
Exodus 20:3
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
Matthew 4:1-11
The Temptation of Jesus
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall 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 glory. 9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
Real idols are
idols.
An idol is anything you give your
affection, hope, love, and attention to.
And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” —Matthew 4:3
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and
“‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” —Matthew 4:6
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” —Matthew 4:8-9
- What thing, if you
it, would make you wonder if your life is no longer worth living?
- What good thing do you tend to make
in your life?
- What do you find yourself most
thinking about when you aren’t thinking about anything else?
- Who or what do you find
as a person in?
Idols
and
.
Jesus
for our idolatry.
We worship our way out of idolatry.
Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’” —Matthew 4:10
Name the heart idol that you are most
to.