Don't Test Me - Wk3
January 19, 2020

Don’t Test Me

Matthew 4:1-11

1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted (Greek word also means “tested”) by the devil. —Matthew 4:1

Those whom God will use

be tested.

Our external, resting posture is “Don’t test me.

Jonathan Evans at the funeral for his mother, Lois Evans, - “God told me, ‘Just because I didn’t answer your prayer your way doesn’t mean I haven’t already answered your prayer anyway.’”


2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. —Matthew 4:2-11


Three tests:
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Two responses:
1. It’s not about
2. It is about

Will you choose a posture of

or a posture of ?