired then immediately after that then the spirit Jesus the devil I'm gonna get to that why is Jesus being tempted we'll get to that and we'll talk about that but what never after all that happened the spirit of law the Spirit of God moved him into the wilderness now it's important to understand that Jesus who has been acknowledged as a son of God is now about to be tempted of the devil and he is being led into the ravenous to be tempted of the devil I went to the circle wilderness because that's important I want you to highlight wilderness this is a remote place as we do the geographical than be historical he was lured into the wilderness now this wilderness originally during the time of Christ was located and the western shores of Jordan and the Dead Sea now it is important that you understand this the Dead Sea admittedly probably already do the Dead Sea of course is a representation is a sea that was known by its name that did see the sea of galilee emptied into the Jordan River and the Jordan River emptied into the Dead Sea is called Odyssey because it doesn't have any tributaries doesn't have any outlets but it's a sea it's big and because that is not because there are no activities in that they see there what there is no life in the Dead Sea there was no life surrounding the Dead Sea because of the salt that are that the Dead Sea produces so the dead sea is a Dead Sea now this worthiness this wilderness is on the western shore of the Jordan and the Dead Sea Jesus is led into that wilderness he has just come out of the job remember that the Sea of Galilee enters into Jordan jog filters into the Dead Sea and the Dead Sea has no outlets so it's bad making that's why it's cold that they'd see now this wilderness is on the northern side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea there is no human habitation in this wilderness this wilderness consists of the most vicious beasts in the world this wilderness consists of all kinds all reptiles and snakes sin and vicious animals and they survive because they're here is no habitation in the human habitation in this wilderness so the only desirable survive is by fighting and eating each other that's all the way they survived now Jesus is led into the deepest part of this wilderness wealth is no life and he is led there by the Spirit of God understand this the Spirit of God did not check Jesus and God did not tempt Jesus the devil was waiting for Jesus and the devil heard it is indicated when you read the text the devil heard or understood that God had acknowledged Jesus as this is my son that demo on describe that the devil knew that Jesus had been acknowledged this gives my son that's why I said I want you to remember that statement that this is my son because then Debra is going to use that to see if he can trip Jesus are get Jesus to deny God they are to disobey God or distrust God or distrust God's Word now the spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness he makes plain that he was led into the deepest part of the river he was there forty days and forty nights and not only wasn't there forty days and forty nights but he did anything he didn't drink anything bad business so the demo was waiting to get him and to attack him at his weakest moment and of course Kevin not 30 days and for underlying just so much it circle for it all I was forty important therefore it is a very important work 146 times in the scripture do we have the word forty beloved is 40 means 40 means 40 there was nothing particularly interesting about that it is just that the Holy Scriptures are uses the word 40 what does 40 me 40 means a time of trouble or time of trial or time or probation that's what the word 40 million in Scripture now biblical numerology that is dealing with numbers what does the number seven mean what does a number forty mean that's what we call biblical numerology to which you don't you don't really need to be interested in what 40 this is significance of 40 no real significance except that they were 40 appear in the scripture or 146 frames now I can go through the scripture and just enumerate the many times the word 40 is used just for a few times even at the beginning operation and the beginning of the human race you remember when God got tired of the sins of men and decided to destroy man from the face of the earth and the Bible says that God decided to send rain and the earth 40 days 40 nights you see so the word 40th is huge Moses ah is interesting 40 years old when he killed that Egyptian and he wicked the wilderness a million stayed in the wilderness 40 years it's as interesting to note Israel of course they would see when in the women of Spain their 40 years so the word 40s argan oil long before it to say there was something significant about 40 military this too and I want you to miss this and that is the law provided that when a person committed a crime that he will be beaten with 40 stripes a fortunate man more than 40 stripes because that was the law 40 just seem to have been a most interesting word so here we have Jesus in the wilderness for the days and our only 30 days before teammate now I gave you the definition of 40 it means trials it means trouble it means probation and that's what Jesus is going through and because he was going through these trials because he is going through temptations because he was going through his probation that probationary player the Holy Spirit would have a have us understand it happened 40 days now and 40 nights the Bible says already had fasted that if he were not food even without food what now watch this now the devil is waiting until he is at his weakest point the devil could have talked to Herman tempted him when he first got in the residence no the devil sits back and waits how long does he weigh he weigh 40 days anyways for tonight what does he know he knows anybody doing without food for days before tonight it's going to be tired he's going to be hungry at the end of for the days before the night the devil knew that Devon smart cookie is Margaret and I'm sorry how smart he is forty days and forty nights Jesus was in the wilderness but I fooled with a Drake when I walked for days and forty nights he was afterward HMDA well that's natural we are despaired how that could happen how that a person of having not beaten in forty days and forty nights would be hungry give me the next verse now he was afterward a hunger and when he had fasted forty days when and when the tip to verse 4 verse 1 now let me see was to again verse number 2 at when he had fasted forty days and forty nights he was afterward and hundred he is hungry now he is tired now he has been up there in that wilderness with a vicious beast let me just say this as well now we know the Bible makes clear that he was in that portion with the wild beasts now just imagine Jesus are tender innocent person out there in that wilderness particular at night when the big beast comes out to eat all the The Crying of the beast the ruling of the lounge and and and and the screeching of the animals at night Jesus hears all of that and he's out there by himself what the devil is going the devil is trying to make sure that when he does speak to him he's going to be so shook up and so hungry and that he is not going to be able to deal with Satan himself and so the Bible says in verse number three the Bible says in verse number three and when the tempter came to him he said if thou be here we go if thou be the Son of God now I told you to remember chapter number three when the voice came from heaven and said this is my beloved son and then on walkies to him mama comes another if you are with the sound of God he's a slick Rosco Jesus played Rosco now what he is doing he is trying to get Jesus to mistrust god that's the same effort he tried and succeeded when he was just so happy is not going on Jesus but he says now if thou be the Son of God I need you to do something I need you to command these stones be made bread you understand this church it's important that you understand this so you don't feel the devil I mean fear him but not scared of it because the border has only three shots he has only three shot then all he had when he shoots those three shots he has nothing else he has nothing else first John chapter 2 and verse number 15 now what did you do differently shot this is all the devil this is all the ammunition the devil had he doesn't have anything we looked at all the crime in the world we looked at the way admission is boring here when you say the devil is at work yeah the devil is it work but you also have to order destroy but the devil don't have but three shots he's never had the tree shots now openly and for in chapter 2 and verse number 15 brother Keith if you have that not watch this then the Bible tells us God tells us we talked about that basically I didn't quote that scripture in Mardin study but that is put God first and living the wheel or more than you love God and more reading the sacrifice for the law in the world than you are then you would sacrifice for God and then the next verse says the most of the flesh is free shot that's history shot he didn't have any more than that the devil didn't had any more than that if he cannot get you by using one of these tactics then he can't get you and the way he goes after you is by way I'll be love of the flesh the eye pride of life that's where he gets you and if he shoot those three he doesn't have any other shots he gets you through your eyes through your flesh through your pride you see them using that against a lust of the flesh lust of the eye I don't time read it but but but he usually don't need and a bit he bit but he was doing the same thing to eat and he's doing the same thing to Christ as he did to eat the fact is that didn't work on Jesus but I want you to watch this now if thou be the Son of God command these stones be made bread he knew that Jesus was the son of God [Music] that's why he's tipping him out there because he knows he is a son of God the question is not tempted Jesus as the devil's primary objective the devil's primary objective is what I'll tell you to not forget God said this is my beloved son get ahead there and there has always been a fight between God and the devil it was since the nominator the fight was not between me than the bed he was losing the fight was against God and when he was he was trying and he succeeded to get me to disobey God so when he said if thou be the Son of God he is now folding not against Jesus he is fighting or gate for god sake God said this is my son this is my beloved son they lost the devil the devil says if thou be the Son of God because if we are the son of God you should have heavenly power if you really are the son of God you see this was a double whammy this is a double whammy because he succeeds he is gonna hook up Christ then receive as well defeat God in the same scheme but his main objective is be sure that God's Word is not trusted God's Word was this is my son the devil says you better not trust that talking to the son you better not trust that and if you really are the son of God command these fall to be made bread I washed that burger watch it watch it if he if Jesus Falls for that it shows there he has lost his faith in his father I wanna get this in other words Jesus hold the father and Ron's room as soul the Brahman is same even when you hold them we better check to see whether is true or not because it might not be true in other words it is best that she will just gone that you know clip in his faith in God's Word watch it now because it's the same tactic he is trying and succeeding on the religious world the day same thing watch this how do you know the Bible is true how do you know that the Bible is the Word of God how do you know that man did make some mistakes when he wrote the Bible in other words when Bobo is capturing the whole religious world based on mistrust Oh God when he's doing he did not want to trust God narrow he is trying to trip the son of God and to give him to miss I believe in this are given is given instructions to the son the less the instruction that Solomon gives his son in Chapter number three in Chapter number three and verse number five per will jump to number three and this number five that's what the Bible says and you see the other notes to get you to mistrust God you see the Bible says then there's always one church but the Lord is now saying how do you know that there is just one church how we told you there is just one where does the Bible say there was just one how could that be set just one church when you have a hundred million people are in other churches like Western devil that's a devil so what is it ever doing even from the beginning in Genesis chapter 1 2 and 3 the devil the devil objective was to get people to miss truth God mister you see by that insurances is this God gave us the word and the Word of God is quick and it is powerful the Word of God was for informal heaven Jesus says and we'll pass away but my words shall never pass away the doorman is saying don't trust that you see the governor said no no no no no no no I won't know it said everybody said he I know God you see but with the dead his greatest - his greatest tool and hear me clearly his greatest the devil be satanic - that's used by every satanic if the comes out of hell is mistress Najma in other words usual education use more intelligence they depend on the world depend on yourself we are intelligent why you keep preaching to me about what the world says that's what the devil does and he's trying her down Jesus he's saying I heard your father say that you were your son but if you are really his son then make these stones breathe and another thing if you are really his son let me see you do something and let me see you do something prove to me and you you cannot you cannot go through life the devil is say it by just believing what God says you need to do something you need something supernatural need yeah in other words when God says without faith it's impossible to please him no no no no no no no no they need to feel something or you're missing it God says without faith without faith it's impossible to please God not shake rattle and roll faith God is not going to save you based on how you could shake right away placing Levi's gonna save you based on how you can shout now I'm not putting salt down I'm just hoping the same there's no how you going to be saying if you are ever saying you better be saved by your faith so people think that ah they yep my fate is determined by how hard and jump my religion the depth of my religion is determined by ha ha ha ha I didn't know if you were ever saved today it's got to be because you believe that he is who he said he is hey hey folks are well I mean if you have the holding those why aren't you with shaking they're all with you you got the Holy Ghost but you really get you a Jordan gray that doesn't determine whether or not you have the Holy Ghost I'm not saying my brother that you can say hey you can't wrap your head I'm not saying you can't spell yeah but I am saying to you is that goes not determine they are not you all say that what I'm saying is they you can jump up my building run on is our I mean if the Word of God makes you feel a lingered a wrong I all problem a death I mean you can fall down on your knees oh man I'm not gonna put you out to do it but that didn't mean you going ahead because the it might not be this bird of God did not raise you know don't know maybe go over there so make me go away I'm glad to say with this temptation here see what the government is doing the devil is trying to get Jesus to mistrust God and our problem our problem in this church and other congregations is mistrust of God mistrust mistress you say doc you sure I'm telling you that our problem and Churches of Christ in this shop we don't trust God the devil has the devil has gotten us where he wanted to get Jesus and that is I know your daddy said that for but you better try them out which means that if Jesus proceeded to make storm read then admit that Jesus did really believe what is daddy said because you see in the mind of Jesus Jesus as they say I don't have to make these for my father for my father's work to be true that's why he said man shall not live by bread alone but by every word in other way they favored me trying to make me disrespect my father then he speaks no even if I do not understand it I steal it even if I don't like it that's still it united give me the mistrust God because I or you do not understand that's the tactic of the devil you see the devil is saying the problem here is this is a fight between God and me I'm trying than just a dream yes infringing here but you know about a distant friend seeking to get the Son of God to mistrust the father in other words do something you need to convince yourself that you really are the son of God and what God wants is God God is not saying that that something physical is gonna have to happen here you just do what I say you do what I say he that believeth and is baptized shall be same I don't be special in that does do it whatsoever he says yeah see what I'm saying but the Devils are there what do you mean baptism say what do you say I don't see how baptism say there was no bread up there and then pool I've never seen bread and in a baptizing book you don't have to see it the Bible tells us and is the blood that cleanses us from all sin but you can understand me but I also trying to show you the tactic of it the tactic of the devil the devil you see the real fight in the world today is between God and the devil that's what Fighting's it's not between you in the devil it's not in the devil what the devil does is the same thing you try to do to Jesus the devil try and use us believers the fight against God that's what he does and if he can get us to fight against God to some degrees he's winning that's why I joined says how can I do this great sin against God it's against God when you are fighting and you and you are the project about doing the will of God and the devil has got you messed up so God is second in your life as we explained in Bible School this morning God is second he is my first you see when you have as I said this morning when you have God in the second chair on a third chair and he should be in the first chair that's the devil you we need to fight against God that's why God told remember have you considered by Sarah J and the government went after Joel but he was wrong he said the Raven job is doing all this stuff for you and because you got a fence around I'll make him crush it in your face if now be if if you are he knew he was but he says he's casting doubt if you be trying to get bone in his mind he'd be the son of God command these stones be made bread that we talked about the three lust of the flesh this is the first one see this is first shot he's no shooter Jesus three times and I'm going to show you that this is the first temptation there are three temptations in Matthew chapter number 4 lust of the flesh lust of the art and the pride of life all three over there and I'm going to this is first temptation then next time I'll do the second temptation and then I'll do the third temptation and I'm going to show you history shots and he took all three shots at Jesus all three up now watch this if thou be the Son of God command these stones to be made brave now that is lusts of the flesh now in your mind was where it says if thou be the Son of God command these songs to be made bread then just circle that statement come and these stones to be made bread that's number one that's lust of the flesh that's lust of the flesh in other words considered the flesh in other words you're hungry you've been here 40 days and 40 nights you're hungry now what is this what's the thinking of this devil you've been out here for two days and 40 nights you have to eat that sounds so familiar you have to eat and all and I hope you eat all you have to do is just mistrust God and that's where we are today I would be in church but you know what I got to eat I got to pay my rent I got to I got that I got to say you hungry you have to eat now if Jesus Papa said you know you're right and he changed his stones into bread that means he missed trust his father because his father says you're my son and being his son he knows his father is gonna take care but the devil has said don't you trust that don't you trust me you hungry make these phone read provide for your self no no before said I know what the word is but listen you got to think about yourself you own would not and there's no brand here and I know you know just feeding yourself I know what God said but the practicality here is sometime those of us who are believers we have difficulties in our lives somehow we lose our job you know we get laid off get a pig slip can't find a job and then looking for one and can't find can't find one difficult has come to our lives and we are supposed to be believers somebody in the family is sick and that they're not getting well and you've been praying Church have been praying things have been praying and this mama still ain't getting no better the devil will say you have to take care of yourself and appreciate that saying come to church but listen that preacher a paying your rent also Amen when you can now the Bible says your God will supply no no don't don't don't don't don't I know see the devil is saying I know what father says I can figure out a way you can make some money real quick say man when you can your rents due and you really got no money no car notes do you got no money look at look at I can [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] but the devil says don't believe it [Music] don't believe that okay if you do and God said wait on me you know me you see mistrust I got a good question if you don't sit there job and the judgment what do you don't do I got a better question inside the law and you gonna have trouble at the gate so what this devil did he said know if that's doubt if you be the Son of God command these stones to be made in other words mistrust to follow mistrust his word and his word tells us and he will take care of us it where it says he first the kingdom and all this other things would be added unto you but the deficit don't mean that you've got to go for yourself you've got to go for yourself forget that church ain't nobody out there that should clean your car no baby you talking that talk when you've got to be the Cardinal mistress mistress mistress because of mistress it is causing problems in the family of God mistress it is bad DeSales to trust and to put confident in man what then should be our response to the devil what then should be our response to the devil when he comes to us with that lust of the flesh thing by and saying you know the devil will give can give us our credit card yeah it is easily get a credit card man there's not not fooling get your credit card enough if you have the advertisement credit card no credit check yeah it is not because the folks with the credit card love you see the year they know that if you get jacked up with a credit card they can get your house then get your property so is that because they love you they just figure that nine out of 10 you're going to use a card in a negative way and then they got you it a because they love you that's where the devil is where the devil is not because they love you and you read where you know four banks are advertising for depositors you get five hundred dollars two hundred dollars for a savings account of five thousand dollars that it there later today you're not concerned about you did no fireman of them they just want that deposit they want your deposit and they want you to deposit your money in their bank not about you remember that they my goodness no it's not about you if you think it's about you wait six we call them and ask for a loan not about you so this temptation of Jesus is not about Jesus it's about the devil's fight against God and it's about Miss trust of Holy Writ and Jesus was determined and he was not going to miss trust the way give me the next verse verse number 4 verse number four the Bible said but he answered and said what that's how you deal with the devil it's written this really and what does that mean that means that Jesus had respect for the authority what is a strong point Genesis had respect for the authority of the Bible and if Jesus had respect for the authority of the Bible who are we that we should not respect the Bible the Word of God the first thing the first word of Jesus when he began his personal ministry was it Israel you have not heard him say anything until now you didn't hear him say anything before his baptism but after his baptism and when he went in that wilderness and the devil tried to get him to disobey God his first words were it is written and that's the strongest argument for the authority of the Scriptures as the strongest argument I have for the authority jesus recognized the authority though I believe the Bible with a Bible just no book about it Jesus says it I believe God has done enough for you bow if he doesn't do anything for me because it wasn't that I'm stopping praise the name of Jesus he has already done enough for me but you can't mistrust him and that's what the devil was doing trying to get Jesus to mistrust God so that first temptation it was the lust of the flesh but he had put something in my stomach I could say more about this but I don't have time put something my stuff you know I know what if I ever see it but I got a foot some in my stomach Jesus said you better chick was written you better check was written in the only chick was written don't mistrust God I don't distrust God don't distrust God God I said I'll take care of you the problem is you want to you know what we want to tell God how to do it and if God then rain down hundred-dollar bill he's a God ain't doing nothing but the suck that you woke up this morning the fact that you woke up this morning mean the God is still alive and you still work it in your life don't mistrust God if you want to say yes to Jesus and that's the first temptation and then we're moving the next verse 2 the second temptation and but the point here this morning is don't mistrust God I don't distrust God don't distrust God don't distrust things are not going well they're just not going well they're not going well not they're not going well well I understand the things might not go well but God may not come when you're always on time and it has anybody he want to be baptized for admission of your sins if they ain't about a human to be in the church that you're gonna read about in the Bible if there's anybody here who want to say yes to Jesus if there's anybody who trusts in God another thing too you know I say again if you will believer you know difficulty comes in your life if you are you believer if you are a child of God difficult things come to you I mean the devil said stuff your way just to make you curse God and die but don't you give up don't you give up just say to yourself I got this I what you gonna do I don't know but I tell you what I'm not quitting I'm not leaving the church I'm not gonna lose my faith I like to have things better in my life most people will but I'm gonna lay down the law i'ma lay down here I'm worried because I know what God can do right because I know what he has done for me so you see you don't have to say well I want to see what does but you be you see what he's building all right now just set me years old leave it on great to see you but he gonna do he's been doing it for seven I'm waiting to see but I'm just waiting to see what God's gonna do I just praise the name of Jesus I don't know I'm just waiting on them all in prison listen you've been getting up out of that bed 70 maybe change that number you've been getting up 27 years everybody ain't said very stiffly there you reach appropriately everybody likes you God has already done enough he's already done the fact that you got up and got hit is more than four that's enough to say thank you Jesus and if you hit it in you want to be a member the body of Christ would have been a member the church that you can find in the Bible you can do it all you have to do and just get up and come on down these aisles and we ask the question do you believe Jesus to be the son of God and if you believe Jesus you gotta believe Jesus now if you believe Jesus Christ son of God you're baptized in for ambition of your sins and got to make you a member of the Church of Christ and God will add you to the church now I know you're not you're not an angel please name of Jesus he was baptized today well you don't become an angel today because usually it probably got something in your eyes box that you got to clean out you know so we understand that yeah we would instead you know gonna preach I am ready well anybody who baptized nobody will be baptized was ready you have to go you have to grow and if you hear and and you want the church to pray for you that you may not ever allow yourself to distrust God I distrust what he has done or distrust what he is saying and you need strength you're going through a little patch right here just right along in here doc right it's pretty tough right where long as there's no need you just talk I just need I need to church to pray me and I don't do anything I say anything I should not say because these are difficult times here is it difficult times it makes you say things and do things you got a little bit to do if those of us who've been through some different the time you understand that or your wish that's it we understand we're using more or less let me tell you and I don't know what I'm gonna do I just you know I just don't at the end of my rope and about to lose my mind you see many of us can say I know how you feel because we've been there too you see but you take it takes strength it takes faith in God and if you want the church to pray for you we'll do it right now let us do the other stand and while we are standing come on

Channel: New Golden Heights Church of Christ

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Keywords: Dr. W.F. Washington, New Golden Heights Church of Christ, Jesus, GOD, Jesus Christ, How to be saved, What must I do to be saved, One true Church

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Length: 75min 7sec (4507 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 17 2018