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Introduction
One day a minister was visiting one of his members.
The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential way of it as "the Word of God".
Her young son interrupted the conversation, "Well, if that’s God’s book we better send it back to him because we never read it!"
Is this how we treat God’s word?
If we have something valuable, we do not allow it to be neglected.
We find ways to use it.
The Bible is our most valuable possession.
Faithfulness requires filling our minds with God’s word ().
We “hide” God’s word in our heart ready for application ().
Instruction
The Bible helps us defeat temptation ()
In , Jesus faced three temptations from the three sources of sin.
The lust of the flesh (vv.
3-4)- Jesus has fasted for 40 days.
Satan tempted him to use his abilities for selfish reasons.
“If you are the Son of God”- Satan knew this to be true.
He is tempting him to prove it.
The lust of eyes (vv.
5-8)- note that Satan showed him this in a “moment of time” (v.
5).
Satan desires for us to give a moment of time for an eternity.
The pride of life (vv.
9-12)- Satan uses to tempt Jesus to put the veracity of God’s word to the test.
In all three temptations, Jesus responded with biblical citations:
In v. 4, he quoted the second half of
In v. 8, he quoted .
In v. 12, he quoted .
Having defeated Satan and his attempts, the adversary left Jesus until an “opportune time” (v.
13).
Application: God strengthens us so we can stand against the “schemes” of Satan by equipping us with God’s Word (; ).
The Bible teaches us about salvation.
Consider some basic biblical principles about salvation.
Humanity struggles with sin ().
Humanity needs a Savior and God provided through Jesus Christ (, )
God offers a plan of salvation for all people.
This plan is the same for every person regardless of age, gender, citizenship, social class, etc.
The Bible teaches us about God and his nature
One verse which encapsulates God’s character well is .
Yes, we can learn some principles about God but without the Bible we would not know about his love for each of us.
Invitation
The Bible is God’s revealed will for you and me.
In its pages, we learn:
How to deal with temptation
How to deal with sin.
The nature of God we serve.
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